11 Year Old Bailey’s Irish Cream - will it kill me? (Don’t need answer fast).

[alice_in_wonderland]

@Mangetout

How long have you had that?

Only 18 months so I think I’m good.

[scr4]

@burpo_the_wonder_mutt

Wikipedia says 24 months shelf-life. I might go 6 months beyond that, but 11 years? Nope. When in doubt, toss it out.

It says they guarantee the taste for 24 months, even without refrigeration. There’s generally a huge margin between “guaranteed flavor” and “unsafe.” I say go ahead and taste it, but I wouldn’t serve it to guests or bring to a party.

[burpo_the_wonder_mutt]

@scr4

It says they guarantee the taste for 24 months, even without refrigeration. There’s generally a huge margin between “guaranteed flavor” and “unsafe.” I say go ahead and taste it, but I wouldn’t serve it to guests or bring to a party.

Did you even read that? It says “shelf life” of 24 months. What’s your definition of shelf life?

[boytyperanma]

I can’t find it but I’m pretty sure it was this forum someone had an old bottle of Bailey’s that had turned to a jello. They broke the bottle around it to get a bottle shaped mold out. There were dares to consume some but I don’t think they went through with it.

[pulykamell]

@boytyperanma

I can’t find it but I’m pretty sure it was this forum someone had an old bottle of Bailey’s that had turned to a jello. They broke the bottle around it to get a bottle shaped mold out. There were dares to consume some but I don’t think they went through with it.

Here’s the thread. (And I found it using the link that you had found in a similar thread 11 years ago.)

ETA: Oh, and to skip to the good part here’s a video of the gelatinized bottle of Irish cream. Now, this bottle was 20 years old, an off-brand, and unrefrigerated, so your results may vary.

[boytyperanma]

@pulykamell

Here’s the thread. (And I found it using the link that you had found in a similar thread 11 years ago.)

ETA: Oh, and to skip to the good part here’s a video of the gelatinized bottle of Irish cream. Now, this bottle was 20 years old, an off-brand, and unrefrigerated, so your results may vary.

Ha time flies. I guess I blocked out the guy consuming it. gag.

[pulykamell]

@pulykamell

(And I found it using the link that you had found in a similar thread 11 years ago.)

Not that it matters, but I didn’t edit in time: the thread I found the link in was 6 years ago, in 2011.

[pulykamell]

@pulykamell

I was gonna say … won’t kill you, but may not be ideal texturally. I had a five or six year old cream liqueur go chunky on me. It wasn’t refrigerated, but it wasn’t opened either.

Actually, looks like it was about a 10-year old bottle of Amarula, according to the thread I linked to. (Sometimes it’s nice to have a way to check your memory via posts on the Dope!) It had separated and, according to another contemporary post of mine, soured, too. Both Amarula and Bailey’s are 17% abv and both are cream liqueurs (and eyeballing the nutritional info, seems like similar %ages of cream). So the main difference here is going to be how much refrigeration retards the separation/coagulation process.

[andrewm]

I opened a 20 year old bottle last Christmas that we found in the in-laws’ liquor cabinet (sealed, unrefrigerated) and it was garbage. Totally solidified into a chunky sludgy substance.

[Chessic_Sense]

@needscoffee

I drank a 6-yr-old bottle of Bailey’s a couple years ago that was still perfectly fine. It’s a gamble.

I drank a 6-month old bottle of Bailey’s and was definitely NOT fine. It wasn’t a hangover, it was food poisoning. 'twas a gamble, and I literally crapped out.

[Projammer]

I’ll give even odds that it won’t even pour. Personally, I’d see if it would pour just to pour it out. And I like Baileys.