Museum Quality Allsopp's Arctic Ale 1852 Sealed/Full!!! Rarest Historic Beer in the World!

ebay ^ | 8/10/07 | ebay

[Tainan]

Heck with the beer....that is one fascinating story.

[martin_fierro]

Beer.

[eastforker]

Up to $502,501!

[spinestein]

Wine ages well, beer does not. I’m not aware of any all-grain beer that still tastes good after 5 years in the bottle. The Sam Adams Triple Bock that the company recommended be set aside for a decade or more is being reported as undrinkable after sitting that long. It’s said to taste like soy sauce.

I brewed a five gallon batch of 12% alcohol barleywine 4 years ago and it was receiving high praise from people after 2-3 years in the bottle. I shared the last bottle of it with a friend of mine a few weeks ago and it was developing some very unpleasant flavors.

[Lurker]

The strongest stuff I ever brewed was a blueberry mead at about 18% abv.

I wish I could tell you how long it lasted but none of it lasted longer than 2 years.

Yeeeehaw!

L

[spinestein]

I occasionally brew a raspberry mead about 13% abv but there’s no way it could compete with your batch of 18% blueberry mead. MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM...yeah. That blueberry mead sounds like HEAVEN!

You can keep that historic bottle of 150 year old Arctic Pale Ale. I want a bottle of mead.

[Lurker]

I used about 2 pounds of fresh blueberries in the boil and tossed 2 pounds of maple syrup in. Then I used a champagne yeast for the primary ferment.

I swear the carboy got warm....

Then after I racked it to a clean carboy I let it settle for 2 months. Then I made it sparkle using the usual natural carbonation method.

Make sure you wrap the cages around the corks good and tight and for Gods sake use punted bottles.

Then I let it just sit in my closet for 6 months fermenting in the bottle.

When I opened it.....it was beautiful. Color like a purple sunset, tiny little champagne style bubbles, and a nice dry flavor with just a hint of maple and blueberry in the background.

If you try the recipe I'll warn you: do not under any cirmcumstance open a second bottle with anyone you don't want to see naked.

Freepmail me if you want the complete recipe. I'll dig it up. Come to think of it it's time for me to start another batch!

Best.

L

[evets]

Much obliged!

[Non-Sequitur]

Winning bid $503,000+. Preferred method of payment - Paypal. Anyone know what the Paypal cut would be? Isn’t it a percentage?