I made a big batch of home brew & it did not taste good till it was bottled & age 6 months does it age in the?!
Answers: bottle? It was awsome & the longer it aged the better it got-----------only thing is it takes so long to make a batch any suggestions.I did not know the beer aged in the bottle.
Godzilla, for the last time... (some) REAL BEER AGES WHEN BOTTLED! If you used a secondary fermentation process there is a good chance that the beer continued to develop during the six months. High quality beers can be stored for decades, ripening with age. I myself have a 15 year old Thomas Hardy that is recommended to be aged for up to 25 years.
The link below is all about storage of beer.
It doesn't age in the bottle, beer is best when its fresh. You can see examples of this from the "born on date" of anheiser busch products like bud light.
Yes it does. Good, well made beer (this description does not apply to any beer with a "born on" date) does age in the bottle. Mass produced beer (with "born on" dates) are filtered and/or pasteurized to death. Nothing is going on inside the bottle and so they have a limited shelf life. Home brewed beers and good microbrews and many imports are different. They're not filtered to death, so there are still trace amounts of yeast as well as various esters and other flavor components that continue to interact over time...this is known as "bottle conditioning."
You hit it right on the head...letting is sit and bottle condition does wonders for the flavor and complexity. A good barleywine can bottle condition for years and continue to improve. Think of a good beer as a low alcohol wine (or not, if you started with a high gravity wort) and it has a lot of the same elements going on in the bottle, just as wine would...the only difference is that it's from grain as opposed to fruit (not that you can't get creative and use fruit with your beer).
However, the dilemma of waiting so long for a batch to brew and subsequently age is easily solved...make more batches while you're waiting :) It gives you an excuse to experiment and gives you a productive way to spend your time waiting for the good stuff.
Happy brewing!