Man. It’s been quite some time since my last “In The Fridge” segment. Man beers have come and gone in the past six months — more than I can count to tell you the truth. I just wanted to share what all I had in the basement mini fridge (I really need to invest in a larger appliance) as well as what’s been lurking stored in the dark corners.
The fridge contents include:
- Walnut Creek Alehouse Hefeweizen
- Sierra Nevada Anniversary Ale (2007)
- North Coast Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout
- North Coast Old Ruedrich’s Red Seal Ale
- Buffalo Bill’s Pumpkin Ale
- Anheuser-Busch Jack’s Pumpkin Spice Ale
- Wild Goose Pumpkin Patch
- Victory Brewing Storm King Stout
- Aventinus Wheat Doppelbock
- Shipyard Brewing Fuggles IPA
- Penn Brewing Penn Weizen
And here is what’s currently being stored, as well as notes on their current storing duration and number of bottles:
- Brewery Castle Eggenberg Samichlaus (2 bottles - almost 1 yr)
- Bell’s Batch 8000 (2 bottles - 3 mo)
- De Dolle Stille Nacht (1 bottle - 3 mo)
- Anchor Brewing Our Special Ale 2006 (6 bottles - almost 1 yr)
- Ommegange Three Philosophers (1 bottle - 6 mo)
- Gouden Carolus Noël (1 bottle - almost 1 yr)
- Delirium Noel (1 bottle - almost 1 yr)
- Kasteel Brune (1 bottle - 6 mo)
- Ommegang Ommegang (1 bottle - 6 mo)
- Nice Chouffe (2 bottles - 1 mo)
- St Bernardus ABT 12 (1 botle - 6 mo)
- Koenings Haeven Quadruple (1 bottle - 1 mo)
- Tripel Karmeliet (1 bottle - 1 mo)
- Saison Dupont (1 bottl - 1 mo)
- Duchesse de Bourgogne (1 bottle - 1 mo)
I can’t wait to dive into a those beers that will be one year old this Christmas season. Keep your fingers crossed that the basement temperature maintained an acceptable range for that time frame.






October 17th, 2007
jason said:
I would love to hear how those beers aged for you! As long as your basement doesn’t get way hot in the summer, you should be OK with only a year or so aging. I know some of those could go much longer if you want to hold off!