Old Grain, Yeast, and Hops, use or don't use?

[patrck17]

I have about 10lbs of crushed grain, a bag of Safale - 05, and and 2 oz of hops that have been in their airtight containers for about.. 4 months. Should I brew a 5 gallon batch with it? I figure I'll make the batch either way just wondering if anyone has used crushed grain that old. The stuff was stored in my kitchen at around 75 degrees.

 

[JohnMc]

the hops are the most at risk, are they in their original air-tight bag?

 

[samc]

If the hops smell off, cheesy then dump them. I suspect the other ingredients will be ok.

 

[DrinkinSurfer]

As long as the grain has been dry it is probably ok. Take a bite, if it tastes like it should raw then you are good to go.

 

[bryanjints]

Grain, hops, yeast. Add water and you have beer my friend. Think about beer 500 years ago. I would bet what you make with your ingredients is better than anything from the 1500's.

 

[patrck17]

Just to follow up on this. The beer I ended up with was not drinkable lol. Though I screwed up just about everything I could think of piloting my new brew system.