Out of date beer?

JohnCleary · 24-04-2008 09:34AM #1

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 · 24-04-2008 09:36AM

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 · 24-04-2008 09:36AM

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

Slow Motion · 24-04-2008 09:39AM

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 · 24-04-2008 09:39AM

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 · 24-04-2008 09:41AM

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

Slow Motion · 24-04-2008 09:41AM

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 · 24-04-2008 09:43AM

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 · 24-04-2008 09:43AM

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 · 24-04-2008 09:45AM

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 · 24-04-2008 09:59AM

Drink it, consequences be damned.

arybvtcw0eolkf · 24-04-2008 10:34AM

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

Slow Motion · 24-04-2008 10:36AM

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 · 24-04-2008 10:57AM

I drank beer that was 6 months out of date before.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

Frisbee · 24-04-2008 11:00AM

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 · 24-04-2008 12:14PM

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- · 24-04-2008 12:40PM

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 · 24-04-2008 01:11PM

+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 · 24-04-2008 01:18PM

Dont do it OP beer is bad out of date beer is very bad you may suffer sudden death from trying

oblivious · 24-04-2008 01:47PM

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 · 24-04-2008 05:17PM

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

admiralofthefleet · 24-04-2008 05:51PM

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 · 24-04-2008 05:55PM

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admiralofthefleet · 24-04-2008 05:59PM

andyrew120 wrote: »

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they must have been capped.

Thrill · 24-04-2008 06:05PM

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 · 24-04-2008 06:08PM

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 · 24-04-2008 08:10PM

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 · 24-04-2008 08:12PM

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 · 26-04-2008 09:55PM

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 · 26-04-2008 10:07PM

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

nomorebadtown · 26-04-2008 10:53PM

I had out of date Tennents once.

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

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