In these tumultuous times, it's hard to know where best to invest. Americans seem to be equally disillusioned about the prospects of leaving their money to banks, the stock market, or to a retirement fund. While these options are failing all around us, it's nice to know that there is an alternative: invest in beer. I'm not talking about pouring money into a new brewery (although that's not a bad idea) or buying case after case of PBR to get drunk and forget your financial worries (this is a bad idea), I'm talking about aging beers. The idea of having a beer cellar is one that takes some getting used to for most of us who are sick of hearing rich wine snobs flaunt their extensive cellar of Bordeaux from the 1970s. As with many things beer-related, aging beer is a less pretentious proposition than aging wine, but still there are guidelines that must be followed. more ›