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Craft beer and wine to go
"The only real fault is that the majority of beer is confined to the coolers, so buying room temperature bottles for cellaring (or at least storing outside of a refrigerator) isn't much of an option." This is absolute hogwash. There is absolutely nothing about having those beers stored in a cooler that will inhibit or damage the long term aging prospects of that beer. Beer once refrigerated doesn't need to stay refrigerated. Yes, repeated large temperature swings are a bad idea. A single temperature rise (from the fridge to your car to your cellar) will not result in a poor product. The temperature fluctuations and conditions of one's "cellar" are going to have far more impact than that one temperature rise. By comparison, the light exposure in the room and the temperature swings out on the shelf will be far more damaging to the long term aging prospects of the beer. Indeed, having beers stored in a fridge on-site should do much more to encourage you that the beer you're looking to cellar long term is currently in good condition. This is true even if you're not planning on cellaring long term. Fridge storage (without fluorescent lights) is ensuring you as stable and well conditioned a bottle as you're going to be able to find. If you need to let it warm up to room temperature, that's going to be better than if it was stored that way in the first place.— October 9, 2012 11:55 a.m.