Aging beer

[Black Plague]

I'm just starting to get into this and I was shocked that there are only a few threads here on aging beer (Mofo's and Bigjohn's thread on Chimay is very good: http://forums.cigarweekly.com/showth...ght=aging+beer )

So John and others here that age beers, I'd love to see a big discussion on this and for this thread to become a repository on beer cellaring knowledge (a la the Common Coffee Conundrums thread).

So spill the beans. What sort of beers can and cannot be aged? Do you leave them standing up or on their side? Where in your place do you cellar them and how do you get the proper environment for it (with or without a basement)? How long should you age? Any other tips or tricks?


In the words of Michael Myers playing Linda Richman when she gets verklempt: "Discuss!"