Grain Storage and use by date

[stuarts]

I had a hiatus from brewing for a year due to family etc, so back ready to brew again
So I have lots of kits and grain that I bought before my hiatus. 7 kits which are crushed and range being bought from 11/11/22 until 02/02/23. About 25kg of various crush grain which was bought 01/01/23 all have been stored in Air tight blue storage drums.
So here is the question will the kits and grain still be OK for brewing or an I wasting my time and should start buying again .
Thanks in advance

 

[Clint]

Taste it. Kits as in tins should be totally fine. Maybe need yeast.

 

[The Baron]

I would brew them and use the grain, my advice would be to smell the grain and even taste it if all seems ok fresh yeast and away.
I am surmising that the kits/grains have been stored cool and dry which is standard for most of us homebrewers.
Amazingly enough some of my milled grain has milled date and over a year of Best Before and that's from the suppliers

 

[stuarts]

Yes all stored in cool dry conditions . The kits are ALL Grain kits ,luckily all the yeast is mostly in date and all Hops were stored in a fridge so going for it tomorrow .
Only my time and a bit of leccy to lose.
Glad to be back .

 

[Clint]

Hops in fridge or freezer? In the freezer I'd say they'll be fine...before kicking off tomorrow I'd check the hops if they've just been chilled.

 

[stuarts]

Unfortunately the fridge vacuum packed so I will start with ones that are in date and replace the rest which isn't many .

 

[The Baron]

I think the hops will be fine just smell them before brewing so you have chance to get fresher if needed but Vacuum packed in a fridge is how I store mine and always seem good to go for me.

 

[marshbrewer]

Don't be surprised if you notice a slight drop in mash efficiency with out of date grain. Nothing too drastic, just a few points, and certainly nothing to worry about.

 

[Moe]

I had a hiatus from brewing for a year due to family etc, so back ready to brew again
So I have lots of kits and grain that I bought before my hiatus. 7 kits which are crushed and range being bought from 11/11/22 until 02/02/23. About 25kg of various crush grain which was bought 01/01/23 all have been stored in Air tight blue storage drums.
So here is the question will the kits and grain still be OK for brewing or an I wasting my time and should start buying again .
Thanks in advance

I brewed with a bag of crushed pale malt two weeks ago that was purchased in November 22 and had been sat in my garage opened (top rolled down) for over 9 months.

The beer came out nice

 

[stuarts]

Brewed today with one of the old kits all went well the gravity was a few points down as expected . Thanks for the help just have to wait a see the final quality .