Lawrence Brewers Guild

Advice please for putting a beer away for future consumption. What are the best recommended techniques for saving a bottle of beer for a year or two?

With as little o2 in the container as possible, dark as possible, and as constantly cold as possible.

Jensen wrote:With as little o2 in the container as possible, dark as possible, and as constantly cold as possible.

So just park the bottles in the back of a fridge?

That is the way I have lost beer

It has also been suggested to increase the hop bitterness a little when building the beer since the hop bitterness diminishes as the beer ages.

What are the benefits of keeping it cold (refrig.) vs. just in the basement or cellar?

Just curious...

andrew c.

Temps play a big part in how fast the beer conditions. Rule of thumb is the colder the slower, the warmer the faster. So cellar temps will cause the beer to come along a little faster. Also, bugs that are present in beer or if you had a bad sanitation day for some unknown reason, will take hold at cellar temps where in the fridge, its not as likely.

There is a realy good show on Brew Strong on Hot Side Aeration done on the brewing network with John Palmer and this professor at UC Davis. Check out the archives of Brew Strong show topic Hot Side Areation. Bottom line is the colder it's kept, The longer it lasts.
C

Thanks guys.....that makes a lot of sense now that I think about it more. One of those times where I am reading your response and think...."Duh".

Now I have another reason to tell my wife I need another fridge!

thanks,
andrew c.

fergmeister wrote:There is a realy good show on Brew Strong on Hot Side Aeration done on the brewing network with John Palmer and this professor at UC Davis. Check out the archives of Brew Strong show topic Hot Side Areation. Bottom line is the colder it's kept, The longer it lasts.
C

In that show they talk about the logarithmic spoilage rate that happens for just every 10 deg of fahrenheit-- the rate pretty much doubles--pretty scary!!!

Right on ScholarJeff