A New Problem Is Brewing in the Beer Industry: One Million Kegs Are Going Stale

Re:A New Problem Is Brewing in the Beer Industry: One Millio... by sjwright on Saturday April 25, 2020 @01:48AM (#22975916)

> 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.

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Re:A New Problem Is Brewing in the Beer Industry: One Millio... by brailsafe on Saturday April 25, 2020 @01:55AM (#22975955)

For 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

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Re:A New Problem Is Brewing in the Beer Industry: One Millio... by semi-extrinsic on Saturday April 25, 2020 @02:27AM (#22976119)

This 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.

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Re:A New Problem Is Brewing in the Beer Industry: One Millio... by chucky_z on Saturday April 25, 2020 @04:27AM (#22976612)

I 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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