#beer cellar

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Love in Time, Love in Space

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948. New Glarus – Oud Bruin 2016

We are on day 17 of “sheltering in place” for the COVID-19 Coronavirus, and I’m in my man cave continuing to stain wood for the display case I’ve been working on. While I le…

The nice thing about sheltering in place is that I’m starting to dig into my beer cellar.

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Vintage Beer

Few breweries make beers which ages as well as Hair of the Dog’s. They bottle condition everything from their IPA to the barrel aged barleywine. The yeast at the bottom of the bottle can be a little unsightly, but it’s doing good work. The live yeast keeps fermentation alive long beyond the brewery’s walls. This particular bottle of Fred from the Wood was filled in 2014 but it’s still tasting surprisingly fresh.

First off, this is a strong ale. The nose is full of warm bourbon on fresh fruit. The flavor is full of golden syrup, with a vinous undertone. It’s a dessert featuring whiskey and peaches. But the finish is dry and, strangely enough, salty. There’s a crunchy pretzel note that breaks up the sweet – like a sprinkle of sea salt on caramel. There’s not even a hint of stale hops or oxidized malt, probably thanks to the yeast sucking up any left over air in the bottle to make more alcohol and esters – exactly what you want in an old beer.

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Ödgurgelsaft entquillt heilig dem altgermanischen Urbierkeller (Bleak Gargling-juice Springs Holy Out From the Old Germanic Prehistoric Beer Cellar), 2021 by J.G.Wind

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Bierkeller mit Überschwemmung aus grüner Gäre (Beer Cellar With a Flood of Green Yeast), 2021 by J.G.Wind

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Dumpfer Ruch aus dem Bierkeller (Fuggy Fug Out From the Beer Cellar), 2020 by P.R.Wind

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Sehnsuchtsort Bierkeller (Longing Site Beer Cellar), 2020 by P.R.Wind