6 year old kit

[twistyboy]

hi,

i got a Baron Redwood ale Kit. Its been sitting in my friend basement for at least 6 years. Its a liquid mix that come in a bag. i know that the yeast and hop will not be good but i wonder if the mix still good. Theres no exp. date on it. Any idea if its still good?

 

[fuelish]

hi,

i got a Baron Redwood ale Kit. Its been sitting in my friend basement for at least 6 years. Its a liquid mix that come in a bag. i know that the yeast and hop will not be good but i wonder if the mix still good. Theres no exp. date on it. Any idea if its still good?

No exp date??? Strange, but....if the bag is intact (no rips/tears/punctures) and not "swollen," it's probably "ok" to use, meaning it'll ferment and not be unsafe to drink, or anything....as far as taste, dunno if there would be any off- or stale flavors or not, beings as the stuff was presumably processed/packaged correctly. Personally, I would use the extract , buy fresh yeast, and add some specialty grains and lots of hops to mask any possible flavor that might be imparted by old extract. But then again, I'm a cheap bastard and hate to throw out something that may indeed be usable...some folks may tll you to trash it, I'd give it a go....ya live and ya learn...if it turns out "bad" somehow, you're only out a few bucks in yeast and hops and time, but you'll then know whether 6 year old LME will still be good or not, yes?

 

[SmokeyMcBong]

this guy did it with an old Mr. Beer kit.





he said it tasted terrible but his kit was 15 years old!!!! apparently he's still alive lol.

 

[twistyboy]

ill try it and ill give you updates in a month or so.! thank guys!

 

[twistyboy]

how much dry hop would you put in it?

 

[Math0]

Why risk it? The time you put in doing it worth more than the ingredients! I would buy new stuff


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[rwschwartz]

Why risk it? The time you put in doing it worth more than the ingredients! I would buy new stuff


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I agree. Why bother with it?


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