Calling ATOT beer connoissuers

[BabaBooey]

Does bottle beer go bad if kept cold in the fridge ?

I have some bottled beer from 2008 and had a want for a cold one last night but not sure if I should,did not realize it had been that long...:\

Educate me you filthy drunks ...

 

[Nebor]

Yes, it goes bad. Darker bottles keep longer.

 

[xSauronx]

Yes, it goes bad. Darker bottles keep longer.

this and that.

a couple of months if kept cold....a lot of stuff would be ok

a couple of years? dude....clean out your fridge. jesus hume christ!

 

[angminas]

I've heard of people aging homebrews in the refrigerator for over a year. It's not going to turn poisonous or anything, so you don't have much to lose. Smell it- if it doesn't smell nasty, try it and let us know how it was.

 

[BabaBooey]

Yea I kinda figured this and to sauron,seriously.....because I have some beer in a crisper drawer in my fridge I never clean the rest of it.....you bet there dick tracy...:thumbsup:


Fuck it I am going to dump it and only buy a 6 pack this time....:awe:

 

[Wyndru]

I guess it depends on the beer.

I have a bottle of Three Philosophers from that year in my fridge. I've been meaning to crack it open, some people suggest that aging some beers gives them a fuller flavor. I think normal aging is done in a dark cool place though, like a basement.

 

[mcvickj]

Sounds like you need to invite a few of us over so you are not wasting beer.

 

[bigdog1218]

It's fine just drink it, beer doesn't go bad if it's in a closed bottle. It might not taste the same, but the notion that beer isn't fresh after a certain time and goes bad is just marketing from beer companies.

 

[ElFenix]

i've still got some st. arnold's divine reserve no. 8, now a year and a half old, been sitting in a dark pantry for a year and a half and it keeps getting better.

 

[BurnItDwn]

just about any bottle conditioned ale = should be perfectly good after a couple of years
lager = goes bad

 

[phoenix79]

I can tell you from experience that belgian dark ales will go bad in the fridge if left that long...

 

[dougp]

i've still got some st. arnold's divine reserve no. 8, now a year and a half old, been sitting in a dark pantry for a year and a half and it keeps getting better.

Lemme know if you wanna meet up @ StA one day. Or maybe a day trip out to Southern Star? No Label should be having a brewery day once their new systems are up and running.

 

[Skitzer]

Isn't there a "drink by" date on beer?

 

[Jeraden]

The higher the alcohol content, the longer it's usually good for. The general rule is you should try to drink "normal" beer within 6 months of it being bottled. 8% and higher ones you can leave around longer.

 

[silverpig]

I had a can of Labatt blue in my beer fridge for nigh on 4 years once. Some guy came over and drank it and he said it was fine.