Expired guinness

The Cowboy

Hi there,
Just wondering if its safe/ok to drink draught guinness cans 2 weeks after their best before date. I bought them from a friend and just checking b4hand whether theres any noticeable difference in taste/quality after that time, considering they were sitting in his wardrobe til now?

AlmightyCushion

I doubt it, I've drank miller before that was past it's best before date. Harp too. The harp was mank (first and last time to taste it), miller was fine though.

20 Times 20 Times

The Cowboy wrote: »

Hi there,
Just wondering if its safe/ok to drink draught guinness cans 2 weeks after their best before date. I bought them from a friend and just checking b4hand whether theres any noticeable difference in taste/quality after that time, considering they were sitting in his wardrobe til now?

It is a best before date , Not a expiry date the choice in entirely up to you whether you want to drink it or not , god just open up a can and taste it and don't write a thread about it , Oh by the way let me know how it tasted please

BanzaiBk

I can admit to having a few cans of out of date Guinness (what an achievement:rolleyes:) and I survived fine. Didn't really notice a change in taste tbh. AFAIK the cans I consumed were 3 wks out of date.

Dont be at yourself

I doubt it, I've drank miller before that was past it's best before date. Harp too. The harp was mank (first and last time to taste it), miller was fine though.

Harp is always mank, I don't imagine the best before date had anything to do with it.

AlmightyCushion

NekkidBibleMan wrote: »

Harp is always mank, I don't imagine the best before date had anything to do with it.

Yeah that's why I said it was the first time I had it. I never knew what it tasted like but I always hoped for Harps sake it didn't normally taste that bad.

randylonghorn

The Cowboy wrote: »

Hi there,
Just wondering if its safe/ok to drink draught guinness cans 2 weeks after their best before date. I bought them from a friend and just checking b4hand whether theres any noticeable difference in taste/quality after that time, considering they were sitting in his wardrobe til now?

Couple of weeks should make no great odds, though if they were sitting in a wardrobe in a hot room all that time it may not have improved them much. Certainly a good idea to let them chill a bit before opening.

Batesy

randylonghorn wrote: »

Couple of weeks should make no great odds, though if they were sitting in a wardrobe in a hot room all that time it may not have improved them much. Certainly a good idea to let them chill a bit before opening.

Don't know too many people that would actually keep their cans of Guinness in a wardrobe in a warm room!

johnnyskeleton

Alcohol kills bacteria so it doesn't go off as quickly (or as poisonously) as food.

But this is all moot - don't drink guiness from a can.

thegreek15

Just opened a can with the date 9/9/09 and it tastes just as good as the previous one with the date of 9/3/10...
In fridge since they were bought, possibly helped.
Drank many a pint from kegs of smithwicks when the "Best Before" had passed.

Mimikyu

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Fuzzy Clam

The Cowboy wrote: »

Hi there,
Just wondering if its safe/ok to drink draught guinness cans 2 weeks after their best before date. I bought them from a friend and just checking b4hand whether theres any noticeable difference in taste/quality after that time, considering they were sitting in his wardrobe til now?

Definitely not safe !

I can pm you my address so you send me the cans for safe disposal

BeerNut

Fuzzy Clam wrote: »

you send me the cans for safe disposal

They're coming up for two and a half years out of date at this stage so you might find them a little musty.

johnnyskeleton

Since the OP was last active in June 08, maybe drinking expired guinness is not such a good idea.

Tazzle

I've got a draught bottle of guinness that expired in 2001. Who wants to give it a shot?

upmeath

thegreek15 wrote: »

Just opened a can with the date 9/9/09 and it tastes just as good as the previous one with the date of 9/3/10...
In fridge since they were bought, possibly helped.
Drank many a pint from kegs of smithwicks when the "Best Before" had passed.

I might be posting 3 months after you, drinking a can 3 months older than yours was when you drank it, but you've just given me the confidence to drink a can I found in the fridge dated 9/6/09. Well done sir, I'll report back soon.

upmeath

Further to previous comment, the nigh-on-a-year past its best before date can of Guinness was not as bad as expected. I hadn't been drinking before I opened it, so I'd nothing to mask any bad taste that might have come with its age. It was a little thin at first, the creaminess wasn't all there, but overall not bad, I've had worse draught pints pulled (mostly at concert venues and overseas). 6/10

Butch Cassidy

The poster that mentioned alcohol kills bacteria was kinda right but Guinness only has 4.2% which ain't that much. Spirits that are 40% will be grand once never opened but lower content alcohol such as beer I don't think will last as long. But drinking beer two weeks out should be ok. Best before dates, sell by dates, use by dates etc. are all open to interpretation and kinda knock into each other.

BeerNut

Butch Cassidy wrote: »

Guinness only has 4.2% which ain't that much.

It's more than twice the concentration that will kill any known pathogen. No matter how long you leave it, the most dangerous thing in any beer will always be the alcohol.

CoalBucket

The Cowboy wrote: »

Hi there,
Just wondering if its safe/ok to drink draught guinness cans 2 weeks after their best before date. I bought them from a friend and just checking b4hand whether theres any noticeable difference in taste/quality after that time, considering they were sitting in his wardrobe til now?

2 weeks is grand, they will taste exactly the same. Guinness cover themselves with best before dates so the product should usually be good for a few weeks after that date. You will still get that lovely smell in the toilet in the morning

ardinn

You can drink a can of beer whenever, regardless of the best before date - Alcohol will never have a "use by" date because it will never go off once it is not opened - If it is opened the alcohol will evapourate and the beer will become unsafe. I have had cans 4 or more years out of date and they taste the same! Never worry about best before dates on anything, especially alcohol, But do look for "use by" dates on other consumables.

yoyo

I remember drinking a 6 pack of Heineken which was 2 years out of date :eek: , tasted like crap but was drinkable

Nick

CoalBucket

yoyo wrote: »

I remember drinking a 6 pack of Heineken which was 2 years out of date :eek: , tasted like crap but was drinkable

Nick

Dedicated drinker. I salute you sir.

pa990

yoyo wrote: »

I remember drinking a 6 pack of Heineken which was 2 years out of date :eek: , tasted like crap but was drinkable

Nick

Tasted like crap, you say..

Obviously there is no differance between in date and out of date heineken

yoyo

pa990 wrote: »

Tasted like crap, you say..

Obviously there is no differance between in date and out of date heineken

That is true, tasted crapper than you would expect lol

Nick

Stephen 1984

Im just having a can that has two weeks left before use by, its ok but noticable, little bit of a tacky/watery taste. I wouldnt recommend drinking too many.

AlmightyCushion

Stephen 1984 wrote: »

Im just having a can that has two weeks left before use by, its ok but noticable, little bit of a tacky/watery taste. I wouldnt recommend drinking too many.

He asked the question nearly 6 years ago. If he hasn't drank it by now, he sure as hell shouldn't start drinking it now. I'd hate to see the toilet bowl the morning after a session of 6 years old guinness.

irish_goat

A few of us from Beoir drank a bottle of O'Hara's Celebration Stout (6%) that was nearly 4 years past it's "best before". Tasted fantastic.

Tube

irish_goat wrote: »

A few of us from Beoir drank a bottle of O'Hara's Celebration Stout (6%) that was nearly 4 years past it's "best before". Tasted fantastic.

A lot of brewers just put a BB date X number of months in the future, regardless of the beer. Stouts with a decent abv will always keep well. An NHC member won the Abbeyleix Beerfest with a very well aged stout that was described as "epic" by the judges!

the beer revolu

Tube wrote: »

A lot of brewers just put a BB date X number of months in the future, regardless of the beer. Stouts with a decent abv will always keep well. An NHC member won the Abbeyleix Beerfest with a very well aged stout that was described as "epic" by the judges!

When I worked for a company importing beers we used to negotiate with the eastern European producers to put a 6 month date on the bottles rather than 3. This had nothing to do with the beer in the bottle - it was to do with marketing models. Any pasteurised beer is good for 12 months.

Dizzyblonde

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