Last year's beer - drinkable?

Granarian · Mar 24, 2017

So, I tend to brew most in the spring when I often find weekends are free of kids' sport, but not nice enough to do much else!

I have three mini kegs of home-brew from last April. Do you reckon they'd still be drinkable? They've been stored in a cool cupboard, airtight in the keg.

How long do people keep their beer generally? I love brewing, but don't drink a huge amount!!

Leon103 · Mar 24, 2017

Of course. I once drank homebrew that was nearly 30 years old.

I have a lot of beers that are a year plus old.

Dads_Ale · Mar 24, 2017

Only one way to find out :pray: :drink:

Granarian · Mar 24, 2017

Dads_Ale said:
Only one way to find out :pray: :drink:

I'm going to try one later.....I'll report back!

Granarian · Mar 24, 2017

So, its clear, but really gassy, and tastes like TCP! I used Milton fluid to sterilise the mini kegs - could that be causing it? Not sure if that's a chlorine based disinfectant??

Sandimas · Mar 24, 2017

Granarian said:
So, its clear, but really gassy, and tastes like TCP!

That sounds like an infection

Granarian · Mar 24, 2017

darrellm said:
That sounds like an infection

It's just gone down the sink!! :-(

Dads_Ale · Mar 25, 2017

That's a sham:-(e

I believe Milton does contain a small amount of chlorine and this phenolic type taste (like licking a plaster) is usually attributed to chlorine, either in the brewing water or in chlorine based sanitizers.

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