Re: old beer--why bother?

On Fri, 28 Nov 2003 09:05:56 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] spoke 
thusly:

> I'm sure I'll be corrected by someone on this list if I'm wrong, but I once
> heard a homebrewer who worked for a poison-control center allege that there
> are no pathogens that can survive in a canned batch of beer, and not likely
> to be any in any commercially-bottled batches either.  Not to say someone
> couldn't directly contaminate a home-brew bottle, but..........

Your friend is correct -- properly sealed beer, in can or in bottle, 
cannot become toxic.  Most beers will taste pretty nasty, though.

On the other hand, I've got some cellered barleywines I'm trying to age 
a little.  I've found most barleywines taste best about two years after 
bottling.

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