Old beer kit

[zain]

I have an old beer kit that I got about a year ago. I'm assuming that it is too old to use but thought I'd ask before I tossed it. Any thoughts?

 

[colm98]

There should be a date (best before) on the malted, hopped extract tin. The Coopers ones I buy are all dated 2010. Check it out should be still good

 

[strider]

The worse that's gonna happen is it doesn't ferment out all the way afaik. Why not oust go for it and see.

 

[billy_awesome]

I tried brewing a kit that was 5 years old.

Opened up the can and it smelled and was as slow as molasses.

Let's just say I threw it out

 

[strider]

Ah, didn't know it could actually go bad. Well... if it doesn't smell then

 

[zain]

thanks guys

 

[boxerbrew]

Go for it. I had 2 pretty good beers from kits that were old I got from a friend when I started brewing. One was drinkable, and the other was fantastic. You may need new yeast though

 

[dna_alexov]

When I picked up some of my used equipment, I got three beer kits that were 9 years old. I posted the same question here and got a few mixed replies, but most said go for it except you obviously need new yeats.

So I actually started one of these 9 year old kits just this last Friday (with new yeast). I a newb so perhaps I didn't know better, but it really didn't look or smell any different than the first batch I made which was still within its expiry.

Obviously the taste test in a few weeks will be the final test - I'll post my results at that time.