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[Jdtirado]

I made a peanut butter porter over a year ago and kept it.  I don't know if the buzz that I have from the wine is influencing my taste buds but its really yummy now.  Go figure!!!!

[realbeerguy]

Sometimes time is your friend.

[SchwanzBrewer]

Just had the same experience with my stout. I think roasty beers can often get better with age.

[Jdtirado]

Man the PB stout was bad!

[SchwanzBrewer]

Often the roasted malt particles linger in the beer and can give off astringent flavors and make the beer seem thin. Eventually they settle out and the beer tastes fine. I don't know what peanut butter would do, but it may need some mellowing. Also roasty beers help prevent oxidation, so they generally last longer when treated properly.

[Big Nake]

It might be one of the trickier parts of the hobby to understand. There are times where bigger beers and beers with "flavors" added take awhile to mature and improve. There are things that happen during fermentation that you cannot improve no matter how long you let it sit. At some point, you realize what might improve with time and what will not. When you have a beer that is subpar early and then it improves into a nice beer some time later, it's a lovely thing.

[BarelyBrews]

Like others have said, i sometimes don't much care for a brew and after 3 months on tap it matures more and i love every drop.