canned kit expiry date

[jamesampm]

Hi all, LHBS has some Coopers cans on sale for 10 bucks each. They are over their expiry by a couple weeks, should I ignore it?

 

[TBMaster]

Buy it, use it, make cheap beer.

 

[unionrdr]

A couple of weeks past the date should be ok. I used the last one with a date of 6/09 (cooper's OS Lager),& got a salvator doppel bock color with Munton's plain extra light DME. Mine was darker because of it's age,not boiling. But it tasted great in the end,since the can's seal was good. So go ahead,& git-r-done!

 

[Revvy]

It'll be fine. Folks on here have done cooper's kits that were years or decades old, a few days/weeks/months aren't gonna matter.

 

[PT Ray]

I would have bought whatever they had.

 

[unionrdr]

I wouldn't mind getting some more of the old OS lager cans myself! They are a great,malt-forward Pre-hopped base to make several different brews out of. just add DME,hops,zest,spices...So much can be done with it. I think it's cooper's most versatile can.

 

[soundsandsuds]

I would replace the yeast.

 

[unionrdr]

I should have replaced the old yeast sachet,but seeing how tough the lil yeasties are,I decided to make a small starter to rouse them. 1 1/2C very warm water,add 1/4C DME. Cover with plastic wrap with quick check thermometer inserted. Wait till temp gets down to 75F-ish. I do it in a 2C (.5L) Pyrex measuring cup. Then pour in yeast sachet.
I let it sit for the 3.5 hours it took me to finish brewing,cool down,& top off. Then just stir the krausen covered cream & pour it in. Best to use a blow off for the 1st 4 days. By the next morning,that "old" yeast was trying to pop it's top. I got the ale depicted in my avatar.

 

[TopherM]

There was a guy on here about 3 months ago that found a canned Cooper's kit from 1998. He replaced the yeast and brewed it, and said it came out fine.

 

[jamesampm]

sounds good to me, gonna grab them

thanks guys