Haven't brewed in 2 years, but....

[summitbear]

I was going through my stuff to brew this past Saturday and looked in my storage fridge for old hops. The power was off, so the fridge was room temp. I threw the hops away and grabbed one of my 5 Gallon corny-kegs to clean out if needed. It was full! I popped the air valve and it was under pressure. It smelled pretty good. I can't remember why I didn't drink it(must have had a good reason) but my logs indicated that it is an IPA brewed on Easter 2012. I am guessing this beer has been sitting at 65-70 degrees for 2+ years. I am tapping it tonight...any predictions?

 

[blizz81]

Probably still fine though missing most of its hop characteristic?

 

[RM-MN]

I was going through my stuff to brew this past Saturday and looked in my storage fridge for old hops. The power was off, so the fridge was room temp. I threw the hops away and grabbed one of my 5 Gallon corny-kegs to clean out if needed. It was full! I popped the air valve and it was under pressure. It smelled pretty good. I can't remember why I didn't drink it(must have had a good reason) but my logs indicated that it is an IPA brewed on Easter 2012. I am guessing this beer has been sitting at 65-70 degrees for 2+ years. I am tapping it tonight...any predictions?

I predict that the flavor will be fine but the hop aroma will be gone.

 

[LLBrewer]

I was going through my stuff to brew this past Saturday and looked in my storage fridge for old hops. The power was off, so the fridge was room temp. I threw the hops away and grabbed one of my 5 Gallon corny-kegs to clean out if needed. It was full! I popped the air valve and it was under pressure. It smelled pretty good. I can't remember why I didn't drink it(must have had a good reason) but my logs indicated that it is an IPA brewed on Easter 2012. I am guessing this beer has been sitting at 65-70 degrees for 2+ years. I am tapping it tonight...any predictions?

I predict it will be less than good.

 

[jhoneycutt]

I predict it will be beer.

 

[WayFrae]

I predict it will be less than good.

Yup.

 

[captianoats]

Hop aroma will be gone, but the beer will be good.

I once found a case of cream ale that a guy at work brewed 25 years ago. Tasted good.


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[wi_brewer]

Well??

 

[mmb]

It will be fine if you're good about your sanitation practices. Hop flavor/aroma will have dropped quite a bit and it will be shifted toward malt forward, but still drinkable.

This comes from personal experience when you misplace a six pack of Hopslam during a beer fridge failure and find it two years later while doing an inventory of bottles in the cellar.