Comments on: A Taste of Utopia(s)

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By: Don

Don — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 16:06:06 +0000

Yeah but now you are plotting on how to save up and order one. I’m guessing there might need to be spousal approval involved too as $160 for 750 ml of just about anything needs to be discussed and worked into the budget. I know how this conversation might go too Hmmm…we could buy beer for a month, or…we could buy this one bottle! I’m thinking your own personal stash of Utopias is a ways off, but I could be wrong.

By: Jim

Jim — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 02:04:59 +0000

It was really cool of Kevin to share, otherwise I’d have never tasted it either.

By: Dave

Dave — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 01:58:00 +0000

Nice! This is still one beer that I just can’t get a chance to try.

By: Don

Don — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 22:08:15 +0000

Thanks for the info Mike. Just picked up a bottle of 13 year old 96 proof Van Winkles Family Reserve Rye. Man am I looking forward to that!

By: Michael Reinhardt

Michael Reinhardt — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 21:53:38 +0000

it will do 10 year without sweating. Probably 25 or more. It won’t keep forever since it’s still an organic (ie living) product. Of course, distilled spirits will keep forever but they won change and age like a great beer. Here is a post I wrote about cellaring. http://thankheavenforbeer.com/2009/04/30/storing-beer-a-proposal-for-cellaring-your-barley-products/

By: Jim

Jim — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 19:46:44 +0000

Good point. Only problem is he doesn’t have any for sale. Kevin’s store is one of the largest in the area, and he only received 3 Utopias, which were all spoken for long before they arrived. There are long waiting lists for such things.

Still, it’s smart to treat good customers well (I certainly qualify there).

By: Wendi

Wendi — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 19:42:45 +0000

One for now and one for later; you’re up to $320. I’d say that buyer knew what he was doing when he gave YOU a taste!

By: Don

Don — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 18:13:10 +0000

That is why you need to buy two. Drink one now, then save one for vertical flights later!!!

By: Jim

Jim — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 18:11:47 +0000

It’ll age like a champ, I’m sure. There was quite a bit of alcohol flavor that will mellow nicely with age.

Of course if I had one, it wouldn’t age -I don’t think I could resist.

By: Don

Don — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 18:06:09 +0000

Mike: How long does the stuff keep? Is it just like any other spirit that will store indefinitely?

By: Michael Reinhardt

Michael Reinhardt — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:56:01 +0000

A great beer! I’ve got a two year old bottle still unopened. I drank that other one quite some time ago. I’m holding out for this one to be 10 or more years old.

By: Jim

Jim — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:56:47 +0000

It has lots of flavors that brewers borrow to make interesting brews, like oak, chocolate, port, whiskey and vanilla. So it reminded me of several wonderful beers all jammed together at once, but it wasn’t malty, bready or hoppy, the tastes you’d normally associate with beer.