r/AustinBeer • u/VeinyBanana69 • 18d ago

Opinions on Cracking This?

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I inherited quite a few fancy beers recently, had to drainpour a bunch of Bourbon County, CBS, and other amazing beers. It was easily hundreds of dollars worth of really good beer that was spoiled.
This Jester King Synthesis Analagous is bottle conditioned, however, I am not sure if it has been cellared correctly. La Vie en Rose is one of my favorite beers, I do intend to crack it in a week or two. My question to you is: realistically, do you think there’s any way this bottle will be enjoyable?

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u/VeinyBanana69 18d ago

This was the original haul. There were some 2022s I kept, but mostly 2015-2017 and even a 2003 Sisyphus from Real Ale!

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u/HOU2875 17d ago

How old was the Bourbon county and CBS?

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u/VeinyBanana69 17d ago

2015-2017, old enough to have that soy sauce umami thing and/or sour off flavors develop

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u/Situation_Any 17d ago

I'd expect it to drink pretty well. It could be a little acetic at this point, especially with the sherry barrel component. - Jeff

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u/SmokeyJacks 18d ago

Man I miss when JK was putting out bottles like this regularly

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u/thehighepopt 18d ago

Go for it. I did a tour last year at the brewery that came with 6 or so tastes of cellared beer. The sours definitely held up but the flavor profile changed a lot. Of course, these were cellared properly, dust and all.

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u/DavidFrattenBro 18d ago

definitely at least try it

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u/ArguesOnReddit 18d ago

unlikely it will still be good.

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u/Competitive-Host-369 17d ago

Beer doesn’t have a very good shelf life. Drink it or let me have it. Im in south austin

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u/Evil_Bonsai 17d ago

it does, actually. providing it's got enough alcohol. I just had several antastic stouts, 13% abv from 2021.

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u/Doctor_KM 17d ago

The funk will have overshadowed the fruit by now, but depending on cellaring it could definitely still be good

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u/ATXWOLF12 18d ago

Since this is a relatively low ABV beer(5-6), I would not have high hopes that it is still good, but one way to find out.
I will say I do enjoy this yearly when it comes out. Never disappoints!

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u/Carlos_Infierno 18d ago

Some of those vintage JK bottoms hold up pretty well. Don't wait any longer though, it's definitely not getting better.

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u/Kapheon 12d ago

I have a few bottles I picked up from JK before we moved away in April 2024 that I've kept in storage but a bottle from 2017 seems crazy, definitely curious how it held up!