Are uncrushed grains 11+ months old still good to use for brewing?

Ran out of pale malt and there is no LHBS within 80+ miles drive so I bought a 50 lb bag of uncrushed pale malt from another homebrewer in the nearby town. After I got home I noticed some tape covering part of the label of the bag. The bag was filled/processed on April 11, 2011. Does anyone know if these grains will still be good to use and if so should I adjust my recipes at all for their age.? [I trust that the homebrewer kept them cool and dry in his basement.]

They could still be fine. Just taste them. If they taste stale then don't use them.

I have grains older than that and they are still good.

Grains last for a long time as long as you keep them dry

OK...good news to know so I can go ahead and brew this weekend.

At least half of my grain at any given time is more than a year old. Yer good!

All my grain is older than that I'm sure. It's not like we get fresh grain every time we buy a sack.

I've used grain over 2 years old, stored in a hot garage and it's made good beer.

Keep it dry and safe from vermin & insects and will be fine. See this.

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f12/new-year-new-beer-95872/

Id echo edwort's comments, if its clean and dry you should be safe.. I took a 2 yr hiatus from brewing and had a couple sacks of barley sit over that time. the beer was just find afterwards

I had about 15 pounds of year old crushed grain that I used in a batch once. It made good beer. As long as it's kept dry, it's good.

I just brewed a super light blonde ale with 85% Pilsner malt about that age and it is very nice. You will be good!

bbrim said:

I just brewed a super light blonde ale with 85% Pilsner malt about that age and it is very nice. You will be good!

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Would you mind sharing your recipe for this super light blonde ale? I have about 30 lbs of 1 year old pilsen I also need to be working through.

Thanks for your reply

What about crushed grain in a sealed bag? I forgot about a kit I had ordered back in November with crushed grain. Will a taste test work?

homebeerbrewer said:

I had about 15 pounds of year old crushed grain that I used in a batch once. It made good beer. As long as it's kept dry, it's good.

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Horace said:

What about crushed grain in a sealed bag? I forgot about a kit I had ordered back in November with crushed grain. Will a taste test work?

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See my post above. Mine was crushed the day I bought it. Put it away, and forgot about it for a little over a year. Figured I'd try brewing with it, and it came out just fine.

homebeerbrewer said:

See my post above. Mine was crushed the day I bought it. Put it away, and forgot about it for a little over a year. Figured I'd try brewing with it, and it came out just fine.

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I missed the "crushed" part, thank you.

I brewed a stout with 12month old crushed grains it seems to taste fine..... waiting on carb

7 lbs 12 oz Pilsner malt
1 lbs wheat malt
4 oz mild malt (vienna would be a good sub)
.75 oz Saaz FWH
Magnum 60 min (I used .25 oz to hit 23 IBU)
.5 oz Saaz 5 minutes
US05 yeast

I mashed at 150 for 75 minutes and did a no sparge brew to hit an efficiency of 65%, 1.039 for 5.75G. Ferment in the mid 60s to get that extra clean flavor.