Pint of Guinness almost out of date

The Jammy dodger

Got some cans of Guinness that go out of date on 24th of Feb next month. I'm probably being over paranoid due to being mad about best before dates etc, but felt as though they are a little watery hmmm. Are they safe to drink? Whats the wisdom of AH got to say about this one?

gobo99

The Jammy dodger wrote: »

Got some cans of Guinness that go out of date on 24th of Feb next month. I'm probably being over paranoid due to being mad about best before dates etc, but felt as though they are a little watery hmmm. Are they safe to drink? Whats the wisdom of AH got to say about this one?

Don't drink em, ya might get the runs!

Tom_Cruise

Don't let them go to waste anyway, if i was in your boots i would drink them all (100% serious)

Slattsy

Drink away son, drink away.
Out of date Guinness is still 10 times better than all the other stout out there.
Drink away.

Guy:Incognito

Definitely not. The 8 weeks before cans go out of date they turn to cyanide.

Praetorian Saighdiuir

Guinness is horrible.

Guy:Incognito

Slattsy wrote: »

Out of date Guinness is still 10 times better than all the other stout out there.
.

That's not saying much.

meoklmrk91

So they go out of date over a month from now and your worried, besides it says best before, not don't drink after this date or you will get botchilism and die. Seriously relax and enjoy.

keith16

24th of Feb next month, as opposed to the 24th of Feb this month? :pac:

Yarr I'm only winding you up OP, but seriously drink all of those cans at once.

orestes

It's cans of Gunness, best before date be damned, Guinness in a can is foul regardless. Use them to wash down some really bad Indian food, cheapest colonic you will ever have.

Czarcasm

Guinness from a can or a bottle is pure dirt.

At least now I know who's buying it!

AG2R

if you don't want to drink them you could make a great steak and guinness pie

Absolutezero

Hurry up and drink them. Then pics or gtfo.

1ZRed

There's alcohol in it and it's not out of date. Just drink it ffs

Oranage2

People actually check sell by dates on cans?

I've truly misses the Celtic tiger era!

kneemos

Listening to movies and booze on Moncrief the other day and it seems bacteria can't grow in beer,that's why they used to drink beer rather than water which was filthy in the olden days,so no matter how old the beer it can't harm you.

Irish_wolf

Dont drink em if you're a fan of the black stuff at all use 'em in a Guinness stew. Most recipes say to use a cup or some other measurement, but a full can is the proper amount you should use.

kfallon

Best Before dates for most things are a load of bollocks, you prob have til May to drink them

Herb Powell

The Jammy dodger wrote: »

Got some cans of Guinness that go out of date on 24th of Feb next month. I'm probably being over paranoid due to being mad about best before dates etc, but felt as though they are a little watery hmmm. Are they safe to drink? Whats the wisdom of AH got to say about this one?

1. It is still in date, so WTF???

2. It is beer, it will be fine after it's best before date.

3. It's in a can, so it will be fine.

Drink them, it's fine.

Sofiztikated

Drink away son, it's OVER a month away. That's not almost out of date. Almost out of date would be the 20th February.

Oh, and eeewwwww, Guinness.

JazzyJ

Don't drink them!!!

Alcohol is a poison. They need specialist treatment so give them to me and I'll make sure they're properly disposed of.

666irishguy

Drink them. The men who stamp on the best by date play it safe and go for the earliest date it could go off, so slug them back and think no more of it.

Antar Bolaeisk

It's a BEST BEFORE DATE ie. it is at it's best when drank before the specified time but can still be safely consumed afterwards.

If it were an EXPIRY DATE then it would not be safe to drink it after the indicated time.

Therefore the Guinness will be safe to drink as, at least, as safe as ever to drink.

A friend and I were drinking a few bottles of Budweiser a couple of weeks ago. The first bottle went down surprisingly easy, as did the second and third, and both of us were wondering how, for once, Budweiser actually tasted okay; normally Budweiser is just about the worst popular beer there is, so this was a nice surprise. Half way through our fourth bottle and my friend takes a look at the best-before date: May 2007. The bottles had been in a press in his house since Christmas of 2006, we later realised. We both survived intact with absolutely no sickness. Our online research suggests that beer, when kept sealed, doesn't necessarily "go bad." If we survived beer that was almost 6 years out of date I'm sure your in-date Guinness is just fine.

MJ23

Farting juice.

senorwipesalot

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056658478
Youll be grand.
I drank a slab that was a year out of date and haunted apparently and sure Im still here.

The Jammy dodger

Slainte

donmaga1

Drink away. A mate found a crate out of date by only a year over crimbo and it was great. Might be bad if it was stored in a warm area.

If it's brown, drink it down!

Boscoirl

Cans of Guinness are only 500ml, not a pint

Rezident

It's grand. Our work gave us beer at a table quiz that was months out of date and we were fine or at least no worse than we'd normally be at a cheap drink table quiz.

The Jammy dodger

Boscoirl wrote: »

Cans of Guinness are only 500ml, not a pint

Ah but what about the little people?

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kfallon

The Jammy dodger wrote: »

Ah but what about the little people?

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Have you drank them cans yet or wha'????

The Jammy dodger

kfallon wrote: »

Have you drank them cans yet or wha'????

Drank two of them and had some baileys. Feelin grand so far. I've been stuffed this past few days so if I blow the house doon It will give me the double effect of acting like a laxative.

biko

Best give them away.




You in Galway by any chance?

1ZRed

The Jammy dodger wrote: »

Drank two of them and had some baileys. Feelin grand so far. I've been stuffed this past few days so if I blow the house doon It will give me the double effect of acting like a laxative.

You think you're feeling grand now but what until the Cameroonian officers arrive after that baileys

le la rat

If you are in the mood drink away. If not don't

kfallon

1ZRed wrote: »

You think you're feeling grand now but what until the Cameroonian officers arrive after that baileys

It'll be the gallows for him if they find that bottle of Babycham in the press

Aglomerado

senorwipesalot wrote: »

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056658478
Youll be grand.
I drank a slab that was a year out of date and haunted apparently and sure Im still here.

Appropriate username!

Zebra3

Slattsy wrote: »

Out of date Guinness is still 10 times better than all the other stout out there.

O'Hara's > Guinness.

Guinness = Bland.

kraggy

Slattsy wrote: »

Drink away son, drink away.
Out of date Guinness is still 10 times better than all the other stout out there.
Drink away.

Murphy's, Blackrock Stout and O Haras are all nicer than Guinness.

FixdePitchmark

Oranage2 wrote: »

People actually check sell by dates on cans?

I've truly misses the Celtic tiger era!

:D:D:D

branners69

My record is a few cans of Guinness a year and a half out of date.

Wasnt a bother on them or my bowels afterwards!!

DavyD_83

Dear God man, Don't dring them, they're lethal. forward to me for proper disposal.





Or if you're not that gullible, just drink them n let us all know if you have any ill effects for future reference.

Annasopra

Make a stew or a cake

Dolbert

People really need to learn the difference between 'best before' and 'use by'.

CruelCoin

The Jammy dodger wrote: »

Got some cans of Guinness that go out of date on 24th of Feb next month. I'm probably being over paranoid due to being mad about best before dates etc, but felt as though they are a little watery hmmm. Are they safe to drink? Whats the wisdom of AH got to say about this one?

1: Pour the guinness.
2: Cut can open
3: Observe zero deposits on walls of can
4: Re-examine previous statement on "its watery"
5: Deduce you're paranoid and its all in your head.

Luca Brasi

AG2R wrote: »

if you don't want to drink them you could make a great steak and guinness pie

Is it too early to start making Christmas cakes with them?

Wacker The Attacker

Guinness is good for you

intellectual dosser

I had Guinness Crisps last night. I'm a big fan of pints of Guinness but jaysus these crisps were rotten. They'd make a gone off can of anything taste devine. BTW I say drink away.

JohnnyChimpo

WTF are Guinness crisps? Anyway, Guinness from a can will probably taste a bit watery bercause the supposed "heaviness" of Guinness comes from the creamy head (wahey) which is usually ****e from a can.