beer age

In message , yeti writes

elementary

yeti a écrit :

Nice try, but it's more complicated than that... :o)

In message , The Submarine Captain writes

Some beers should never be bottled, just poured down the sink.

In article , The Submarine Captain writes

Indeed it is.

Some years ago I was given some bottles of Courage commemorative ales that a local licensee had had in his cellar for some years. They had been brewed over 20 years earlier; some to mark The Queen's Silver Jubilee, others for the wedding of Princess Anne and Capt. Mark Phillips.

There was no indication as to the strength and, although they were obviously pasteurised, each bottle had a heavy deposit of what I subsequently assumed was protein.

Despite this and their age, the beer was absolutely wonderful; still in fine condition and rich and mellow.

I also have a nip bottle of Devenish's Regal Ale, brewed in 1977, and one of Harvey's Elizabethan Ale (8.1% abv), with a 'Best before' date of October 2003, neither of which are bottle-conditioned. I shall be drinking them to celebrate a significant birthday next month, and I am willing to bet that both will be superb.

Roy.

I've had this happen with 2 year old bottles of Hobgoblin. I didn't want to drink them myself, so got drunk students to help me out, and it didn't seem too bad for the age. Not too keen on the stuff to start with, TBH.