As noted above...
Some beers like Hefewisens are to be consumed young and don't age well.
Others like IPAs and Triples can last for years.
Hops and Alcohol are natural preservitives so high measurments of both will extend the life of a beer.
IPAs may last a while, but you really should drink them young for best aroma/flavor. The aroma will dissipate over time leaving you with just a really bitter beer.
IPAs may last a while, but you really should drink them young for best aroma/flavor. The aroma will dissipate over time leaving you with just a really bitter beer.
Drink fresh, do not age! Pliny the Elder is a historical figure, don't make the beer inside this bottle one ... Age your cheese, not your Pliny ... Pliny is for savoring, not for saving! Respect hops, consume fresh!
I have not found that to be true...
I age my hoppest IPAs for four months and they develop an amazing complexity.
And the original IPAs were aged over a year before shipping, in some cases, to India.
I saw Mitch Steele speak recently and then bought his book
http://www.brewerspublications.com/...-recipes-and-the-evolution-of-india-pale-ale/
It just confirmed what I already knew
I already have poured out the grain for an IPA that I plan to age a year based on what he learned while doing his research.
NOW IF:
If you are talking about those IPAs that take the skin of your teeth and for people with no tastebuds that is a different story.
Hmmm... Ive brewed a few IPAs so far, and I have really noticed a big drop in hop aroma on most of them. One is a Bells Two Hearted clone, about 2 months old... The other, a Pliny clone, has been kegged for about a month, and it has really dropped the hop aroma. And, I would say that I have pretty on point taste buds when it comes to quality hoppy beer. I am getting ready to keg another batch of IPA, the Kern River Citra 2IPA, so I will see how this one holds up to age. But, I have always been under the impression that IPAs are meant to drink young, and so far, the ones I have brewed have made me realize that they do drop out pretty quickly.
I actually found some of the real deal Pliny this past weekend, and bought a bottle.. The brew date was March 13th, and I could really tell a huge change in that beer. Not anything like the fresh ones I had recently.
OH... and you can drink your IPA young or anyway you want to but they were once aged for a year and then put on ships for India... My guess is you would not consider an 18 month old beer "young"...
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