Beer...avoiding skunk

[coachgrd]

I do not know where else to turn for this so I'm putting it out to the crew here. We had a picnic on Saturday and had quite a bit of the suds left over. I'm not the biggest beer drinker in the world and we don't have room in the fridge. I'd like to keep it from getting skunked (spoiled.) If I put it on the cool floor of the basement, would it stay cool enough to do the trick until say the holidays?

I'm hoping my wife didn't kill it already...she took it out of the cooler and placed it on the garage floor where it has been sitting warm for the past 24 hours.

Thanks in advance...
Gary

 

[jbos333]

Just have another party like....today, and you'll be all set!

 

[jimmyj]

Keep it in the dark. The sun is the real enemy. I only buy cans now as they seem a lot more "resilient". I have left some in the barn for weeks and they don't get skunky even if it is hot.

 

[Willl]

What brand ?

 

[polo1665]

I do not know where else to turn for this so I'm putting it out to the crew here. We had a picnic on Saturday and had quite a bit of the suds left over. I'm not the biggest beer drinker in the world and we don't have room in the fridge. I'd like to keep it from getting skunked (spoiled.) If I put it on the cool floor of the basement, would it stay cool enough to do the trick until say the holidays?

I'm hoping my wife didn't kill it already...she took it out of the cooler and placed it on the garage floor where it has been sitting warm for the past 24 hours.

Thanks in advance...
Gary

Well first off, if you had invited me you wouldn't be having this "left over beer" problem. I have always heard that cycling between warm and cold is not a great idea. Mine never seems to be out of the fridge long enough to get warm though, so I can't be sure.

Next time think about your friendly TBN compatriots, we would be happy to help out.

Mark

 

[zukota]

I do not know where else to turn for this so I'm putting it out to the crew here. We had a picnic on Saturday and had quite a bit of the suds left over. I'm not the biggest beer drinker in the world and we don't have room in the fridge. I'd like to keep it from getting skunked (spoiled.) If I put it on the cool floor of the basement, would it stay cool enough to do the trick until say the holidays?

I'm hoping my wife didn't kill it already...she took it out of the cooler and placed it on the garage floor where it has been sitting warm for the past 24 hours.

Thanks in advance...
Gary

Was it already cold? any chance you have a stream?

 

[Thomas]

Time to make root cellar.

 

[JSUnlimited]

When I read this, I thought of this email I received,

"By now you know that Anheuser-Busch was sold to a foreign company. Help me in boycotting Anheuser-Busch since they are sellouts. Drop your beer off at my house & I will dispose of it. We'll teach those bastards."

I will run east once in a while and pick up a couple cases of Yuengling. Once I could only get it cold. It was "above room temp." when I got home and since I did not have room in the fridge I stored it on the basement floor for a while. When I was ready to drink, I would get a can or eight and put in the fridge for a couple of hours. All was well!

 

[Lil_FarmerJim]

Generally if you keep the beer in a cool, dark, area it should be ok. But it will not likely make it all the way to the holidays, unless you are counting Labor Day.

Beer skunks, or goes bad when its exposed to light. So in a keg that is not likely to happen. But in bottles it will happen no matter what you do since it's already been exposed to light. So if its bottle beer, keep drinking. If its cans, you will have the same chance to store it as with a keg. But another problem is temperature, it also effects beer and if it gets too warm it will shorten its shelf life and cause it to go bad just the same. Generally like wine beer should be stored at around 50-55 deg F. And if this is an opened Keg, you need to keep the pressure on it to keep it from going flat so you might want to get a CO2 tank.

My Suggestion, have another party soon and invite more friends. Looks like several of us here on TBN are available.

Cheers!

 

[Egon]

Beer does not come in cans!

 

[Tig]

Based on what I have seen or read.
Regular beer brown bottle or can has a shelf life of 3-4 months.
Clear or green bottles will get skunked by light much quicker. Fluorescent lights in a commercial fridge can kill kill these beers if they are on the top shelf.
Opened Keg, hand pump (air), 3 days and it's not so good. Taste begins to decline the second day.
Opened keg CO2 pump should last as if it were still sealed.
Non pasteurized fancy beers will not last nearly as long. Half the life?
So Christmas is a stretch even if it were brewed today.
How much do you have left?

 

[Chuck52]

I once found a homebrew in a Grolsch bottle that had fallen behind a case of empties. It was at least three years old, but was in my basement and mostly in the dark. It was the best homebrew I ever had! Probably because it was the first homebrew I ever had that had been aged!

Chuck

 

[coachgrd]

Thanks guys. In answer to questions, I have 2 cases left, both cans. Coors light, Mich Ultra.

When can you guys get here?

 

[JSUnlimited]

ASAP!

 

[Thomas]

"When can you guys get here? "

Shall be long tractor ride from my door to yours,so drink very s l o w.

 

[RobertN]

Pretty good, but general.

Regular beer, like Bud/Coors. Better grade beers/micro's will last longer. Some are not ready to drink for months!

Clear bottles get skunked; that is why you put lime in Corona. It is light struck beer.

Most open kegs with a handpump that I have seen, are funky the next morning. They start to oxidize.

I have to agree with Egon. Except Guinness with their nitrogen widget, beer does not come in cans

Based on what I have seen or read.
Regular beer brown bottle or can has a shelf life of 3-4 months.
Clear or green bottles will get skunked by light much quicker. Fluorescent lights in a commercial fridge can kill kill these beers if they are on the top shelf.
Opened Keg, hand pump (air), 3 days and it's not so good. Taste begins to decline the second day.
Opened keg CO2 pump should last as if it were still sealed.
Non pasteurized fancy beers will not last nearly as long. Half the life?
So Christmas is a stretch even if it were brewed today.
How much do you have left?

 

[Egon]

Robert, you are a man with appreciation for the finer things in life!

 

[jimmyj]

Ahh, Robert and Egon. Let me expand on the can subject.

There are two kinds of beer:

a) Swillin brew. Generally cheap, in cans and the sort of thing that goes down the hatch in giant gulps in hot weather. This is also what you serve certain types of guests.

b) Savorin brew. This is the good stuff. Yes, usually in bottles. Consumed with a good meal, with close friends. Mmmm.

I generally have both in the fridge and consume about equal amounts.

Sorry for the digression.....

 

[mwb]

For the Coors light cans, get your .22 out and do some target practice That will cut the problem in half.

Egon, Robert - try these 'cans' out; Urquell, Bitburger, Holsten, Tubourg. I also like Guiness, Murphy's and other canned beers. I keep a big can of homebrew at home myself (48L keg). I like the imports and micro-brew beers.

Egon, your local brewery Propeller makes some awesome beers, the make a nice dark (I think it was a stout?).

It's almost five o'clock...

 

[Egon]

Urquell, Bitburger, Holsten, Tubourg.

They Used to come in glass Bottles.

Somehow the cans just ain't the same.

The Glass bottled ones in their place of origin also seem to taste better than the the bottled ones here???

I also agree that there are two kinds of Beer. The type one brings home and then all the others!