Winter brews

[cask is best]

Hi all. May seem as stupid question but here goes. Can i make a bitter or a stout from a kit barrel it and put it away in the garage and start supping it around January/ February next year or is that to long and it may spoil.
Taking into account the garage in summer can get warm and I'm not sure about the time scale of 8 to 9 months.

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[fuzzy]

What about a high gravity beer, like a Barly wine? its best to age them anyway. Ive just brewed one a month back and got it tucked away for the New Year. Its a long time to wait but fingers crossed its going to be tasty.

 

[RobWalker]

It won't spoil, but it might not be as fantastic as you think it would. Normal beer is best consumed in 6 months or the hop flavour wears off.

+1 for high gravity, either that or deep, rich and needing a lot of storage! My christmas ale is usually some combination of dark malts, caramelized sugars, ~30 IBUs and around 6% :)

 

[Baz Chaz]

Just brewed a Black Sheep Riggwelter at weekend, which I'm putting aside for Christmas :party:

 

[graysalchemy]

I'm planning something dark and malty although I have got 100 bottles of last years barley wine which will be 18months old at christmas.

 

[cask is best]

Ugh i don't like Barley wine.
I will probably make the winter brew around September.
Thanks all.

 

[graysalchemy]

Ugh i don't like Barley wine.

I would make your brew earlier probably july if you are going to make something 6-7%

 

[andyhawkins]

Just brewed a Black Sheep Riggwelter at weekend, which I'm putting aside for Christmas :party:

Looking to brew this as well at somepoint over the next week, but which yeast do you use? I have a wyeast Thames valley kicking around and hoping this would be suitable for the job?

 

[Baz Chaz]

Andy,

This time I used safale05 have used Nottingham previously :thumb:

 

[cask is best]

Ugh i don't like Barley wine.

I would make your brew earlier probably july if you are going to make something 6-7%

Tried it out of a can around 30 year ago. I remember it been like treacle. Put me off for life never touched it again.

 

[graysalchemy]

You should try a bottle of Robinsons Old Tom a very nice beer not at all treacle, more like a really good fruit cake in a bottle.

 

[oz11]

If you had it out of a can "about 30 years ago", I suspect it wasn't the best stuff to judge it on.

As above, Old Tom. Fullers Vintage Ale or Golden Pride, Woodfordes Headcracker, Thomas Hardy's Ale are all different styles but *broadly* within the "barley wine" style and also worth a try. Anything you don't like in that list I'll happily finish off for you :)

 

[cask is best]

Yeh i know like all stuff in cans it's all rubbish or tastes rubbish. But it still put me off and me been a Yorkshire man i wouldn't want to buy some and not drink it because i didn't like it