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It was a single brew length of 720 hectolitres and was kept in maturation for over a year until all the brew had been sent for bottling. I'll be interested to taste the different between the two (or three) versions as they age for decades to come! Mike--thanks for the reminder.
Today, under the name of Courage, the same imperial stout is still brewed in London. after a couple weeks. 4.4% - 2.00 lbs. Beer Sensory Science has a post A Review of: “The chemistry of beer aging – a critical review,” which mentions that degradation of iso-alpha-acids can produce precursors for some "staling esters," but not trans-2-nonenol. Candi Syrup, Inc D-180 The original 10-year-old batch is still better! 2/20/16 Brewed with Chris. That is to say they are important when talking about aged hops, but not when talking about aged beer.On top of that, I can't find any literature connecting alpha or beta acids to trans-2-nonenal. Thankfully I had a second set of hands provided by Chris, an NYU grad student who was visiting to work on a profile of me for a class and potential magazine article. Why Columbus hops? Courage Dark Mild (3 percent) A mild ale available in keg form only. By adding campden tablets to arrest Brett fermentation prior to bottling also prevent the bottling yeast to referment in the bottle? The Columbus hops were just for IBUs, I don't think the character of the bittering hops in a beer like this are all that important. In 1795, Thrale’s first successor was purchased by Courage brewery and the stout renamed to “Courage Imperial Russian Stout.”. The colder you store a clean beer, the slower it will age (I tried the terrific Owen's Russian Imperial Stout at Selin's Grove that had been aging in the walk-in for ten years at the time). You could certainly try bottling this recipe without priming and see how it goes, but I haven't aged any bottles filled with my BeerGun or Counter-Pressure filler. Hello! Recipe Specifics Racked the other half to a keg, waiting on Brett. 11/12/16 Racked to tertiary with 5 campden tablets after 48 hours of crash chilling. ------------------ Simpsons Black Malt Enjoy now or allow to mature in the cellar. I assume you're using oxygen barrier caps in order to help the bottles keep for so long? Try 5 more for Level 5!