Beer Dated Feb 2024: Stored in a hothouse-warehouse...Would you drink it?

[GammaGlobulin]

Dear Fellow Imbibers,

 

Several weeks ago, I inadvertently purchased a case of local beer which I later discovered was dated about nine months prior to purchase.

 

So, the question is, given the fact that this case of beer had been stored, during the hot season, in a sunny room owned by the retailer, and seeing as this was the last case of beer in the shop, when I purchased it, ….

 

Would you drink it?

Or, would you do something else with it?

 

Naturally, I have ZERO worries that this sun-baked beer might not be safe to drink…because….I know that it IS perfectly safe to drink.

 

I am just wondering how the flavor of the beer might have changed, due to exposure to 40-degree C temps for months, on end.

 

Last year was one of the hottest on record in Thailand.  Can this local beer stand up to such a heat-onslaught?

 

I did go online, and I learned that exposure of some types of beer to prolonged heat can cause the beer to take on a SKUNKY taste, or a caramel flavor, or other unwanted TONES…..

 

Who knows though, because, maybe some of you like the taste of a bit of skunk….sometimes.

 

I know that I do…..after a long dry-spell.

 

Or, what about a BUTTERSCOTCH-off-flavor to your beer?

On occasion, I have noticed this butterscotchy taste in some local beers, when they have been stored for a very long time.

 

So then….if you can tolerate a skunky-butterscotch tone in your beer, then you might not mind drinking almost anything sold around these parts…..

 

Just as I have not had a great pizza in about 30 years, so I have not had a great beer in an equally long period of time.

 

 

 

 

 

So, would you drink this case of beer that had been exposed to heat and time?

Or, what would you do with it if you chose not to drink it?

I mean, you probably could not donate it, and still feel as if you were making merit….obviously.

 

Please let me know because….

 

I still have this case sitting here…and….

It’s just getting older by the day.

 

Thank you.

 

Best regards,

Gamma

 

 

[chickenslegs]

If it smells okay, drink it.

If it smells "off", don't drink it. Use it to wash your hair (combined with shampoo and eggs). Don't waste it.

[GammaGlobulin]

15 minutes ago, chickenslegs said:

If it smells okay, drink it.

If it smells "off", don't drink it. Use it to wash your hair (combined with shampoo and eggs). Don't waste it.

 

What about using it to bake bread?

 

Might this be acceptable use of off-flavor beer?

 

Seems a shame to put it on one's hair, and then see it go down the drain...

Without first being properly metabolized....I mean....

 

 

 

[chickenslegs]

1 minute ago, GammaGlobulin said:

 

What about using it to bake bread?

 

Might this be acceptable use of off-flavor beer?

 

Seems a shame to put it on one's hair, and then see it go down the drain...

Without being metabolized....I mean....

 

 

 

I expect that off-flavour beer might produce off-flavour bread. But it could be worth a try.

I would hate to see beer poured down the drain.

[GammaGlobulin]

5 minutes ago, chickenslegs said:

I expect that off-flavour beer might produce off-flavour bread. But it could be worth a try.

I would hate to see beer poured down the drain.

 

Still, for someone such as I, one who love sourdough bread...?

 

Might this old beer be even better?

 

 

[FriscoKid]

Here we are in the pub and you want to talk about drinking rotten beer. Go for it. It’s all you.

[GammaGlobulin]

3 hours ago, FriscoKid said:

Here we are in the pub and you want to talk about drinking rotten beer. Go for it. It’s all you.

 

While out golfing....and when everyone else steps back from the tee...

 

We say to the batter-up:

 

"It's all yours."

 

Meaning.....

 

Hit away!

 

 

 

 

[dinsdale]

Should be ok. Only one way to find out though. Problems come when beer has been refrigerated then gets hot (unopened) and then gets re-refrigerated.  

[G Rex]

Go on - drink it please.

What's the worse that could happen?.....

[GammaGlobulin]

15 minutes ago, G Rex said:

Go on - drink it please.

What's the worse that could happen?.....

 

Let's see.....

 

Maybe....

 

A true Tragedy?

 

(Truly, a Tragedy, if there ever was one.)

 

 

Fortunately, this is just beer.

Hopefully, young people will learn...

And...

Remember....

This time.