Out of date grains

[philld]

Just being doing a stock take so I can build out my next brew recipes.

I have an open bag of Caragold with a BBE date of Feb 14 (annoying as I purchased it mid Jan 14!)

Is it most likely OK to still use or should I just bin it?

 

[Brewberoza]

Golden rule is the darker the malt, the more it can withstand moisture. Crystal malts are more forgiving than base malt. I remember trying out of date wheat malt and was not impressed. Strange funk and even the mash looked funny. Mind you you probably wont be using much caragold.

Inspect the malt. See how it looks, anything off? Have a taste, just chew it in your mouth. It should generate a predominently sweet taste in your mouth. If there are no off flavours you might think why not.

However, if the bag is tiny in the first place, a new one really cheap and you live next to a homebrew shop then you may instead decide to have a zero compromise policy to your ingredients. It is six months out of date.

 

[cheshirehomebrew]

Its not actually out of date, thats a best before date, suggest you bung it in and see how it tastes, but write down your recipe with the amount of grains used and the fact the BBD was Feb 14

Who knows, you may be be suprised!

 

[philld]

Thanks for all the advice, I think I'm going to try the taste test, if it tastes sweet still I'll stick it in the brew.