How do I know if beer or soda is spoiled?!
How do I know if beer or soda is spoiled?
I left beer and soda in a cooler for two weeks. The ice obviously melted and now I am wondering if I should simply trash them. Thanks.
Answers:
If they are still sealed there is no reason to worry.
More people, until the late 19th/early 20th centuries, drank more beer/wine than water.
the reason for this is water is boiled to make beer, also yeast converts the grain sugars to alcohol which helps to preserve the drink. This made beer safer to drink and would allow you to keep it longer.
Soda is also boiled/pasturized when made. It is then sealed. This makes it very difficult for bacteria et all. to get in.
The Beer will last longer than the soda but both should be good to consume. Just rinse off the bottles/cans in case the water from, the ice and cooler was dirty
it won't really spoil but it can lose some of its fizz
Beer or soda do not need to be refrigerated if they are not opened. Just put them in the fridge. If its bad, they will be flat and have lost their bubbles.
The at the the expire date on the containers......
heck no, give them to me, If you left them out for a long peired of time mabey. look at the experation date.eeewww
That happened to us after a neighborhood party & someone tasted the beer two weeks later that was left in the cooler, that did originally contain ice. They said the beer was right on the edge, so we pitched it, but my Pepsi was okay & I refrigerated it right away. I tossed the opened two liter of pop out, just to be on the safe side.
Both should be okay. The beer may show some effects of being cooled then heated then cooled, especially if it's been close to six months since it was bottled (the typical shelf life of unrefrigerated beer). I've never experienced a problem with beer going through a warm/cold/warm/cold cycle.
soda will be fine, but the beer might be kinda skunky if it got warm after being cold, still might taste fine though. they won't spoil until the expiration date, which is probably 2011 or something-carbonated beverages last forever.