Out of date beer?

JohnCleary

Couldn't think of a better place to ask....

I've got me a crate of beer that I am NOT letting go to waste

The best before printed on the bottom of the can is the 20th April 2008. Will this be OK to drink 14 days after this? Either way i'm going to drink it

Slow Motion

JohnCleary wrote: »

Couldn't think of a better place to ask....

I've got me a crate of beer that I am NOT letting go to waste

The best before printed on the bottom of the can is the 20th April 2008. Will this be OK to drink 14 days after this? Either way i'm going to drink it

It will be fine! Enjoy and pass a few this way!

Edit: best before is not the same a use by! It is a recommendation not a health warning so there is a bit of leeway with the date as far as I know!

Cathmandooo

What are you talking about 14 days for? You should have drunk it already, drink it now, quick!

Slow Motion

Cathooo wrote: »

What are you talking about 14 days for? You should have drunk it already, drink it now, quick!

I was going to say that but I got caught in some serious turbulence, better go back and report my post!

JohnCleary

Slow Motion wrote: »

It will be fine! Enjoy and pass a few this way!

Edit: best before is not the same a use by! It is a recommendation not a health warning so there is a bit of leeway with the date as far as I know!

I figured as much it was a "sell by" alright

Cathooo wrote: »

What are you talking about 14 days for? You should have drunk it already, drink it now, quick!

dude I bought 3 crates of the stuff, only 1 crate left

phreneticus

man, as long as it's less than 2 years past it's GRAND (Rag week experience mon ami)

Slow Motion

JohnCleary wrote: »

I figured as much it was a "sell by" alright



dude I bought 3 crates of the stuff, only 1 crate left

Still, room for improvement, I suggest you take friday and monday off and rectify the situation;)

JohnCleary

Slow Motion wrote: »

Still, room for improvement, I suggest you take friday and monday off and rectify the situation;)

Won't get a chance to drink it this weekend - i'm doing powerboat demonstrations

However, the weekend after that will see the crate disappear

Cathmandooo

Slow Motion wrote: »

I was going to say that but I got caught in some serious turbulence, better go back and report my post!

reported for ya

JohnCleary wrote: »

dude I bought 3 crates of the stuff, only 1 crate left

Dude when did you buy these 3 crates of out of date beer? I hope it was no earlier than 2 nights ago.

JohnCleary

Cathooo wrote: »

Dude when did you buy these 3 crates of out of date beer? I hope it was no earlier than 2 nights ago.

About 3 weeks ago, was on offer so bought as much as I could carry in one go

Maple

Drink it, consequences be damned.

arybvtcw0eolkf

Hey listen OP, don't drink it - it could be deadly dangerous, let me take this bullet for you!.

Slow Motion

Mairt wrote: »

Hey listen OP, don't drink it - it could be deadly dangerous, let me take this bullet for you!.

Sneaky Mairt, very sneaky:)

Max_Damage

I drank beer that was 6 months out of date before. Not a bother at all.

Frisbee

Its fine. I work in an offo an we often get beer that is past its best before date at a discount when we cant sell to customers anymore...

dr strangelove

I know Devney's in Rathmines has a fridge full of out of date booze, that you can pick up cheap.

I've had beer more than a year out of date with no consequences other than a desire to surf naked and a headache the next day, but then that always happens whether the beer is out of date or not!

dfx-

The key word in the title is beer. Unless there's a nasty health warning that says Budweiser or Light on it, then it's to be drank.

Don1

+1 dfx-

We used get all the out of date beers in work (used to be a hotel barman) and the best part was they were usually the foreign/import/good beers!!! All the diageo *spits crap would sell like hot cakes and we'd always have Okocim, Tiger, Tsing Tsao, etc. left over. Happy days!

Rob_l

Dont do it OP beer is bad out of date beer is very bad you may suffer sudden death from trying

oblivious

Generally it should be fine, supposably no know human pathogens can survive in beer due to the low ph and those that contain hops.

wheats beers are generally are better consumed fresh, oxidation and light striking (green or clear glass) are much more detrimental to the beer

Zaph

Alcohol has been used to preserve stuff for years. How unsafe can alcohol preserved in alcohol be?

admiralofthefleet

as long as it isnt opened it will be grand. i found large bottles of smithwicks in work a while ago that had a jan/07 date on them and drank them. lovely they were

tanora78

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admiralofthefleet

andyrew120 wrote: »

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they must have been capped.

Thrill

JohnCleary wrote: »

Either way i'm going to drink it

Thats the spirit. An attitude we can all sit back and admire.

Drink up Brother, you deserve it.

oblivious

andyrew120 wrote: »

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Just checking that its was not a sour style of beer?

they do exist

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

they must have been capped.

Capped beer will last years, decades even if the capping process is sound ,similar with can

AckwelFoley

Jeez..

Out of date beer is only snobbery talk.

Beer is like a fine woman

The older the get, the more bitter they become.. but still does essentially the same thing.

admiralofthefleet

oblivious wrote: »

Capped beer will last years, decades even if the capping process is sound ,similar with can

i mean capped as in cap removed, much like a tapped keg

Our man in Havana

I got some guinness draught cans that were 2 weeks out of date. They were absolutely rank. They were promptly tipped down the sink.

AlmightyCushion

I've drank beer that was months out of date and it tasted fine.

nomorebadtown

I had out of date Tennents once.

Like the sweat from Satan's flabby gouche it was.

Black Swan

Oh, B!ue grabs her head in memory of the last Murphy's that was forever in the frig before she drank it... Ug!:eek:

Staph

Even I, as a mere wimmin know what to do in this situation! Tssk..
Be a man and suck it up -literally!

knowall

I used to drive a skip lorry and I found beer that was outdated 2.5 years,itwas grolch and tasted great

Our man in Havana

I hope you have a good supply of toilet paper on hand.

Ferrioxide

A beer is a beer, get it into ya.

faceman

Its only a best before date. In my opinion the only best before label that should be a on a beer is as follows:

"best before another beer"

Some years ago in my student days, i have a few bottles of beer donated to me by non drinking parents of a friend. They gave me a few bottles of guiness and smithwicks that were 6-7 years out of date! No joke!

2 friends drank 2 bottles each. one of the friends was fine (he was a beer monster) The other friend was violently ill and urinated all over the floor in his sleep.

_blank_

What a hero!

He was able to get the wee to the floor in his sleep, and not wet the bed?

Professional tbh.

faceman

Des wrote: »

What a hero!

He was able to get the wee to the floor in his sleep, and not wet the bed?

Professional tbh.

Forgot to mention he was sleeping on the floor at the time. at least he managed to fall asleep in the bedroom!!

For the record, when he woke up, he demanded to know who came in while he was asleep and pee'd on him. Eventually the penny dropped when he realised the pee was under him and not on him.

Töpher

dfx- wrote: »

The key word in the title is beer. Unless there's a nasty health warning that says Budweiser or Light on it, then it's to be drank.

Actually, out of date bud is quite drinkable. Wouldn't touch the muck normally, but it gets gassier and overly malty. Really, really nice!

spoonbadger

Forgot to mention he was sleeping on the floor at the time. at least he managed to fall asleep in the bedroom!!

After drinking 6-year-out-of-date beer, i'm impressed he even managed to find the floor

spoonbadger

Einstürzende wrote: »

Actually, out of date bud is quite drinkable. Wouldn't touch the muck normally, but it gets gassier and overly malty. Really, really nice!

Malty piss is still piss

oblivious

spoonbadger wrote: »

Malty piss is still piss

Töpher

Meh... I'd drink it

jester77

hmm, was wondering this myself recently. I was back in Ireland for a week and rummaging around in a cupboard in my parents house when I found 3 cans of Guinness which were out of date since April.

I had to make a very quick decision there and then:

• I could put them in the fridge, wait for them to cool and chance drinking OR
• I could pop into town to the local offie and pick up a ready chilled fridge pack.

Recalling some of my honours leaving cert maths and using one of the complicated theorems that I still remember I decided I would be better to go to the offie as 8 cans are better than 3!

QED

HashSlinging

I recently found a crate of large Guinness bottles out in a bush at the back of my parents house, (my dad is an ex Guinness employee) the best before date was 1995. I drank one and it was THE nicest thing I've drank in years.. all the labels were off and the caps were all fairly rusted, and the best before date on the cap was 95..:cool:

faceman

HashSlinging wrote: »

I recently found a crate of large Guinness bottles out in a bush at the back of my parents house, (my dad is an ex Guinness employee) the best before date was 1995. I drank one and it was THE nicest thing I've drank in years.. all the labels were off and the caps were all fairly rusted, and the best before date on the cap was 95..:cool:

.... and you avatar is actually a pic of yourself you took afterward!

Anti

Ah lads, ive an awfull thirst on me now

oblivious

Anti wrote: »

Ah lads, ive an awfull thirst on me now

Its 5 o'clock some where on the planet:P

captainzapp

deveneys in rathmines sell out of date beer for a euro a bottle. i try to pick the ones that are no more than a few months out of date but there are some in that fridge well over a year! havent had anything to rancid from it... yet.