Can spoiled beer unspoil itself?

[brewssuds]

Last October I brewed a standard brown ale. I must have done something wrong, because when I went to drink it, it was essentially vinegar (it was undrinkable). I asked my local homebrew guy about it, and he said it was likely a bacteria infection, and that the beer likely could not be saved. I meant to dump it, but forgot about it until now, when I went to clean out the garage.

The strange thing is, I just tasted it, and it's completely different! Rather than a vinegar taste, it merely tastes sour (not unpleasant). There's a bit of an off taste as well, but all in all, it's not too bad.

Has anyone experienced this before?

Is the beer safe to drink?

 

[TopDog]

Pathogens can't survive in beer. If it tastes good to you, drink it. And to answer the first question, yeast can do amazing things given enough time.

 

[SkewedBrewing]

Ya, this definitely falls under Revvy's mantra of "time can heal almost any problem with brewing..."