Good styles for ageing

[GooberMcNutly]

I second the Wee Heavy. I made one last year and let it age 8 months and ended up fantastic. I bottled some to let it age longer.

Ooh, that was a good idea. I hadn't even thought of a Scottish style. See, sometimes I just need a nice kick in the head.

I decided to do an Imperial Stout and a Robust Porter. I will probably keg half the Porter and bottle the other half and bottle all of the IS.

I wanted to do a Saison as well but my LHBS doesn't have the yeast and he told me that it would be at least 3 weeks this time of year if I special order it. Ill probably do it once the three in my queue are done.

Thanks everyone

[TimL]

Wondering if these would be candidates and how long they would last under aging? I've never done a porter and would like to do one up for drinking late fall/early winter.

[shane]

sour beers take years to hit their sweet spot. i'd throw in high gravity lagers like dopplebocks too.

i have to disagree with nate though on the IIPA's, even the 10%ers taste best fresh when the hops are at their most intense. not that they suck after a year, but they don't get any better.

[BrewBum]

sour beers take years to hit their sweet spot. i'd throw in high gravity lagers like dopplebocks too.

i have to disagree with nate though on the IIPA's, even the 10%ers taste best fresh when the hops are at their most intense. not that they suck after a year, but they don't get any better.

That is why I said "to a certain extent," I personally have not brewed one to test that thought out but I hear it all the time. It makes sense though.

[shane]

I personally have not brewed one to test that thought out

well, brew one up and you'll see what i mean

[teamtom]

Yeah, the IIPA's are one of the few (hefe's also) that are best fresh (IMO), it loses that intense resin/citrus character after a few weeks and fades to a good but less intense beer.