Wow, that's really good!!!

[zacster]

I haven't posted here in a while as I took a break from brewing. The reasons were varied, but one of them was that I wasn't having great success with some of my brews.

Tonight I decided I wanted to open one of the last of my Stone Ruination IPA clones that I made back in August. It was absolutely perfect!!! It tasted just like the real thing after 4 months in the bottle. When I first started drinking it they were a little flat, but the carbonation developed after a good month+. They always tasted pretty good, but it was never that same taste as the Ruination. Everything came together after these 4 months. The dry hopping aroma, the carbonation, the sensory feeling in the mouth. And best of all, it was in a Stone Ruination 22oz Bottle. (No, I didn't mistakenly put a real one in the fridge.)

I still have a few bottles of even earlier beers that I made, in particular my lager from the spring. I'll have to give that one another try.

I'm going to get brewing again, so maybe by this spring I'll have something really good to taste, just in time for cycling season to start again.

 

[WBC]

Well from now on no one will have to scold you for not aging the beer. So many are in a hurry to drink the beer before it is finished. Congratulations on your beer. It is quite an inspiration when your beer turns out as intended.

 

[eddie]

Congratulations for a successful brew!!! Age does do wonders for a beer. What are you brewing next?

 

[pzack]

So did the IPA bring you out of 'retirement'?

 

[zacster]

Congratulations for a successful brew!!! Age does do wonders for a beer. What are you brewing next?

I don't know yet. The funny thing is I was casually browsing the kits online this afternoon, and I hadn't given brewing much thought for a while. When I came home I decided I wanted a beer and popped this one open. I'm thinking lager since it is cold now. I have a spot inside that hovers around 50 degrees.

 

[s3n8]

I drank the last one from my first batch at 6 months. I still have a couple from batch #2, will be a year in Feb. It is an Imperial Stout, so it should be hitting its stride. I hope to open one on its b-day for the next few years.

I try to save a few from each batch, I have 12 different beers aging in the basement. I am not sure if I could get that past SWMBO if I didnt have the room. I have to say that so far, all beers have gotten better with age. I have only been brewing 11 months though.