Everyone has heard of a wine cellar, but beer cellars tend to be less commonly understood. Yes, beer can be cellared and high alcohol beer (> ~7.5%) age very well. Aged beer tastes much different that fresh beer; toffee, chocolate, cream and coffee are a few common flavours found in a cellared brew. We have put together this page dedicated to our cellars which we will update regularly with reviews, and new additions as our collections continue to grow and age. Please enjoy. Check out our notes on making your own cellar.
Erik’s Cellar
Over the past year I have emptied my cellar – it was fun. I find that most beer did not necessarily improve with age. Time just changes beer, and it is interesting to find out what the changes taste like. I’ve recently restocked a small cellar, and I plan to let most of these sit for a few months to a year. This is what I’m currently ageing:
- Driftwood Old Cellar Dweller 2012
- Cascade Brewing Cerise Nouveau - 2012
- Fullers Vintage Ale – 2008
- Fullers Vintage Ale – 2012
- Howe Sound Brewing Woolly Bugger – 2012
- Russian River Brewing Supplication - 2012
- Central City Brewing Thor’s Hammer – 2012
- Logsdon Farmhouse Ales Seizoen Bretta - 2012
- Deschutes Brewery The Dissident – 2012
- Ale Smith Wee Heavy – 2012
- Ale Smith Grand Cru – 2012
- Cantillon Iris – 2012
Here is what was once in my Cellar:
- Dogfish Head Palo Santo Marron (2008)
- Bush de Noel – Scaldis Noel (2008)
- Gulden Draak (2008)
- Bornem Tripel (2008)
- Bornem Dubble (2008)
- Augustijn Ale (2008)
- Piraat Ale (2008)
- Fullers Vintage Ale (2007)
- Fullers Vintage Ale (2008)
- Aventinus Wiezen Eisbock(2008)
- Phillips Burley Barley Wine (2008)
- Driftwood Brewing Old Cellar Dweller Barley Wine (2008)
- Spinnakers Jameson’s Scottish Ale (2008)
- Brooklyn Brewing Local 1 (2008)
- Home brew – Belgian Blonde Ale (2008)
- Home brew – Nut Brown (2007)
- Fat Cat Brewery – Old Bad Cat Barley Wine (2008)
- Unibroue – 17
Chris’ Cellar
New cellar:
After returning from the UK, I’m finally ready to get a cellar going again. My apartment is pretty warm, but there is a spot by the office window that’s fairly cool most months of the year. I’ve put my (fancy) cardboard box there, but I’m going to have to do something more serious come summer when that room heats up. So far I’ve got:
- Driftwood Old Cellar Dweller 2012
- Driftwood Old Barrel Dweller 2012
- Driftwood Singularity 2012
- Central City Thor’s Hammer 2012
- Howe Sound Woolly Bugger 2012
- Deschutes Dissident 2012
- Deschutes Black Butte 24
- Deschutes Abyss 2012
- Brooklyn Black Ops 2012
- Parallel 49 Russian Imperial Stout 2013
Old cellar:
My Beer Fridge Cellar
I recently purchased a new beer fridge to replace my humble cardboard box cellar because my garage was getting too warm. I posted about it. My cellar consists of very few beers at this point in time, but my stockpile will grow. The meager number of bottles in my cellar has to do with my lack of patience and the knowledge that Erik will probably share his aged goods with me:)
Note: What with moving overseas, I had to empty my cellar. Here’s the post about it.
My cellar once contained:
- Phillips Burley Barleywine (November 2008)
- Fullers Vintage Ale (2008)
- Driftwood Old Cellar Dweller Barleywine (2008)
- Brasserie Dubuisson Scaldis Noel (2008)
- Philips The Hammer Imperial Stout (January 2009)
- Fat Cat Old Bat Cat Barley Wine (2008)
- Rogue Old Crustacean Barley Wine (2009)
- O’Hanlons Thomas Hardy’s Ale (2006)