I left beer outside in a cooler for 6 months

[twinrider1]

Drink fresh beer first. Then, once you've got a good buzz on, drink the old stuff.

 

[TheGardener]

Then to top it off, I needed to use the cooler last month so I took the beer out and they've been sitting in the sun on my patio for a month.

It is in brown bottles FWIW. Should I toss it or is it okay?

Congratulations! No spelling errors. But if I were you, I'd brush up on my punctuation and avoiding run-on sentence skills. You fail on this account.

 

[DigDog]

just because you left it in the sun for a month

 

[Scarpozzi]

When I went through Beer School (something Budweiser used to offer at Busch Gardens), they passed out samples of beer that had been heated in the can to simulate stale brew. It tasted flat and off....wasn't something I would want unless it was the zombie apocalypse or something.

Feel free to try a sip and see how it is, but I'd probably throw it out and get some beer that hasn't been exposed to heat.

 

[nakedfrog]

Beer doesn't age, it gets old. Open and can and see if you like it, or give it to some homeless people and watch from a distance as they drink it.

You can age some beers. I was cellaring some Belgian strong ale until I noticed my basement still gets too warm in the summer. Probably getting a wine fridge or something in the future.

 

[Banana]

6 months in the cooler? That's nothing. I found a can of beer on my parents' patio. It had fallen behind some stuff and left there for more than a year. Tasted like Budweiser to me. :awe:

 

[WelshBloke]

You can age some beers. I was cellaring some Belgian strong ale until I noticed my basement still gets too warm in the summer. Probably getting a wine fridge or something in the future.

I tried aging some Imperial Russian Stout once.

The problem is that I really like drinking Imperial Russian Stout....

 

[ControlD]

Sell it to the neighborhood kids. They won't know any better and you can use that money to go buy some decent beer.

 

[WelshBloke]

Sell it to the neighborhood kids. They won't know any better and you can use that money to go buy some decent beer.

:awe:

 

[nakedfrog]

I tried aging some Imperial Russian Stout once.

The problem is that I really like drinking Imperial Russian Stout....

I tell you, it really just broke my heart having to drink those beers, instead of waiting another year or two...

 

[Captante]

Drink up.

Report back. (if you can)

 

[BurnItDwn]

Some stouts or IPAs would be OK, but adjunct lagers usually have a shorter shelf life. I'd try them and discard if gross.

 

[Perknose]

Should I toss it or is it okay?

FFS, crack one open, sniff it, and if that doesn't gross you out, take a sip.

It's all about the empirical method, bitch!

Somewhere in the Congo, there's a child soldier who would kill (literally) for a nice, warm beer.