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“Executives say draft beer typically stays fresh for between two and six months.” Need to work on this.
by themark 6y ago
“Executives say draft beer typically stays fresh for between two and six months.”
Need to work on this.
- Janinda 6y agoIt’s a science problem. More specifically, chemistry.
- i386 6y agoI own a brewery and distillery. All of our beer is refrigerated to keep it fresh.
- Janinda 6y agoI owned one too. Hopefully, your entire supply chain from brewery to consumer takes the same care you do. And that your total package oxygen numbers are low. Good luck. It’s getting rough out there.
- synaesthesisx 6y agoMost craft beers, especially those high in terpenes (dry-hopped IPAs come to mind) have flavor drop-off relatively rapidly and are best consumed fresh. Monkish, Fieldwork, Other Half, Tree House etc are some of my favorites but they’re usually bursting with flavor the first two weeks or so. “Drink Fresh”
- robochat 6y agoI thought that the whole point of Indian Pale Ale was that it would last longer, as in it would survive a sea voyage from England to India in the 1800s (6 months)
- sdenton4 6y agoAfter six months it's basically Heineken, so great by 19th century standards...
- unglaublich 6y agoI guess 'lasting' meant, 'getting you drunk, not sick' back then. It does that just fine, also after the taste and aroma of the hops have become dull over time.
- cthalupa 6y agoIt would go unspoiled, which is a bit different of a thing than tasting it's best. Grain has quite a bit of lactic acid producing bacteria in it, on top of it's just being readily available in nature in general, so breweries naturally have a ton of it around. Most common lacto and pedio bacteria, the primary two type of LAB, is not very tolerant to hops. If you make a really hoppy beer, this naturally helps prevent the beer from souring. Of course, a lot of beer is intentionally soured by these, and basically all beer originally would sour, and it's perfectly safe to drink. Just not desirable in every style of beer.
- phillc73 6y agoMaybe IPAs were meant to taste as they did after a long voyage to India. Maybe at the end of the voyage was when they tasted their best. Maybe the hops were just a preservative and nobody really liked drinking beer with overly strong hop flavours and aromas.
- voidfunc 6y agoMy theory is that people who like these extremely hoppy IPAs have (1) lost their ability to taste more subtle flavors, (2) are performing some kind of signalling to their fellow beer connisseur peers about how much of a beer geek they are.
- Johnjonjoan 6y agoThey're just nice. People have different taste. I don't understand why you have to make theories. If I had to I'd theorise people who make theories about people who like hoppy IPAs (1) have sensitive taste buds, (2) are performing some kind of signaling.
- jessaustin 6y agoSo meta!
- synaesthesisx 6y ago
- ac29 6y agoThis is true, but unfortunately most breweries still dont give a bottled/canned on date, so it can be difficult to figure this out (unless there's some secret I'm unaware of). There's at least a couple beers I buy regularly that are great within a month or so, but will be pretty nasty after being on the shelves after a few months. The only reasonably reliable way I've found to get around this is to buy refrigerated whenever possible, and to look for "what wasnt here last week". Or buy from one of the handful of breweries that does print dates.
- grovellogic 6y agoFunny you mention Tree House. The beer seems almost impossible to get these days.
- sjwright 6y ago> Need to work on this. For what possible reason? During normal times there would be no reason to maintain beer stockpiles. During "challenging" times, those who would benefit from a long life supply of alcohol should look at wine, spirits etc. Or they can get used to stale beer. Or they can learn to homebrew.
- brailsafe 6y agoFor the reason that beer could be like wine. If you don't like wine, I imagine beer could be a decent option to have a neat collection of
- semi-extrinsic 6y agoThis already exists. It's mainly focused on high-strength (10% and up) dark beers. Think imperial stout, triple bock, that sort of thing. The exeception to this rule is that beers with added acidity, like a lambic or a Berliner weisse, will age well despite being lighter and lower alcohol content. I have a few like this sitting in the basement. At least one of them has a label recommending at least one year and up to 20 years of storage. It will be fun to see how it tastes at some point.
- chucky_z 6y agoI had two bottles of a beer like that (Hunahpu), I drank one right away and aged the second for two years. The first one was an excellent beer, the second one was the best beer I've ever had in my entire life.
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