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About Cellar Selections

Cellar Selection is a designation for wines or beers that our tasting panels feel will improve with proper aging in climate-controlled conditions, like a wine cellar or basement. 

For beers, the Cellar Selection is given for bottle-conditioned beers whose high complexity and maltiness will integrate and mellow with six-months-to-two-years of cellaring in a refrigerator or cool basement. In particular, many imperial or “extreme beers” with highly elevated hop and malt levels can round out nicely with exaggerated hoppiness receding into a more balanced, savorable flavor profile.                                                                                                

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Best Cellar Selections For Beer

Toppling Goliath Assassin Bourbon Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout
96 points
Toppling Goliath
Assassin Bourbon Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout
A spectacular barrel-aged Stout; delicious and luscious from end to end with a finish and retronasal for days.
96 points
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Date Tasted: 12/13/2023 in our Chicago tasting lab - 96 points out of 100 .

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