So I bought into a "Craft" Beer n Wine store with a Drive-Thru (1 Viewer)

[urbanhack]

3 months for an IPA is not a drain pour...most people would be hard pressed to notice any difference. Fresh is better, 3 months is fine. Most breweries say their IPAs have a 5 month shelf life.

Hmmmm. I'd say inside of 30 days is the separator. yes, outside of that it's still good maybe up to 60 days. That's my limit.

 

[Poke_4_Life]

@Ministry of Pain I have some questions about your ownership.

What percentage did you get? How are the returns so far? I get that you liked the store, but why did you want to get into retail?

I guess I'd just like some more unpacking of the business side of the equation, if you feel like sharing. Cool story, glad you're enjoying it to this point.

 

[TripleThreat]

Grtz and good luck MoP!! Can I assume you've made a trip to VT and the rest of New England?

 

[Northern Voice]

3 months for an IPA is not a drain pour...most people would be hard pressed to notice any difference. Fresh is better, 3 months is fine. Most breweries say their IPAs have a 5 month shelf life.

I agree ...and a lot of heavily dry hopped IPAs are better at 14 days then they are the day they were canned/kegged.

Most IPAs will start to show some early signs of oxidation after 3-4 months, depending largely on the malt bill. The majority of beer drinkers probably wouldn't notice but an everyday IPA drinker would.

We test ours weekly and the peak flavour usually lasts 6-8 weeks after canning for most IPAs but they're shelf safe for six months.

 

[parasaurolophus]

3 months for an IPA is not a drain pour...most people would be hard pressed to notice any difference. Fresh is better, 3 months is fine. Most breweries say their IPAs have a 5 month shelf life.

I agree ...and a lot of heavily dry hopped IPAs are better at 14 days then they are the day they were canned/kegged.

Most IPAs will start to show some early signs of oxidation after 3-4 months, depending largely on the malt bill. The majority of beer drinkers probably wouldn't notice but an everyday IPA drinker would.

We test ours weekly and the peak flavour usually lasts 6-8 weeks after canning for most IPAs but they're shelf safe for six months.

I bet most everyday ipa drinkers wouldn't notice either in a blind test.