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Beer Cellar Pictures?

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Post by Craig »

FEUO, why are you going out of your way to keep your bottles off the cement? I intentionally try to get mine on it.

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The cellar is already cold enough, and in the off chance I ever have any moisture (flooding) I'd rather they not get wet. I always meant to get some small shelves to get them higher. Then came the boxes.
I dunno. :lol:
Too late to go back now.

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Post by Belgian »

Extreme close ups of bottle caps! Now we're into serious beer porn...
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Post by Torontoblue »

We definitely require some resizing on those pictures, impossible to view on a 21 inch monitor.

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Post by FEUO »

Better? :)
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Maybe one day I'll let some out of the boxes to breath.
I also realize that the angle I took these at makes seeing most of them difficult. Hahahah.... whoops. ;)

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Post by Belgian »

I think the exposed vapor barrier is very Twin Peaks, cool.
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Belgian wrote:I think the exposed vapor barrier is very Twin Peaks, cool.
Not a clue what that means. Lulz.

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I want that case of BA Bigfoot :(

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Post by Belgian »

^ you know there are people that do nothing but accumilate vast verticals of Bigfoot. It is so cellar-worthy. A GTA brewer could capitalize on an affordable, good barley wine in much the same way... who wouldn't line up for a case every year??
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Post by FEUO »

spinrsx wrote:I want that case of BA Bigfoot :(
Sadly I never had a case of it, only 2. Got the box at a bottle shop when they were loading up my other goodies.
BA Bigfoot is incredible.

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Post by spinrsx »

anyone else have a cellar growing quickly with all of the higher ABV beers available at the lcbo right now? I can't help myself..

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spinrsx wrote:anyone else have a cellar growing quickly with all of the higher ABV beers available at the lcbo right now? I can't help myself..
Had no plans to buy anymore beer this year (after this weekend at Kuhnhenn) but had to pick up a few of the BWs (Howe Sound and Renaissance). But $9.95 for the Ren? Better be good.

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spinrsx wrote:anyone else have a cellar growing quickly with all of the higher ABV beers available at the lcbo right now? I can't help myself..
Welcome to my world. I find the collection improves as I struggle to resist buying too much of anything (a vague quantifier, I will grant you.)

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Post by StephenRich »

I put these up earlier this year when I moved, and love them. They are Billy Bookcases from Ikea, with the height extensions. Very tight, very clean, and you can secure them into the walls, so they are immensely sturdy. Not the least expensive option, but they present very well, and I am certainly not worried about breaks.

Only other thing I'd recommend, especially if your cellar is displayed like mine, and is exposed to light - replace all the lights that face the beer with LED bulbs. The light that damages your beer is specifically UV radiation, which regular and CFL bulbs both emit. But LED emit no UV light, and that means no Blue Wave light, which is what modifies dissolved iso-alpha acids in beer turning them skunky (light struck).

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Post by FEUO »

Ug. Organization? Boring! ;)

Looks great. I REALLY need to do something different in my crawl space.
I often forget what I have down there and worry I'm letting something go past its prime.

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