Out-of-date Geordie Scottish Export

[isitbeeroclock]

I found an out-of-date kit/can of Geordie Scottish Export whilst looking for old equipment to do an all grain, only 5 months out-of-date, seemed a shame to throw it away and there was a bag of caster sugar with my wife's baking stuff, so it is now in the fermenting bin, should be alright I reckon.
I'll let you know how it works out. (you never know, it might even taste better!)

 

[LeithR]

Sounds good to me, good luck with the brew.

 

[ian808]

I found 2 cans when I restarted brewing again last year and used them but got some new yeast for them. Beer was fine

 

[chrig]

it may be past its best, but it should be fine. I did an 11 year old wine kit last year and it tastes pretty good :lol:

 

[isitbeeroclock]

so far so good, seems to be fermenting okay so far, I was concerned the yeast in the kit may also be out of date

 

[isitbeeroclock]

I've noticed on a couple of other posts that some people tend to leave their kits to ferment longer than the instructions state. I'd always just left them for a week and then put into bottles, but sometimes found the beer to taste a bit yeasty. I guess it wasn't finished fermenting. I had minimal gear, so no hydrometer back then, but I have one now - so I'll leave it two weeks then take a reading.

 

[isitbeeroclock]

This has worked out fine. So don't go throwing any out of dates kits away.

 

[clibit]

Defo allow longer than a week. And use a hydrometer. I always allow 2 weeks minimum, the yeast cleans up and the beer should clear too. And you need stable hydrometer readings over three days in my opinion. I'm not the patient type, but rushing fermentation comes at a price in my experience.