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Hi lads
I've read a lot here on how most brews improve with age but I need to ask if there's a limit to this, a 'Best Before' date after which beer turns a corner and starts to deteriorate?
I know the usual difficulty is actually keeping it in the bottles long enough to reach optimum condition :drink:, but my plan was to put a few bottles by from all my brews and then compare them all at a much later date when they'd all be comfortably have gotten a sgood as they ever will.
But that's not going to work if some/all might have gone past their best.
I've read about chaps finding a few overlooked bottles more than a year after they were put by, and the verdict on these usually seems to be'delicious', but maybe it depends on the beer?
Just to add interest, what's the oldest bottle you've ever drank? Was it ok?
As always grateful for any input.
I've read a lot here on how most brews improve with age but I need to ask if there's a limit to this, a 'Best Before' date after which beer turns a corner and starts to deteriorate?
I know the usual difficulty is actually keeping it in the bottles long enough to reach optimum condition :drink:, but my plan was to put a few bottles by from all my brews and then compare them all at a much later date when they'd all be comfortably have gotten a sgood as they ever will.
But that's not going to work if some/all might have gone past their best.
I've read about chaps finding a few overlooked bottles more than a year after they were put by, and the verdict on these usually seems to be'delicious', but maybe it depends on the beer?
Just to add interest, what's the oldest bottle you've ever drank? Was it ok?
As always grateful for any input.