Anyone know where to buy some? 3-5 year stouts, heard lots about it, looking to try some.

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You can find some in the bushes at any teenagers house.

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I don' t know but I accidentally "cellared" some Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout for ~1-2-3 years once and the shit was divine to drink. Even the non-dark-beer drinking girlfriend enjoyed. Buttery smooth and magically delicious--with a potent kick. More like drinking a good wine.

Goose Island Bourbon County Stout, Founders KBS, any of the Bell's Stouts should be good candidates for home-aging.

edit: not sure how long it aged exactly. at least a year, not more than 3.

I have a list of which Beers I am gong to age, have a cellar ready to fill, but want to try one first before the effort is placed.

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I was at this place in Evanston the other day and they had some old Bourbon County on the menu for $50.

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Smylie's BBQ. It wasn't great.

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Actually, the beer was good. The BBQ not so good.

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I'd check smaller liquor stores that stock craft beers and check the date on the bottles. Good chance you'll find some Brookyln Black that's already a year or two in.

You can find it on Craigslist. I've seen 1-3 year porters and stouts listed on there regularly at a premium.

I have a ton of them. Some are as old as 2008.

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5 years seems to be the optimal?

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High ABV stouts can go longer. Goose Island Bourbon County are about 15%.

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This is just the first box of bombers. If I get some time this weekend, I will take pictures of the rest. I want to make an inventory anyway.

If I wanted to sell these bottles, I could probably get $500 for all of them.



The 3 blue labels are BCBS Propietor's (2013, 2013, 2014).
The 3 magenta labels are BCBS Backyard Rye, all from 2013.
The 3 red labels are BCBS Coffee, all from 2012.
The tan label is BCBS Vanilla Rye from 2014
The bottle in front of that is Night Stalker from 2012.
The balck label is BCBS from 2009.

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Acquired a 2012 Stout today, will be sampling the product to determine if I venture further into this "hobby"

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Just secured 2 2013 and 2 2014 BCBS off CL. Picking them up Sunday. I'll be toasting one on my dad's birthday

I am not certain I like the idea of beer becoming like a wine thing with years.

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When aging beers, it's important to keep them protected from light. The darker the better.

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Have recently acquired a wine cellar, dont have or like wine that much, then watching a show last night showing the aged beers....here we go

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Too bad the wine cellar doesn't have groovy red-orange-yellow tiles on it, too.

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I AM IN !

That was a tasty beverage! Just so much smoother than a fresh stout, etc. Gonna start stocking next week!

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Oh lord a new avenue for more beer snobs.

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No doubt...lol...after owning a bar and getting case after case of free beer to sample, in hopes that I would order it, I went back to Miller and corona. I still have some faves, but I never got into the hoppy/bitter IPA thing, but I have to admit, that aged stuff was damn good!

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I also am not a guy that likes the super hoppy stuff. Seems there is a contest to see how much hops can be squeezed into a beer. Quite honestly sometimes they smell like cat piss. I will give the aged a try if I come across it.

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Maybe CHUS will send you a bottle. Like at Whole Foods, they had 4 of them yesterday at the one by me. $19.99 a bottle. It was expensive but needed to try it before I went full collection.

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re: the bitter hoppy IPA thing. I was never into it much, even tho I've been on the microbrew kick since the 90's (Solsun! What Oberon used to be called) Kinda got into IPA's somewhat about 10 years ago but not really?

Then 3 Floyds/Two Brothers and other local brewers started making quality IPAs and I visited some quality craft brewers that made IPAs and had them on draft now I really enjoy a good hoppy IPA.

Hoppy IPA's kinda remind me of the experience of getting into good scotch/single-malts. you have develop the palate/taste for it. Try having a session of hoppy IPA brews and see if by the middle of the 2nd one you're not warming up to the flavor.

Try a 6 or 4 pack of 16 oz cans of Bell's Two-Hearted or Founder's All Day IPA. Both very drinkable but still with the hops/pine/citrus/floral you expect from a good IPA.

Smuttynose IPA is tougher to find but a really drinkable IPA.

Hopslam by Bell's and Founder's Centennial are both excellent, but steps up in terms of hoppiness.

I'm IPAs only, so no aging there. Hops fade, some faster than others (looking at you, Zombie Dust's citra). I collect stouts for my step-brother. I'm not a fan at all.

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zombie dust is top shelf brew. tough to find. that and gumballhead.

i like IPA's and such in the warmer months, darker beers (mostly porters and a few lighter, unaged stouts e.g., Founder's Breakfast Stout) in the colder months. If you read reviews of aged stouts, you'll find folks often compare them to the experience to drinking a good porter (Bell's Porter, e.g.). But my experience has been that's a whole 'nother constellation of flavors and experience with the aged stouts. Much more going on such that a run of the mill porter seems pedestrian in comparison.