Beer expiration question?!
Beer expiration question?
What if you bought beer and refrigerated it for a 2-3 weeks then just left it stored in a cabinet for about 2 weeks, did it grow some kind of wierd bacteria or is it still ok to drink?
Additional Details1 month ago
oh yeah, and just to add, for some wierd reason my friend moved them from their container to a water bottle container, so it's been open before, but its in a dark storage area.
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1 month ago
oh yeah, and just to add, for some wierd reason my friend moved them from their container to a water bottle container, so it's been open before, but its in a dark storage area.
Unlike fine wine, you have no worry about unopened beer...whether it is a generic one or a wonderful latest beer of the month, its OK. In fact, have a cold one on me!
If it's SEALED, nothing will grow inside the container.
Liquor warehouses--and even the stores where I buy my beer--don't have room to keep it all cold. So you often see stacks of it in the aisles of the store, at room temp.
Keep it out of the sun, though--that can cause a "skunky" taste & smell.
Most beers are pasteurized. Typically in these cases, the beer is aged prior to pasteurization. Again, the length of time of aging depends upon the brewery and the kind of beer brewed. A pasteurized beer is most likely at it's peak immediately after bottling and then does start to degrade. Exposure to oxygen is not a good thing for beer, and it's also unavoidable during the bottling process.
How a beer degrades after it's peak depends on several other variables. Temperature variations over the life span of an unconsumed bottle, how much light and what kind of light the beer is exposed to (both before bottling and afterward), even the color of the glass that the beer is bottled all affect the taste of the beer. Different brands and different types of beer react differently to them, but it's generally considered good practice to prevent massive fluctuations of any of these variables.