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Originally Posted by [1ponders]
.....6 Months, who lets home brew last for 6 months   |
Haha, good question.
Some people brew heaps, some people(like me) love different beer styles but don't drink much.
Some beers, particularly the heavier ones, are much better after aging, like stouts, barleywines etc.
Lagers need.. well... lagering(cold storage) the longer the better - within reason. The famous Oktoberfest/Märzen is brewed in March(Märzen), stored for 6 months before serving in September.
At a club meeting(West Coast Brewers) we had a blind tasting of two Chimay Grand Reserves, one a 2006 vintage, the other a 2001.
Everyone picked the 2001 and described it as plums/raisens(sp?) and being much fuller in flavour, kinda like a port.
Maybe store 2 or 3 glass bottles of each batch of your GB to try in years to come, you might be surprised
