de la zouch
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They will be fine, beer did not have bb dates until the EU decided they should c 10 years ago. The taste will sometimes alter but they will not cause you any harm.
Is old beer safe to drink?
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kevtherev
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What's the worst that can happen
...Just end up shitting through the eye of a needle. That's normal after a night in my local.
...Just end up shitting through the eye of a needle. That's normal after a night in my local.
Total bollocks, but carry on.
Boroseagull
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I've a bottle of Whitbreads Silver Jubilee Ale from 1977 - dare I?
Mutts Nuts
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If you are unsure mix it 50-50 with cider, all will be fine
withdeanwombat
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Old beer is never safe to drink.
Down your pint in one,and buy another fresh one.
Continue in this way until your lights go out.
Down your pint in one,and buy another fresh one.
Continue in this way until your lights go out.
I unwittingly gave my brother an out of date a can of beer and he was violently ill for a few days.
Beer was about 4 years old. Poured all my other old beer down the sink. Think it cleared the drains alright.
jakarta
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Had a couple of Bottles of Hepworths Old over the weekend, they seemed fine to me...... 
forrest
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Beer usually just keeps fementing if left alone. So will get stronger in alcohol content. Bottled ales are less likely to go off/sour than their canned counterparts. So usually are ok.
Mutts Nuts
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Canned beer does not taste as good as bottled to me so never drink it,can`t understand why anyone would
forrest
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Thats because the tin content of the can taints the taste of the beer in the can. Glass dosent taint the beer. Hence as you say bottled beer will always taste the better of the two
Flavor Flav
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There's an offie near where I live that sells out of date alcohol. Some of the beer smells a tad different but I've never had any problems on it.
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Well, so far I've bottled it, ha ha ha. Seriously, I opened the new bottle the missus gave me (Fran's Hot Chilli Beer) and figured I may be spending time on the great white throne anyway, so (from a purely scientific perspective, you understand) I decided if I were to open one of the old ones, I might not know if it were the chilli beer wreaking its revenge....
However, to answer some of the questions in this thread (not that I feel the need to justify my actions, or more to the point, inaction), the reason why they're so out of date is that I rarely drink beer, mainly stick to the wine (gotta be Italian - they've been making it for over two and half thousand years, so figure they know what they're doing). So, I get given a bottle of beer, thank you, goes in the cupboard with the intention of drinkage, but really, one bottle of beer? That's not an evening....so I wait...years...get another one...rinse and repeat. Now, if my friends and family coordinated, then it'd be a different story, I tell you.
I digress. Point is, I will open them, next time home alone (probably later this week actually), so will post results as this thread has become quite interesting, at least it has to me.
However, to answer some of the questions in this thread (not that I feel the need to justify my actions, or more to the point, inaction), the reason why they're so out of date is that I rarely drink beer, mainly stick to the wine (gotta be Italian - they've been making it for over two and half thousand years, so figure they know what they're doing). So, I get given a bottle of beer, thank you, goes in the cupboard with the intention of drinkage, but really, one bottle of beer? That's not an evening....so I wait...years...get another one...rinse and repeat. Now, if my friends and family coordinated, then it'd be a different story, I tell you.
I digress. Point is, I will open them, next time home alone (probably later this week actually), so will post results as this thread has become quite interesting, at least it has to me.
The Modfather
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How can anyone leave beer for so long that it goes out of date 
How can anyone leave beer for so long that it goes out of date
In my case it was cans left over after a party. I don't like the beer that was in the cans so they just seemed to hang around. When I offered my brother the beer, one he did like, didn't think about the date. Think he has forgiven me now though.
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Well, for what it's worth, here's what's happened:
Ballards Nyewood Gold - fizzed up a treat, as if I'd shaken it. Smelled...ok-ish, had a few sips, but it tasted a bit...musty? Decided not to risk it - down the sink.
Wobble In a Bottle - seemed a much flatter beer, but looked murky, smelt a little, so followed the Gold
Sussex Gold - opened fine and had that water vapour/co2 come off it, smelt fine and tasted fine.
The Coop beer - ditto Sussex Gold - guessing it's not as old even though i can't find a BBE on it.
2 out of 4 ain't bad - better than our penalty conversion rate anyway
Ballards Nyewood Gold - fizzed up a treat, as if I'd shaken it. Smelled...ok-ish, had a few sips, but it tasted a bit...musty? Decided not to risk it - down the sink.
Wobble In a Bottle - seemed a much flatter beer, but looked murky, smelt a little, so followed the Gold
Sussex Gold - opened fine and had that water vapour/co2 come off it, smelt fine and tasted fine.
The Coop beer - ditto Sussex Gold - guessing it's not as old even though i can't find a BBE on it.
2 out of 4 ain't bad - better than our penalty conversion rate anyway