Oldest beer in your Fridge ?

[PADave]

I've got 12 bombers from my first attempt at home brewing, that was from 2000 and 2001. They were bad then, guessing they are really bad now. Don't really want to sample, but I will need the bottles at some point.

 

[myelo]

Can of Billy Beer, 1977 vintage. I'm waiting for it to age a little longer to reach it's peak.

 

[slym2none]

A couple bottles of the blonde I brewed before Christmas. They weren't ready on NYE, so I am trying a couple tonight.

 

[Ariza-Poet]

I've got 12 bombers from my first attempt at home brewing, that was from 2000 and 2001. They were bad then, guessing they are really bad now. Don't really want to sample, but I will need the bottles at some point.

What kind of beer is it?

 

[Qhrumphf]

Nothing. Beer fridge is empty at the moment.

Oldest beer I have though is a 2001 Liefman's Kriek. Oldest homebrew is a Brett B Tripel from 2010.

 

[afro_lou]

I've got a magnum of Double Bastard from 2011. It's hard to find time to put down a whole magnum of that stuff...

 

[slym2none]

I've got a magnum of Double Bastard from 2011. It's hard to find time to put down a whole magnum of that stuff...

Are you even trying?

 

[afro_lou]

Are you even trying?

Still working up the courage...

 

[mullet6577]

Oldest homebrew is a chocolate milk stout I brewed in October. Oldest commercial in the fridge right now is a six pack of Iron City Light with Dan Marino on the can when he went to the Hall of Fame in 2005. I used to have several Harley Davidson beers from probably late 80's or early 90's but must have gotten rid of those last time I moved.

 

[Hammy71]

Oldest home brew is some Belgian Dubbel I made 6+ years ago. Had one a couple of weeks ago.....awesome. Oldest commercial beer is a "Shadow Mountain" oatmeal stout from Grand Lakes in Colorado. I bought a sixer at their pub 4 years ago while on vacation around Grand Lake. This one got lost in the back of the fridge, and every time I've seen it since...I don't have the heart to throw it out or drink it. Too many memories of the Colorado Rockies....

 

[Hammy71]

Can of Billy Beer, 1977 vintage. I'm waiting for it to age a little longer to reach it's peak.

I got one of those too....and some Hamm's bottles from the 70s (with beer in them), but they ain't in the fridge.

 

[Riot]

Does my cold crash fridge count? I've got a Belgian golden strong in there right now that's been kicking around since October 2014. Gonna actually keg it this week, should be pretty nice by now.

 

[PADave]

What kind of beer is it?

Not sure what is left, but I remember making a stout, dark ale, amber ale, and a wheat. All Coopers out of a can.

 

[schematix]

Last night I finished off a 2014 boulevard smokestack series bourbon barrel quad. Got it for Xmas last year and it had been in the bottle already for 5 months when I got it. Best by date still 6 months away.

I feel horrible today. Sick to my stomach. Almost feel hungover but I didn't drink much aside for the bottle.

 

[Elkobrewer]

I still have an assortment of hb in bottles from 2012 in the brew room. Guess I should try one.

 

[drainbamage]

At the moment, the oldest things I have are a few bottles of 2-year-old HB Belgian quad, and some coffee wine that is maybe 6 months older.

Up until last summer, I had a 5-year-old bottle of Stone Old Guardian, but I drank that one up to celebrate a big promotion at work.

 

[sboyajian]

Pumpkin Ale I made in August 2014.

 

[LostBoyScout]

I don't have any old homebrew but a lot of cellared beer from 2011 onwards. Not much for stuff older than that since that's when I started cellaring beers but I do have a Fuller's Vintage 2008 I bought fresh and have kept around since then.

Oldest homebrew is a few saisons from May 2015, so they're still relatively fresh. A lot of my 2015 brews are cellarable beers so there will be an aging population of homebrew soon

 

[user 125772]

I opened one a couple months ago , it was approximately a year old, it was way over-cabonated like it picked up a bug, didn't taste sour , just very dry.

"A champagne of bottle beer"

 

[Brownalemikie]

I've always heard that beer doesn't get better with age like wine and distillates do. I think beer starts to degrade after one year.....hence, beer usually vanishes from my frig in less 2 months or so. I do have one bottle of Rhinelander that's about 30 years old.....however I'm sure it's no worse tasting now than it was 30 years ago

 

[jalc6927]

If a beer lasts longer than 1 month in my fridge, it must be an IPA[emoji30][emoji30][emoji30]

 

[filthyastronaut]

Not in the fridge, but a cool basement. American Strong Ale that's almost two years old and aged reaaaally well.

 

[jalc6927]

I miss having a cool basement!!

 

[RichBenn]

2014 Stone Old Guardian barley wine. Should be ready about now.