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I read that my beer would taste better if aged about three months.  I haven’t had the patience to wait that long, but I’m curious what difference in taste I’d notice for that amazing show of willpower.  At what temperature should I age the beer?  Now that summer is coming is it ok to keep it at room temp? Thanks.

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I read that my beer would taste better if aged about three months.  I haven’t had the patience to wait that long, but I’m curious what difference in taste I’d notice for that amazing show of willpower.  At what temperature should I age the beer?  Now that summer is coming is it ok to keep it at room temp? Thanks.

I have the same problem…3 months is a long time.  I take a 6-pack and hide it in a closet.  The heat concerns has never been a problem for me as a closet is dark and a little cool. — Jim sends,   www.ionet.net/~gator/index.shtml Quote: I didn’t have time..Translated..I didn’t know what I was doing.   TF

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I read that my beer would taste better if aged about three months.  I haven’t had the patience to wait that long, but I’m curious what difference in taste I’d notice for that amazing show of willpower.  At what temperature should I age the beer?  Now that summer is coming is it ok to keep it at room temp? Thanks.

Aging tends to mellow the hop flavour, making a smoother beer.   As far a how long and what to age. it really depends on the beer and the temperatures you store it at.  A high alcohol barley wine or mead will continue to age and mellow for years, while a light lager will probably be at it’s best in 1 or two months.   For your average 4-5% ale, three months will be it’s peak.  This is however, like all brewing matters, its a personal taste matter I believe, from personal experience, that the best aging temperature is about 12-15 degrees CELCIUS  (those of you bereft of the metric system will have to adjust…).

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I read that my beer would taste better if aged about three months.  I haven’t had the patience to wait that long, but I’m curious what difference in taste I’d notice for that amazing show of willpower.  At what temperature should I age the beer?  

Well that really depends on the beer, eh?  I brewed a lager in January and aged it for 3 months at just above freezing (35F/2C).  I was *astounded* at how good it was!  Also did a porter a while back that was okay after a month, but *superb* after a year.  Think Spaten; think Anchor.  ’Sup to you. Now that summer is coming is it ok to keep it at room temp?

Probably sub-optimal, if you live in a temperate climate, but ales should be OK as long as it’s reasonably cool.  What’s "room temp" in *your* house in the summer?  Mine’s around 75F… — What would happen if I pulled the plug on the Reality Engine?

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Newsgroups: rec.crafts.brewing Path: news0.cybernetics.net!newsjunkie.ans.net!howland.reston.ans.net!torn!newsh ost.uw o.ca!newshost.icis.on.ca!ts1-19.icis.on.ca!rfulton X-Nntp-Posting-Host: ts1-19.icis.on.ca Lines: 22 Organization: Inter-Com Information Services X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev A] I read that my beer would taste better if aged about three months.  I haven’t had the patience to wait that long, but I’m curious what difference in taste I’d notice for that amazing show of willpower.  At what temperature should I age the beer?  Now that summer is coming is it ok to keep it at room temp? Thanks. Aging tends to mellow the hop flavour, making a smoother beer.   As far a how long and what to age. it really depends on the beer and the temperatures you store it at.  A high alcohol barley wine or mead will continue to age and mellow for years, while a light lager will probably be at it’s best in 1 or two months.   For your average 4-5% ale, three months will be it’s peak.  This is however, like all brewing matters, its a personal taste matter I believe, from personal experience, that the best aging temperature is about 12-15 degrees CELCIUS  (those of you bereft of the metric system will have to adjust…).

I personally like to age my beers at around 70f My mnain experience is with an elixir called Minions of Evil. It had a 12% alcohol content(somewhat unexpected actually) and it was HELL after the first week in the bottle. It was HELL after the second week too! After the third week it was just plain HELL! After the fourth week it was only HECK in the bottle and that stage lasted for about 2 months! Imagine my surprise when after 4 months in the bottle(New Years, Dec 31 1994: had been bottled in August of 94) We cracked some open at a party…we thought we would all DIE from the perfectly smooth, clear, clean, wonderful Champagne of lagers we had created! I mean it was that muchy of a hit, hell after i tasted it i thought somebody had switched something good for our stuff but no it was Minions of Evil! Its worth it to let it age at least a month before you drink it if you can…I say this because I liteerally tasted Minions of Evil from its hyumble green HELLISH begginnings to its astoundingly wonderful Peak! P.S. we just finished the last two bottles at a party recentl;y and it was voted beer of the night by everyone (as an aside second place went to a near twin recipe called tattletale lager that had only one extra pound of dme in it and 1 oz more hops!) Brew your own beer, it’s the right thing to do and the tasty way to do it! Kevin

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -(Christopher Hill) writes: (TwinsFam) I read that my beer would taste better if aged about three months. I haven’t had the patience to wait that long, but I’m curious what difference in taste I’d notice for that amazing show of willpower. At what temperature should I age the beer?   Well that really depends on the beer, eh?  I brewed a lager in January and aged it for 3 months at just above freezing (35F/2C).  I was *astounded* at how good it was!  Also did a porter a while back that was okay after a month, but *superb* after a year.  Think Spaten; think Anchor.  ’Sup to you. Now that summer is coming is it ok to keep it at room temp? Probably sub-optimal, if you live in a temperate climate, but ales should be OK as long as it’s reasonably cool.  What’s "room temp" in *your* house in the summer?  Mine’s around 75F… — What would happen if I pulled the plug on the Reality Engine?

Do what I do…Drink it as soon as you can.  Then you have no ageing problem, and can go on to brewing your next batch…

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