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"Alcohol Use-By Dates..."

Do they mean anything? I've just found some really lovely looking cider in the larder with a use-by date in 1998... drinkable?

> Geffdof wrote:
> I think it turn to vinegar, but only in the open air (i.e. oxygen).
>

Yup. Acetic acid's produced if it's open due to some bacteria, usually carried on fruit fly's legs, but it's more or less fine if it hasn't been opened.

DP.

RastaBillySkank wrote:
> Super Kev wrote:
> So how do you feel today? Not dead I hope?
>
> Absolutely super-duper. I also found out that above about 14%
> alcohol, yeast can't carry on fermenting for some reason or another.
> So whoever said that they carried on and it became poisonous was
> talking balls.

Always good to know. I will remeber that!

He found it in the larder. Now how do you think I know that?

Where did you find it?

I think it turn to vinegar, but only in the open air (i.e. oxygen).

Super Kev wrote:
> So how do you feel today? Not dead I hope?

Absolutely super-duper. I also found out that above about 14% alcohol, yeast can't carry on fermenting for some reason or another. So whoever said that they carried on and it became poisonous was talking balls.

So how do you feel today? Not dead I hope?

You can leave wine for ages,so you can probably leave beer for ages. So I suppose you can have it.

Meh. I think I've conclusively proved that use-by dates mean jack. They wouldn't keep fermenting as the glucose would run out fairly quickly and the yeast cells would also "die".