5 year old beer ... what to do?

[pkmoose]

Just looking for opinions / guidance.

I brewed 2 batches of beer (5 gallons each) about 5 years ago and still have them in my basement. Both batches were brewed, yeast added, fermentation completed with airlocks and the airlocks were filled with water for over a year. 1 is in a glass carboy and 1 is in a 5 gallon bucket with no water in the airlocks for about 4 years. Sooo ... is this garbage? Any suggestions on what to do with this stuff? If I try to bottle it how would that work since the yeast would most definitely be dead by now? Pitch a yeast packet and wait a few days then bottle?

Cliff's Notes: old beer still in carboy / bucket what to do with it?

Thanks in advance for any help with this.

ps ... anybody in NJ that makes hard liquor / has a still want this?

 

[poptarts]

man these threads have to stop. just ****ing taste it, you tell us. Chances are its total **** but try it and you tell us.

 

[sablesurfer]

man these threads have to stop. just ****ing taste it, you tell us. Chances are its total **** but try it and you tell us.

AND!!!! No-one ever posts a follow up about if they died or not!!!

 

[hunter_le five]

Drink up, buttercup.

AND!!!! No-one ever posts a follow up about if they died or not!!!

Hmm... suspicious... ipe:

 

[slym2none]

We just assume they tasted it and died.

 

[Billy-Klubb]

taste it. what styles are they?

 

[Bellybuster]

I think he tasted it and may be unconscious, showing online still but no reply

 

[CGVT]

AND!!!! No-one ever posts a follow up about if they died or not!!!

Probably because they died...

 

[CGVT]

I found a half dozen bottles of dry stout that I made a couple years ago. I tasted it. It was terrible. I drank them anyway.

Makes me wonder it they were that bad when they were fresh...

 

[blizz81]

 

[DurtyChemist]

He decided to bottle it and it actually won't best of show at a local competition and he is entering it in nationals. He isn't want to taste it for fear of losing a bottle.

 

[pkmoose]

Alright ... going down to taste some of it ...

 

[CGVT]

Let us know if it kills you

 

[pkmoose]

still breathing ... that's a good thing

The batch in the bucket looks disgusting ... will not be trying that! Looks like cheese making when the curds and whey separate.

The batch in the carboy (glass) looks great. Took some out and tasted it ... reminds me of a weak Hennessy White ... best way to describe it. Pic included

 

[sablesurfer]

SEE! We knew it wouldn't kill you.

(Whew)

 

[IslandLizard]

SEE! We knew it wouldn't kill you.

(Whew)

Aren't we really more curious about the batch in the bucket...

We need to know, illustrated with pictures.

 

[pkmoose]

pics below

 

[blizz81]

Dude, you have to drink some of that.

 

[Billy-Klubb]

do it. doitdoitdoit! some people try to get their beer to look like that. you may have an amazing sour on your hands!

 

[pkmoose]

I'll try it tonight after a few "normal" beers ... need to work up to this

 

[Billy-Klubb]

check out some of the pellicles here.
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=174033

 

[IslandLizard]

The beer under the pellicle maybe an awesome sour! Albeit heavily oxidized and vinegary, most likely. I don't see any mold, that's a really good sign.

 

[pkmoose]

check out some of the pellicles here.
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=174033

Thanks for the link ... that is very cool! I will definitely try this tonight.

 

[sablesurfer]

That probably needs to go on the "is it infected?" threads. LOL.

 

[Brettomomyces]

I'm so glad I bought a house this year finally so I can leave **** in the basement and forget about it too

 

[jwalk4]

That probably needs to go on the "is it infected" threads? LOL.

Tell them you pitched last week and don't know what happened!

 

[beernutz]

I think that bucket's brewing days are over regardless of what happens to the current contents.

 

[ChefRex]

Drink up, buttercup.



Hmm... suspicious... ipe:

Hunter are you the super devil like giver?

OP, drink it! I would!

 

[beergolf]

pics below

Is that all it is? I have had beers intentionally look much crazier than that,. Try it.

Here is one that was on purpose.

 

[hunter_le five]

Hunter are you the super devil like giver?



OP, drink it! I would!

I would "like" this post, but, you know.

 

[ChefRex]

I would "like" this post, but, you know.

So now you're stuck?