Once your beer is kegged how long can it last before it starts to taste weird?
How long does beer last for?
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depends on the beer, but i'm guessing you'll finish the keg before you need to worry about the beer going bad.
Suthrncomfrt1884
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I've never had a beer in a keg for longer than 6 months, but I noticed no flavor issues at that point. As long as you're not introducing air, you shouldn't have a problem. You will notice though, that if you don't have much beer in the keg, it will start to take on a carbonic acid taste from absorbing too much co2 over time.
It really depends on the style. Some beers are best young, a few months. Others will not even be ready in that time frame.
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So pale ales would be better young while belgian beers need more time.
Ramitt
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yes
bja
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I have a a keg of oatmeal stout that is about 11 months old and it tastes fine.
"Carbonic acid taste" is a bunch of crap. If the beer absorbs too much co2, it would be overcarbonated.
"Carbonic acid taste" is a bunch of crap. If the beer absorbs too much co2, it would be overcarbonated.
jmlabeck
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It has nothing to do with anything. When I saw the subject line, "How long does beer last for?", my first thought was, "About 20 minutes".
postalbunny
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20 minutes... Lol.
Suthrncomfrt1884
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Carbonic bite is a good term for it. My 1st brew had it,at 7 weeks in the bottle from using cooper's carb drops. I bulk prime now,way better. My wife's summer shandy had been in bottles 7 weeks,4 days as of yesterday. The last 7 days in the fridge. It had really come into it's own as a good representation of a shandy. Great flavor where the US Golding & Willamette mixed with the 12 packets of Trulemon crystal to make a lemon herbal tea mixed with light pale ale sort of flavor. Great head & carbonation for a really tasty ale.
Sacdan
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I have a Stout that has been on tap (beer gas) for about 18 months.
Misfit
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i guess you dont really like it that much?
YNOT2K
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Sacdan
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It's good, but I made several kegs of it. I also have about 12 others on tap.
How long can you look at it and know it is there, before you you chill it and pour it? That is the the real question.
If someone offered me a beer and said, "This is 200 years old today." I would reply, "It is a horrible shame that it won't see 200 years and a sunrise."
If someone offered me a beer and said, "This is 200 years old today." I would reply, "It is a horrible shame that it won't see 200 years and a sunrise."
bja
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Why are you over carbonating your beer?
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