Got Some Free Beer....!!!

sounds like boddingtons to me.
Ive had some cans that were a year old before. They had stuff floating in them.

If its clear i would.

Beer can, indeed, go bad, and should be consumed while it is as fresh as possible. Most national brewers specify a 90- to 110-day shelf life, which they guarantee by using pasteurization. Most microbrewers, on the other hand, use either flash pasteurization or cold, sterile filtration. The original intent and use of product dating was for distributors to manage inventories, and to "pull" out-of-date beer from retailer shelves. The exceptions to the 'fresh as possible" rule would be: highly-hopped beers; high alcohol beers such as Barleywine, and Eisbock; some well-made dark beers, including porters and stouts; and, in particular, most bottle-conditioned beers like Lambic , Trappist, Flanders Brown.

Generally speaking, beer should be refrigerated to preserve its freshness. If this is not possible, store the beverage in a cool, dark location. Never store beer where it can be exposed to heat or light.

Bad beer is easily recognized by odor, taste, and sometimes, simple visual inspection. By far the most common occurrence is just plain old, stale beer that has become oxidized. While beer is typically packaged to avoid contact with atmospheric oxygen, bottle caps allow very slow passage of oxygen into bottled beer. Canned beer, on the other hand, has a very long shelf life since either UV radiation or oxygen migration into the package cannot harm it. The second most common occurrence is beer served from unsanitary tap lines in some bars or restaurants. While most establishments keep their lines clean, dirty lines can spoil a keg and produce beer with a wide range of off-flavors caused by bacteria, mold, or wild yeast. Other clues for spoilage include sourness (like vinegar), sulfur aromas, buttery flavors, parsnip/vegetal characters, cloudiness (in a normally clear beer), and an unnaturally dark color. Don't be afraid to return a product that doesn't taste the way you know it should!
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The weird thing is it's totally flat. Is it meant to be?

If so, then I guess the gas in the keg is from further fermentation. I think I'll pour another....
 
danza said:
The weird thing is it's totally flat. Is it meant to be?

If so, then I guess the gas in the keg is from further fermentation. I think I'll pour another....
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Haha soon you'll be in bat country.
 
danza said:
The weird thing is it's totally flat. Is it meant to be?

If so, then I guess the gas in the keg is from further fermentation. I think I'll pour another....
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Shouldnt be amazingly flat but if your used to drink lager over bitter then yes you would indeed think it was flat.
If its waterly flat and no bubbles then thats different.
Seeing the photo it looks ok.
 
in all honesty i'd probably drink it. after the first pint i doubt you'll notice anything different. in fact i reckon the worst that might happen is a less than pleasent 'toilet experience' the morning after. ;)


edit: oh, and damn you for making the thread title so close to "get some free beer....!!!".
 
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A bit more ambitious this time (read 'stupid' :D ). A full pinta...

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I'm feeling the effects of the first glass a bit already. Maybe it's a placebo thing though...
 
Bubbles in a nitrokeg beer = Bad

It should be still, with no fizz, but a 1cm head.
 
Pez said:
Bubbles in a nitrokeg beer = Bad

It should be still, with no fizz, but a 1cm head.
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Why bad?

Macabre said:
Meh, hes getting a free trip.
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I see thousands of tiny weasels running up and down a great big rainbow.....WOOOOOWOOOOWOOOO!

Actually I do feel a bit 'different' than normal after one and a half pints. Hmmmm...
 
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