The Beer Thread

stevewizzle wrote:

sweetcell wrote:

stevewizzle wrote:
alright… trip to worcester, MA this weekend for a bachelor party on friday night.  and my new favorite brewery, tree house, has their stellar IPA on draft for growler hours. who's excited? this guy.

lemme know if you need to borrow a growler so you can bring some back ;D

plan is to fill two 750mls (there is a limit)… and hopefully i can stash one away for some time.  what's a good approach for storing growlers?  unopened, should be good for a while, right?

With a decent fill and capped on the foam, which pretty much everyone does, I've always been told they'll last unopened ~10 days in the fridge.

Never had one last that long, so I can't really say though.

imbecile wrote:

stevewizzle wrote:

sweetcell wrote:

stevewizzle wrote:
alright… trip to worcester, MA this weekend for a bachelor party on friday night.  and my new favorite brewery, tree house, has their stellar IPA on draft for growler hours. who's excited? this guy.

lemme know if you need to borrow a growler so you can bring some back ;D

plan is to fill two 750mls (there is a limit)… and hopefully i can stash one away for some time.  what's a good approach for storing growlers?  unopened, should be good for a while, right?

With a decent fill and capped on the foam, which pretty much everyone does, I've always been told they'll last unopened ~10 days in the fridge.

Never had one last that long, so I can't really say though.

I opened one after a month and it was still pretty good. 

Eh, thanks.

We make the drive to the in-laws once a year in Indiana, so always look for interesting stops along the way. Columbus is usually our layover if we divide the drive into two days. Also have some good picks for the Cleveland area.

imbecile wrote:

James wrote:
If you're talking about Columbus, Ohio, the Bodhi DIPA from Columbus Brewing is out of this world good. Not sure if they are bottling it yet, though they had plans to. They DO bottle their regular IPA, and it's very good as well.

Also, Bodega has an excellent draft list, with good food.

And sometimes Columbus gets shipments of Zombie Dust from Three Floyds. Also, White Rajah from the Brew Kettle sometimes makes it down that way. It's a top notch ipa. So if you're in a bottle shop or near the Whole Foods or Anderson Store out in the burbs, look for those. And Thirsty Dog's Imperial Stout is also something to grab.

If you were talking about a different Columbus, then scratch what i said.

imbecile wrote:
Sooo.. I'm going to Columbus tomorrow morning for the weekend?  Anything I should be on the lookout for?

From what I can tell, it's not a beer town at all, so I'll try and make the best of it.

good lord, you're a wealth of information.  I'd been googling for an hour and hadn't found anything as good as what you posted in a few minutes.  As a lover of hops, I'll be sure to keep an eye out for this.  Thanks.

Also, my general skepticism of spending a weekend in Columbus, Ohio has more to do with THE Ohio State fans than any real or percieved knowledge of their beer scene.

stevewizzle wrote:

sweetcell wrote:

stevewizzle wrote:
alright… trip to worcester, MA this weekend for a bachelor party on friday night.  and my new favorite brewery, tree house, has their stellar IPA on draft for growler hours. who's excited? this guy.

lemme know if you need to borrow a growler so you can bring some back ;D

plan is to fill two 750mls (there is a limit)… and hopefully i can stash one away for some time.  what's a good approach for storing growlers?  unopened, should be good for a while, right?

well, if it's an IPA you won't want to stash it for too long anyways… drink that stuff fresh.

as for longevity/storage of a growler, it depends on how they fill it.  if they have a counter-pressure filler (flushes the container with CO2 then fills without letting air in), the beer will last for a while, maybe 4 to 6 weeks.  but if it's the more common approach of pouring the beer out of a regular tap, the beer is getting oxidized as it's going in… not good.  i wouldn't wait more than a week.  a big, dark beer like an RIS could probably stand 2 or 3 weeks, since some oxidation contributes to the style.  definitely keep it in the fridge.

I asked this question last week at Hill Farmstead and was told:

"We recommend you drink it within a week."

The of course were referring to their IPA's.

We'll be drinking our third and last HF growler on the eight day perhaps stretching into the ninth (though I've always found it better to drink it all in one day), tomorrow.

stevewizzle wrote:

sweetcell wrote:

stevewizzle wrote:
alright… trip to worcester, MA this weekend for a bachelor party on friday night.  and my new favorite brewery, tree house, has their stellar IPA on draft for growler hours. who's excited? this guy.

lemme know if you need to borrow a growler so you can bring some back ;D

plan is to fill two 750mls (there is a limit)… and hopefully i can stash one away for some time.  what's a good approach for storing growlers?  unopened, should be good for a while, right?

looks like i'll be enjoying julius over the next week, and not any longer.  thanks.

You should drink a growler basically immediately IMO.

Yada wrote:
You should drink a growler basically immediately IMO.

Mine that was a month old was fully cabonated.  It still will taste better than bottled beer than has been sitting on a shelf at warehouse and then a liquor store for a year. 

Yada wrote:
You should drink a growler basically immediately IMO.

fine i'll drink it all saturday.

growlers should be drunk same day after opening, well duh, walkonby . . . but i have been told that they should be opened and drunk within 2-5 days after they have been sealed.  i dont why, but i believed a big hunk of a bearish, shirtless man as he tells me about growlers.

sweetcell wrote:
the more common approach of pouring the beer out of a regular tap, the beer is getting oxidized as it's going in… not good.  i wouldn't wait more than a week.  a big, dark beer like an RIS could probably stand 2 or 3 weeks, since some oxidation contributes to the style.  definitely keep it in the fridge.

I'm no expert…but this is good advice.  Since they are pouring it out of a tap, you get lots of that pesky oxygen in there.
And the 'seal' some guy screwing on a cap is not going to help much

and yes they must be drunk (as will you be) in one sitting
they will not last overnight

Sidehatch wrote:

sweetcell wrote:
the more common approach of pouring the beer out of a regular tap, the beer is getting oxidized as it's going in… not good.  i wouldn't wait more than a week.  a big, dark beer like an RIS could probably stand 2 or 3 weeks, since some oxidation contributes to the style.  definitely keep it in the fridge.

I'm no expert…but this is good advice.  Since they are pouring it out of a tap, you get lots of that pesky oxygen in there.
And the 'seal' some guy screwing on a cap is not going to help much

and yes they must be drunk (as will you be) in one sitting
they will not last overnight

That is not true.  I had one that still had good carbonation after a week after opening.

  You get oxygen in there when you bottle your home brew. 

I like how people are giving advice on the subject with no personal knowledge.  No one is saying I drank a growler 2 weeks after getting it and it was awful or how it was fine.  They are basically using no evidence of any kind to back up what they are saying.

atomicfront wrote:


That is not true.  I had one that still had good carbonation after a week after opening.

  You get oxygen in there when you bottle your home brew. 

Again…no expert, but when you add the yeast and let it bubble for a little while, then you fill a bottle.  There is some additional fermentation/conditioning that happens in the bottle
Once it's added to a keg and poured through a tap…you are not really getting any additional conditioning

…not an expert

atomicfront wrote:
I like how people are giving advice on the subject with no personal knowledge.  No one is saying I drank a growler 2 weeks after getting it and it was awful or how it was fine.  They are basically using no evidence of any kind to back up what they are saying.

Bought a Honey 21 Growler from Cap city (a very drinkable afternoon beer btw) and had 80% killed and left in the fridge sealed overnight.  Poured one the next afternoon and was flat as molly ringwald

Sidehatch wrote:

atomicfront wrote:
I like how people are giving advice on the subject with no personal knowledge.  No one is saying I drank a growler 2 weeks after getting it and it was awful or how it was fine.  They are basically using no evidence of any kind to back up what they are saying.

Bought a Honey 21 Growler from Cap city (a very drinkable afternoon beer btw) and had 80% killed and left in the fridge sealed overnight.  Poured one the next afternoon and was flat as molly ringwald

atomicfront doesn't know shit about shit.

Yada wrote:

Sidehatch wrote:

atomicfront wrote:
I like how people are giving advice on the subject with no personal knowledge.  No one is saying I drank a growler 2 weeks after getting it and it was awful or how it was fine.  They are basically using no evidence of any kind to back up what they are saying.

Bought a Honey 21 Growler from Cap city (a very drinkable afternoon beer btw) and had 80% killed and left in the fridge sealed overnight.  Poured one the next afternoon and was flat as molly ringwald

atomicfront doesn't know shit about shit.

Know more than Yada.  Your script must not be working.  You might want to go back to development on that one.

Sidehatch wrote:

atomicfront wrote:


That is not true.  I had one that still had good carbonation after a week after opening.

  You get oxygen in there when you bottle your home brew. 

Again…no expert, but when you add the yeast and let it bubble for a little while, then you fill a bottle.  There is some additional fermentation/conditioning that happens in the bottle
Once it's added to a keg and poured through a tap…you are not really getting any additional conditioning

…not an expert

yup.  when bottling homebrew you do indeed expose your beer to oxygen and this isn't a great thing - this is why you want to bottle quickly, and not let the beer sit in your bottling bucket overnight.  because you're adding priming sugar before bottling you're reactivating the yeast - and the yeast will scrub most if not all of that oxygen (this is done inside the bottle, not out in the open). 

when you fill a bottle with homebrew, you are (or should be) using a bottling wand that fills from the bottom up - which is great for reducing splashing and how much beer gets aerated.  when filling a growler from a bar tap, you are slowly pouring the beer through the air.  it falls from the tap, into the bottle, then dribbles along the sides until it hit the bottom.  it ALL gets exposed to air.

once again, atomic front is wrong.

sweetcell wrote:

Sidehatch wrote:

atomicfront wrote:


That is not true.  I had one that still had good carbonation after a week after opening.

  You get oxygen in there when you bottle your home brew. 

Again…no expert, but when you add the yeast and let it bubble for a little while, then you fill a bottle.  There is some additional fermentation/conditioning that happens in the bottle
Once it's added to a keg and poured through a tap…you are not really getting any additional conditioning

…not an expert

yup.  when bottling homebrew you do indeed expose your beer to oxygen and this isn't a great thing - this is why you want to bottle quickly, and not let the beer sit in your bottling bucket overnight.   because you're adding priming sugar before bottling you're reactivating the yeast - and the yeast will scrub most if not all of that oxygen (this is done inside the bottle, not out in the open). 

when you fill a bottle with homebrew, you are (or should be) using a bottling wand that fills from the bottom up - which is great for reducing splashing and how much beer gets aerated.  when filling a growler from a bar tap, you are slowly pouring the beer through the air.  it falls from the tap, into the bottle, then dribbles along the sides until it hit the bottom.  it ALL gets exposed to air.

once again, atomic front is wrong.

You are wrong.  I can't believe people on here are such idiots.  Well in the beer thread.  If I say the beer is fine and carbonated a month after getting I am not wrong.  You have evidence you get through conjecture.  I have real life experience.  Beer was fine after a month.   Oxygen gets in when you bottle home brew.  I don't use a wand.  My beer tastes great.  But who cares you have your opinion based on nothing.  I have actual experience.  If you drank beer after a month and it was flat or skuny please say as much otherwise you are just talking out your azz.  But what do I expect you were trolling 6 years ago and you are trolling now. 

You must get beaten up a lot of you act like this in real life.  I mean someone says the beer was fine after a month after sitting in the fridge and you say the person is wrong.  I am guessing you are real fun at parties. 

Clearly the only way to solve this debate is for everybody to send me beer.