Quote Originally Posted by Corona Gigante
When I visited our local micro-brewery, St. Arnold's, the owner commented that, in terms of aging, beer is like bread and wine is like cheese. With the possible exceptions of the beers that undergo secondary fermentation in the bottle, fresh beer always tastes better than older beer.
Many high-gravity beers (that's beer geek for "high alcohol") go well with age. I've got a couple bottles aging that I can't wait to taste in a few more years. Barleywines and some trippels require some age to mellow out a bit. The suggested aging for barleywine is about 7 years.

Otherwise, drink your beers early and often! :)

As a result, I'll always give the local brew a try.
Support your local brewer! Whaoooo!!
(shu'up, it's Friday)