Jon Binkley > wrote:
>> I've done many Bigfoot verticals, and while it's drinkable
>> for many years, it's a shadow of itself after only one year.
....
>I'm now reconsidering this stance. I've been delving into
>my stash, which goes back 10 years. Seems I'd forgotten
>just how spectacular old Bigfeet are when tasted alone.
>Certainly lacking in hop flavor and aroma, but all kinds of
>crazy complexity going on between malt and hop bitterness.

I pulled out a '99 a week or so ago and wasn't
too impressed. I will be getting rid of half my
stash in a vertical of odd years starting with '99
next week at the local homebrew club meeting. (I'm
hoping the new release will be out... anybody spot
it yet?) Should be informative, and I'll definitely
start with the oldest first. But I'll enter it with
a bias, so who knows.
--
Joel Plutchak "I never let anything as tenuous as moral
standards get in the way of drinking beer."
- Jon Binkley