sstackho wrote:I looked everywhere, but could not find a cellar anywhere in my apartment.
So what is the best way to enjoy this currently unrefrigerated beer?
Immediately? Leave in the fridge for as long as I can to let it age as the label suggests? Leave it unrefrigerated for a while?
Do you have a storage locker in the basement of your apartment building? If so storing a few beers there in a non descript carboard box might be a better idea. Those rooms (from my experience) tend to be cooler than the average apartment as they are often below ground.
If you don't have that then I'd suggest leaving it in a box nearest to a window (away from heaters) or wherever the coolest, non refridgerated space is in your abode. Beer will still age at room temperature BUT the hotter that is and the more it fluctuates the less ideal the results will be and the greater chance of spoiling the beer rather than improving it. Closets are generally a bad idea. While they are generally dark they also tend to trap heat.
Last, I've heard of some folks storing beers in their parents' basement, Aunt Bertha's cellar, in the crawl space under the family cottage in Muskoka...wherever you can find that is dark, cool and undisturbed.
If none of those options are possible then you can leave the beer in the fridge...it's just not a very ideal option long term.
I don't always piss in a bottle but when I do...I prefer to call it Dos Equis.
tasting and more interesting for me.
