Old DME

[jmgreen7]

I came across some dme that I had with an old kit. The bag is unopened, but there's also no date to determine its age. What's the shelf life for it?

 

[cmac62]

No clue about the shelf life, but make a starter, if it works try a beer. If it turns out bad it is an oh well experiment.

 

[jmgreen7]

No clue about the shelf life, but make a starter, if it works try a beer. If it turns out bad it is an oh well experiment.

I had considered relegating it to starter malt. I am definitely not a fan of risking a batch of beer over it

 

[IslandLizard]

I've made starters from 8 year old DME. Even factory sealed, never opened it became like a brick after a few years. I smashed it into smaller pieces, but it still took awhile to dissolve, the wort it made tasted fine, so did the resulting starter beer. I would have no problem using it in a real batch.

Now if it got very wet, it may have developed mold and/or dank and off flavors. Chop a piece off and taste.

 

[bracconiere]

always stuff like this for it....

https://www.waterfiltermag.com/best-water-distiller-reviews/

make some posts in the not so PC forum.....lol, it's what i do with bad batches.....but MINES bigger!