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Where do you keep your beer?
- Jon Walker
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Where do you keep your beer?
Thought it might be fun to share some pix of my beer cellar. It's a dank little room under my front porch which stays mostly cool throughout the year. I keep it dry with a dehumidifier and I'm lucky enough to also have a fridge down there to keep other stuff cold. My wife is very tolerant of the extra fridge considering David Suzuki apparently hates beer since he wants her and other Ontarians to do away with such things.
Curious to see your setup too.
Curious to see your setup too.
I don't always piss in a bottle but when I do...I prefer to call it Dos Equis.
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In the 1980's, I used to visit a beer specialty retailer in Paris and at this remove I can't recall the name of the place, it was on the right bank off the Rue de Rivoli (not far actually from the Picasso Museum). I went a few times over the years and then it was gone, I believe the owner passed away.
The beers were stored on shelves in a dim, cool basement, and viewing the photo above it brought that memory right back, right down to the grey walls.
I used to buy La Choulette there and other bieres de garde.
Gary
The beers were stored on shelves in a dim, cool basement, and viewing the photo above it brought that memory right back, right down to the grey walls.
I used to buy La Choulette there and other bieres de garde.
Gary
Jon - 2 questions:
1) Where do you live?
2) When are you next away on vacation?
I unfortunately have a shitty setup consisting of an apartment storage locker and a shoddy ikea cabinet. Luckily a house seems to be on the horizon, so this may lead to a better environment for storing beer. As it is, I've been trying to wind down what I already have in preparation, so there are no more than 30 bottles gathering dust as we speak.
1) Where do you live?
2) When are you next away on vacation?
I unfortunately have a shitty setup consisting of an apartment storage locker and a shoddy ikea cabinet. Luckily a house seems to be on the horizon, so this may lead to a better environment for storing beer. As it is, I've been trying to wind down what I already have in preparation, so there are no more than 30 bottles gathering dust as we speak.
Similar. Wide basement closet with cool bare cement floor to conduct away heat.
I cool the house 'passively' (open windows when it's cool outside / closed up when it's hot / roof attic space has thermostatic fan) and the basement generally remains cool & any seasonal fluctuations are slow and minimal.
I have excellent results aging wines and belgian beers. Life is good!
I cool the house 'passively' (open windows when it's cool outside / closed up when it's hot / roof attic space has thermostatic fan) and the basement generally remains cool & any seasonal fluctuations are slow and minimal.
I have excellent results aging wines and belgian beers. Life is good!
In Beerum Veritas
- The_Jester
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That top shelf looks like it's bowing a little in the middle. I can help you take some weight off of it . . . .
Similar basement setup myself, except it's under the breezeway, in the back half of the kids' "fort.". Only about 3 1/2 or 4 feet high in there, and poor lighting. It's uninsulated concrete block walls on 3 sides and concrete floor, below ground level, and also shares space with a (mostly) dry sump tank, which goes down another five feet below the house. So it's a little damp, but stays quite cool. Good for the homebrew, as well. Starting to get a little crowded, though. May have to kick the kids out of the fort soon.
Similar basement setup myself, except it's under the breezeway, in the back half of the kids' "fort.". Only about 3 1/2 or 4 feet high in there, and poor lighting. It's uninsulated concrete block walls on 3 sides and concrete floor, below ground level, and also shares space with a (mostly) dry sump tank, which goes down another five feet below the house. So it's a little damp, but stays quite cool. Good for the homebrew, as well. Starting to get a little crowded, though. May have to kick the kids out of the fort soon.
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Through the magic door in this unassuming furnace room, only the wine chiller I installed gives away what could be behind.
The show off shelves:
My collection of 2006 Chimay Grande Reserve Magnums
When I don't have enough shelf space my Abt 12 and Rochefort 10 stay in their boxes.
And the most pretentious of all:
The show off shelves:
My collection of 2006 Chimay Grande Reserve Magnums
When I don't have enough shelf space my Abt 12 and Rochefort 10 stay in their boxes.
And the most pretentious of all:
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So far all I've got is a couple cases worth stuffed in my Mother-in-Law to be's basement. Hopefully my income and the housing price slide will close on each other at a fast enough rate that I can afford a beer cellar before those 2006/2007 vintages reach peak quaffing quality
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City/condo dwellers may be interested in Fine Wine Reserve, a wine storage facility where I rent space. It's set up for wine, 'natch, but works quite well for beer, too.