When should I pour the beer down the drain??

[OldsnowboarderME]

:roll:

 

[severine]

I have gambled with old beer before... but usually, it's pretty skunky. You could always take a sip and if it's terrible, dump it.

Reminds me of my MIL. Every time she'd have a party, you always had to wonder how old the drinks were... some you could recognize from parties of long ago.

 

[drjeff]

Ok I just noticed I have beer 8 months to over a year old in the frig .. should I pour it down the drain?? How long should one keep beer past the date code?

Gotta do the taste test thing on this one. Some beer you'll find fine and tasty after that long, and well some will have headed the way of the skunk

In some serious basement/beer fridge cleaning a few weeks ago, I found some beers that were burried deep in the back shelves/drawers of my beer fridge that were I'd estimate close to 5 years old (no alcohol abuse on my part as they were cans if miller lite - I absolutely loathe that stuff - that a "friend of mine" {granted if their bringing me cans of miller lite we're not exactly best friends} brought to a 4th of July party at my house 5 or so years ago.) They got filled away and forgotten in one of the drawers in my beer fridge ever since. Well, as I was cleaning the fridge out, if ound them and started having flashbacks as to their age, and I knew what I had to do with them - give them to one of my hygienists husband who is a big miller lite fan! I did warn them of their age, and still he wanted to try them. The look on his face as he tasted the first one was priceless! But on principle he finished it off before dumping the remaining 10 cans ASAP uke:

So open up those "aged" beers and take a small sip. If you don't start immediately projectile vomiting, go for it. Otherwise dump them and restock the fridge :beer:

 

[ctenidae]

If they're crap to mid-level beer, they'll probably be nasty. If they're "good" beers, they may be okay. If they're high quality, like a Belgian or Unibreu type product, they probably aged fine.

You'll never know until you crack one open.

 

[Greg]

Funny. I never seem to have a problem of beer sitting in my beer fridge too long.

 

[2knees]

good god man, you need to drink more.

 

[MichaelJ]

I have an unopened bottle of Chimay (Trappist Ale) that was given to me by a friend when I finished grad school in 1993. One of these days, I'll get up the nerve and pop the cork.

 

[ComeBackMudPuddles]

can a moderator change the title of this thread? i can't stand the concept....and seeing the question on the board just makes me sick!

uke:

 

[Moe Ghoul]

I like bottled beer for the simple reason that I can recap it and put it back in the frig, which is rare. If it's flat, I try to cook something that beer tastes good in, or dump it. I'm pretty meticulous in rotating the frig and freezer contents, so nothing goes to waste. There are can lids, that could be used for beercans, not sure how well they'd maintain the carbonation, tho. So long as beer is cold and in a dark place, I would think it has a pretty long shelf life.

 

[Terry]

You don't recap beer. You open it and drink it! At least thats my philosiphy.

 

[Greg]

The only beer that ever hung around in my fridge for an extended period of time, and was eventually tossed, was Magic Hat Saint Gootz. God, that stuff is friggin' vile. uke:

 

[Moe Ghoul]

You don't recap beer. You open it and drink it! At least thats my philosiphy.

It's a rare occasion. Sometimes the wife opens one and only drinks 1/2. Or, I crack one open, then get a call that requires getting behind the wheel. Or the last beer of the nite that I never shoulda opened to begin with. Stuff happens.

 

[Greg]

FINALLY ..the kind of reaction I was hoping for ...

So not only were you trolling, but you did so at the expense of God's greatest gift to the world. Beer! That's just wrong.

 

[tjf67]

Ok I just noticed I have beer 8 months to over a year old in the fridge .. should I pour it down the drain?? How long should one keep beer past the date code?

Save it for guests that show up with no advance notice

 

[drjeff]

The only beer that ever hung around in my fridge for an extended period of time, and was eventually tossed, was Magic Hat Saint Gootz. God, that stuff is friggin' vile. uke:

This stuff got dumped, plain and simply because it tasted like it's namesake, and Betty isn't a hottie in this case

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Ok I just noticed I have beer 8 months to over a year old in the fridge .. should I pour it down the drain?? How long should one keep beer past the date code?

Throw it out..and next time drink your beer immediately...

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Maybe I should package it up and send it to GSS ..I hear he drinks anything..

Wrong..I have this bitburger German beer from one of the gaper days which was so skunky..and I threw out 8 cans of it..

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

The only beer that ever hung around in my fridge for an extended period of time, and was eventually tossed, was Magic Hat Saint Gootz. God, that stuff is friggin' vile. uke:

Yeah that shit is gross..

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

It's a rare occasion. Sometimes the wife opens one and only drinks 1/2. Or, I crack one open, then get a call that requires getting behind the wheel. Or the last beer of the nite that I never shoulda opened to begin with. Stuff happens.

Wow..you really hate to waste..I leave 11 ounce wounded soldiers many nights when I pass out..I probably throw out a couple gallons of beer a year..I feel like it's better down the drain than in my belly

 

[Moe Ghoul]

Wow..you really hate to waste..I leave 11 ounce wounded soldiers many nights when I pass out..I probably throw out a couple gallons of beer a year..I feel like it's better down the drain than in my belly

I rarely throw any food or bev out. It always finds a home in some meal. Leftover coffee goes in a pitcher for ice coffee, or I toss it outside on the acid loving plants. If I'm drinking yogurt fruit smoothies, it usually means I have fresh fruit that needs to be used up. The pho soup is ideal for just about any meat, seafood or veggie that needs to be consumed. The little nonmeat scrap that's left goes in the compost pile. I'm learning that being green takes some effort. And bein' lazy is hard work, lol.