New here out of Indy any advice on what to keep in cellar vs trade

16-bottles of Brooklyn brewery monster ale barleywine (bottle numbers 3209-1301)
15-bottles of Brooklyn brewery black chocolate stout (2590-1140)
12 -ottles or Anchor brewing merry Christmas and happy new year (2010)
2-mags " " " " " " " " " (2009)
11-chimay blue 2010
3-chimay blue boomers 2010
1-mag chimay blue 2008
13-bells batch 9000
8-bells batch 10000
2-bells batch 5000
11- rochefort 10 (211015)
3-north coast old stock 2007
2-north coast old stock 2005
1-north coast old stock 2004
3- samichlaus 2006
1- samichlaus 2007 magnum
3- lindemans cuvée Rene (lc 30gcr 2044)
1- lindemans domme lambic (lf 26ipo 28811)
1-lindemans faro (lc09jfa 7812)
1 mikkeller black hole looks old
2- stone old guardian 09
1 stone bitter choc oat stout 08
1-Orval (22/04/2010)
2- westmalle (3/2/11
1 Harvey and son double stout 2000
1 gouden carolus 08
2 gouden carolus 09
1 gouden carolus Christmas 09
1 ale smith barleywine 2000
1 dark lord
1 kanings hueven quad (k12k8)
2 Bob Moog ???????
1 flying dog gonzo imperial porter (signed and in a red tube)

Abbaue de saint Bon chien (single cast mags)
1 bourbon barrel aged #250
1 Pinot noir # 950
2 cab 26 oak #004/062
1 merlot aged
1 spirt aged
1 unmarked and unknow[/QUOTE]

Don’t cellar. Drink or trade all.

Originally posted by Drake
Don’t cellar. Drink or trade all.

Most of the stuff you have listed has a relatively long shelf-life, but is probably reaching the point where it should be consumed as soon as possible. Add onto that the fact that most of what you have is regularly available in the US at most stores that specialize in craft beer

Your best bet is to slowly work through drinking what you have, take some notes, compare with "fresh" examples that you can buy from the store, and figure out what, if anything from your list is something you enjoy aged.

Sad to hear that guess I should trade it for things I can’t get

You could also get together with other Ratebeerians in your area (shrubber85, Patrickctenchi, etc) to do a tasting/bottle share, or an in person trade.

Some bottles improve with age, so don’t. Sometimes it’s hard to predict which will improve and which will not. I wouldn’t categorically say "don’t cellar," but just realize it is a bit of a gamble.
These days I only cellar gueuze and strong beers that I think taste too hot when fresh.

This question is complex. I enjoy older beers, and I have a cellar of some old stuff. But most beers don’t improve much with age to be honest. That said, it is fun to wait and see especially with bigger beers like Samiclaus which will still be good.

With a couple exceptions (Dark Lord, Bells Batches, Bob Moog and some of the Bon Chiens) you can pretty much find most of those beers in any decent liquor store in my area and probably most of the country.

I agree with Travlr on cellaring. I typically only purposefully cellar gueuze and beers (usually barleywines) that I think will be too hot. There are a few exceptions for beers that I want to develop the yeast a little bit. Plan Bee beers tend to be better with a few months on them for instance. Also, I like Belgian Quads with a few years on them so I cellar those.

If I were you, I’d cellar the magnums a little bit. Magnums tend to age the beer slower and I’d drink a Cuvee Rene now and cellar the other two and see how you like them with a bit of age on them. You can also do the same with Rochfort 10 and Samiclaus though that last one is really old already.

You’ll probably have a hard time trading most of that beer as many are pretty common, but there are people who like vintage stuff that may give it a whirl. Just don’t expect anything to crazy in return for most of them. Good luck.

2000 Alesmith Barley Wine? Are you sure about that? Never heard of an Alesmith bottle that old.

Originally posted by TravisMMason

Originally posted by Drake
Don’t cellar. Drink or trade all.

Don’t cellar???? I bought it all from a guy who had it cellared
Is it not good beer to cellar?

That 2007 Samichlaus magnum would peak some trade interests.