A friend of mine owned a Belgium beer cafe back in the 80,s and 90's. In that time he was in to the hole aging beer thing. When he sold the cafe, he took some of the beers and all of the beer glasses home and put them in the cellar ( old house in the city of Amersfoort Holland) then he sort of forgot them. Now he is moving to an other house and was not willing to move the stuuf with him. So he gives me a call
I pickt it up yesterday. over 200 beers en ca 350 beer glasses. decades of beer history laying in my basement now.
yesterday i opened 2 small bottles of beer, to test.
Chimay blue (best before 1985) Stil carbonation going on, a strong smell of alcohol, fruits and Port. I finished the whole bottle, still amazing after 27 years.
After that i opened an other one Sierra Nevada Porter ( best before 1983) also a little carbonation left, Coffie, nuts and a lot of oxidation. Did it half way and then the oxidation taste gets to much to bare.
Today i bought some fresh Geuze and kriek to compare to the ones i have. Planning to go for the more funky **** tonight