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12/29/2007 8:07:48 PM EDT
Ive had a lonely Red Stripe sitting in my fridge for months upon months, Is it still good? Im the picky kind of person who will not eat something if it has set in my fridge for more then a week. So this is a big deal for me to drink this.
12/29/2007 8:11:48 PM EDT
[#1]
they get skunky in a few months, quicker if they get warm
12/29/2007 8:15:03 PM EDT
[#2]
a year is about max.

skunky smell comes from exposure to sunlight which makes the hops turn stinky

Beer in cans wont last forever, the lining in the can disintegrates.

12/29/2007 8:23:21 PM EDT
[#3]
it still good till you drink it, then piss it out,


course it don't taste so great when it gets old, but it's still drinkable.
12/29/2007 8:25:21 PM EDT
[#4]
Drink it.

It is a crime to waste beer.

12/29/2007 8:54:00 PM EDT
[#5]
I guess light is not a problem since its been in the fridge, I might give it a shot monday night.
12/29/2007 8:55:45 PM EDT
[#6]
It's good for as long as you want it to be, just ignore the skunky taste
12/29/2007 9:03:07 PM EDT
[#7]

Quoted:
Ive had a lonely Red Stripe sitting in my fridge for months upon months, Is it still good? Im the picky kind of person who will not eat something if it has set in my fridge for more then a week. So this is a big deal for me to drink this.

I'd open it, sip it and if it tasted ok, I'd drink it.
Yeah, I live life on the edge.
Thats how I roll....
12/29/2007 9:11:30 PM EDT
[#8]
I found a case of Coors, that was from last christmas, in the basement fridge tonight and drank it.....yum
12/29/2007 9:12:41 PM EDT
[#9]
turn in your man card for 1 demerit to be taken from it.  Beer should never be allowed to get old enough to even make you think of this question.  

Beers are like women, the younger the better.
12/29/2007 9:14:33 PM EDT
[#10]

Quoted:
turn in your man card for 1 demerit to be taken from it.  Beer should never be allowed to get old enough to even make you think of this question.  

Beers are like women, the younger the better.


That NBC dateline guy is going to be watching you!
12/29/2007 9:15:37 PM EDT
[#11]

Quoted:

Quoted:
turn in your man card for 1 demerit to be taken from it.  Beer should never be allowed to get old enough to even make you think of this question.  

Beers are like women, the younger the better.


That NBC dateline guy is going to be watching you!


you know, thats twice tonite i've been told that... hmmm
12/29/2007 9:16:02 PM EDT
[#12]

Quoted:
I found a case of Coors, that was from last christmas, in the basement fridge tonight and drank it.....yum

Well that makes me feel better. I'll just drink it last after the other ones.
12/29/2007 9:30:09 PM EDT
[#13]
Throw it in the crock pot with a roast Enjoy...
12/30/2007 5:32:05 AM EDT
[#14]

Quoted:
Ive had a lonely Red Stripe sitting in my fridge for months upon months, Is it still good? Im the picky kind of person who will not eat something if it has set in my fridge for more then a week. So this is a big deal for me to drink this.


In the 70's I spent a summer working in Jamaica and Red Stripe was all that I could get. After leaving I vowed never to drink another one. It's just one man's opinion, but I don't think you could do anything to it that would make it taste any worse than it does normally.
12/30/2007 5:37:29 AM EDT
[#15]
That Red Stripe was *never* good...

If beer is suitably hopped, kept cool and out of light in a brown glass bottle with the pry off top, and is a live beer (homebrew or Trappist Ale), it will stay good for quite a long time.

I had a barleywine that I made that I kept in the fermenter to mellow for 3 months, and then another year in bottles..
12/30/2007 5:40:27 AM EDT
[#16]
I can't answer this question. Beer has never stayed in my house long enough to get old.

12/30/2007 5:44:32 AM EDT
[#17]
bottoms up
12/30/2007 5:51:09 AM EDT
[#18]
Open it up, if it's flat it's gone bad. We had some canned beer left over from our wedding and after 9 months it was bad so depending on light exposure and temperature, 6 months might be the max.
12/30/2007 6:01:31 AM EDT
[#19]

Quoted:
That Red Stripe was *never* good...

If beer is suitably hopped, kept cool and out of light in a brown glass bottle with the pry off top, and is a live beer (homebrew or Trappist Ale), it will stay good for quite a long time.

I had a barleywine that I made that I kept in the fermenter to mellow for 3 months, and then another year in bottles..


Yea, but most of what we buy commercially should be consumed as quickly as possible.  Light and oxidation turn it to crap.

Brown bottles do better with light than green.  Green better than clear.  I'd cook with the Red Stripe.  Maybe fry up some brats in it.
12/30/2007 6:03:43 AM EDT
[#20]
If you get the codes off the bottle I can look it up at work Monday. Most Import Beers  are good for a year plus.
12/30/2007 6:16:50 AM EDT
[#21]

Quoted:
I guess light is not a problem since its been in the fridge, I might give it a shot monday night.

Are you really sure the light actually goes out ?
12/30/2007 6:33:56 AM EDT
[#22]
I doubt beer was ever good.
12/30/2007 1:13:02 PM EDT
[#23]
So what about a bottle that has been kept away from light for a long time - the use by date was Nov 01 ?

It started out being saved, then forgotten


12/30/2007 1:17:11 PM EDT
[#24]
never heard of "old" beer...
12/30/2007 1:19:52 PM EDT
[#25]
I had a bottle of Sam Adams that froze in a cabin over an entire winter, which I drank the following July.

Other than a distinct 3-4mm of cloudiness on the bottom, probably due to separation when it froze and thawed, it tasted fine.

12/31/2007 11:02:58 AM EDT
[#26]
I've got some stout I made going on 8 years ago.  I have a bottle every now and then, it's still great.

12/31/2007 11:33:57 AM EDT
[#27]
Make beer bread.
12/31/2007 11:37:57 AM EDT
[#28]

Quoted:
That Red Stripe was *never* good...

If beer is suitably hopped, kept cool and out of light in a brown glass bottle with the pry off top, and is a live beer (homebrew or Trappist Ale), it will stay good for quite a long time.

I had a barleywine that I made that I kept in the fermenter to mellow for 3 months, and then another year in bottles..


I have Chimay Grand Reserve that is 3 years old now. It's like angels crying on your tongue...

OP, high alcohol, bottle conditioned beers can last for years and years if kept cool and dark.

That mass produced swill like Red Stripe, it's pretty much gone bad as soon as they make it...

12/31/2007 11:39:23 AM EDT
[#29]
All my life so far.
12/31/2007 11:59:14 AM EDT
[#30]
until it's empty.
12/31/2007 12:13:36 PM EDT
[#31]
The obvious answer is 5-10 minutes if you sip, 30 seconds if you man up and chug it.
12/31/2007 12:16:47 PM EDT
[#32]

Quoted:

Quoted:
Ive had a lonely Red Stripe sitting in my fridge for months upon months, Is it still good? Im the picky kind of person who will not eat something if it has set in my fridge for more then a week. So this is a big deal for me to drink this.

I'd open it, sip it and if it tasted ok, I'd drink it.
Yeah, I live life on the edge.
Thats how I roll....


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