boydak

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Hey,

I hadn't brewed in a few years. Started again this weekend. Found three cans of extract.

Down side to using them?

IrregularPulse

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Maybe have excessive twang, but heck, you have them, might as well try right? I wouldn't spend a bunch of money on hops or liquid yeast for the batch, but maybe an ounce or two and some notty, see what you get.

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They are not fresh, obviously, but I see no downside to using them to get your hand back in. A few years is a long time in this game as far as I have seen. Read up on here, use them, but don't expect too much. You will most likely still end up with a drinkable beer

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boydak

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And a drinkable beer is what I seek.

conpewter

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Probably will be drinkable, it won't be great though. Probably is a good way to get back into practice, but after that buy some fresh ingredients and have a good go at it

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McGarnigle

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It's all a question of how much you value time versus money. I personally worry more about the former, so I would toss them.

boydak

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Why toss them? If it is going to give me a drinkable beer was it really a waste of time?

I bought fresh stuff for my first batch and figure I will give the old stuff a shot next time unless someone can tell me they have had a bad experience with it.

Thanks for all the input. What a great forum!!!!

McGarnigle

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Depends on how you define drinkable. I personally wouldn't want to find out a month later that the beer could have been a lot better. But who knows? I don't think anyone can really say how much worse it will be.

camiller

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I made a batch with a seven year old kit once. Was good but didn't age well. Maybe use half old half fresh. Or use it for starters. Certainly don't simply throw them away.

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I used a few cans of old extract a fews years ago to try out.

Uggg, threw it out.

But don't take my word for it. I would probably say the same thing about fresh extract

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