Embarrassingly Old Extract w/ Kveik. Why not

[Cammanron]

Its been sitting in my basement for decades, bulged. Not going to change any time soon, and I'm not dumb enough to try to drink anything I brew with it!

Yes, there is a high likelihood that there's something growing that I don't want to ingest. Kinda neat to see if it splits open at some point though. I move it every couple of years, and when I looked at it this morning I appeared to be slightly more bulged than the last time I paid it any attention. Seems something is active!

K

But, that said..... since you are gonna boil it... that will kill any sort of pathogens that could make you sick. Soooooooo, why the hell not?
Except maybe, that you could be wasting a bunch of hops and probably yeast and a fair amount of time...
I’m all for experimenting!

 

[BrewnWKopperKat]

I’m all for experimenting!

FWIW, there are a couple of BBR podcasts from back in 2005 (Aug 25 & Nov 17) that talk about the flavor / color impacts of stale LME. If you find something different in the experiments, please let us know!

 

[mhgodzilla]

Gents, it’s the end of the Embarrassingly Old Extract experiment. I sampled the uncarbed finished beer to see if bottling was warranted. Verdict was NOT to bottle. It did ferment and did have bitterness, but the malt character was gone. It was sort of bitter, ciderlike hooch. You could drink it, but I’d rather move on to trying another mini-brew in my dads old Mr. Beer fermenter or make a full batch in my all grain setup instead. I was not surprised by the outcome but part of me did hope it might work out. Thanks for all the replies and stories shared kicking this around. Moving on to other Kveik Yeast beers with my stored supply.

 

[treacheroustexan]

The OG's remember this video. Please watch if you haven't seen it. Lol.

 

[mhgodzilla]

His expressions are hilarious. He wants to like it, but his face says “this sucks balls”. My favorite part is when he says “tastes like when you burp after eating breadsticks”.

 

[kmarkstevens]

It is pretty funny. Can fast forward to ~7:00 when he cracks the fruit of his labor and then critiques it. Well worth a few minutes of your life.

 

[BrewnWKopperKat]

For those looking for fresh LME (or for those looking for stale LME for "worst beer ever" contests), there are some observations on canned LME here (link). eta: note the comment by linked-article-OP about a possible source of dented/outdated cans.

 

[Jayjay1976]

The plastic barrels are kinda cool, I might pick one up and fill it with pretzels or whatever. Fun at parties.