Evan!
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The guy who got me into brewing constantly drops stuff off at my house. Equipment, ingredients, etc. He doesn't brew much anymore, and he knows all these guys who have great stuff but don't use it, so he brings it over. Recently he dropped off this huge box of miscellaneous grain, DME and hops. Now, I know for a fact that the stuff is a few years old, and who knows how it's been stored, but I was thinking about just experimenting with it. Make a huge barleywine or something like that, and toss in all the hops for bittering. Now, I can see how using old hops will make them less potent, bitter-wise, and that they may not be too great to use for flavor and aroma either, because the taste might not be the best, but what about bittering? Since they're boiling for so long, what do you guys think would come of it?