Check out my blog for a current post of Cellaring beers.

Basically, Cellaring comes down to yeast in the bottle and a high enough gravity. Cap vs cork vs cap/cork? Fairly redundant. Temperature always matters…. ;-}

In regard to Anchor….. As the British would say, ‘The beer is dead in the bottle.’ It has no yeast in the bottle and does not have enough alcohol to be a cellaring candidate. A couple years at best to dry out flavors…

Don’t jealous of the tasting….. You’re REALLY not missing much….. Very UNDER-whelming.

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By about 2000, I would buy ONE bottle every year. By 2004, I stopped.

For a Holiday Beer, it’s a nice beer, but became painful to drink a pint. (for me)

I’ve done the linear tasting of OSA. I remember Jeff buying like 8 cases of of linear years. I guess those cases are still being utilized! Yes, it’s was rather disappointing. The tasting seemed to go from oxidized and sours notes to Dry and Mellow versions to fresh, not a lot excitement….. ;-} The OSA beers seem to mellow and dry out, period. The spices fall into the background.

That said, I DID have a 2008! I bought one bottle! My evaluation…. Deja Vue! ;-}