Out of date Guinness

My Son has been given 8 cans of draught Guinness that are dated 2009, does anyone know if it would be OK to drink it!!

Val

 

I wouldn't. It'll go flat as soon as he opens the can. Alright for cooking though I bet.

 

It'll be right tell him to get it drunk

 

And it would be prudent to have a bucket ready just in front of the loo in order to resolve that age old dilemma, which end to point at the porcelain first.

 

It's alcohol; it's got preservative properties.

Best advice: open one, sniff it, pour it, sniff again, then taste. Then he will have his answer.

If it is not drink worthy, cling film the can, pop it in the fridge. Seek out some stewing beef and marinade it in the booze. Wow that is going to make one heck of a great Beef In Stout casserole!

Either that, or: soak dried fruit in it for a few hours before using the fruit in a cake. Will make a lovely rich and moist fruit cake!

Or, use the stout (a can at a time) to make the gravy for Sunday roasts. (De-lish!)

Or, use it to make Stout Ice Cream (haven't personally made it, but Mr Mum was served stout ice cream in a restaurant and sang it's praises!)

Or, use it to soak the bread for a bread pudding (not bread and butter pudding!)

Certainly don't waste any of it!!

 

I'd just put it where it should have been put back in 2009.
The bin.

I'd give the bloke who gave then to him, one to drink first.

 

The worst that will happen is the alcohol content will be magnified with further fermentation.

Food is often find to eat 'out of date', although never eat meat, and dairy products out of date. Common sense comes into it.. if something is discoloured or smells funny.. don't eat it/drink it.

I have ate a packet of ready salted crisps 3 years out of date.. still as fresh as the day they were merchandised.

Also apparently evaporated milk can be used after 100 years, providing it is stored correctly.

 

Have you never had a bad can of Guinness Mum? Strangely, Guinness seems to be unusually harsh when bad. It breaks the third law of thermodynamics. You do actually get a lot more coming back out than what you put in.

 

Any beer in a can deserves to be binned, even if its not out of date.

 

In truth? I don't drink it; Murphy's is far nicer

However, I still stand by my suggestions on how to use it if it is not palatable as a beverage.

 

Excellent idea. That's going to be the best use of it.