# Would you drink a beer that is a year old? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 27, 2015, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-drink-a-beer-that-is-a-year-old/729101 "2015-08-27T20:51:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ollie73082](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/97f17d/32.png) [@ollie73082](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ollie73082)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2015, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-drink-a-beer-that-is-a-year-old/729101/1 "2015-08-27T20:51:51Z")
Bud Light. In a can. They’ve been in my fridge since my fantasy football draft party last year. Not one of my favorite brands, but I want a beer and I’m kinda tired, and traffic and soforth. My girlfriend had one 3-4 months ago and said it tasted just as bad as a fresh Bud Light. Imma do it. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2015, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-drink-a-beer-that-is-a-year-old/729101/2 "2015-08-27T20:58:19Z")
Sure. I’ve drunk mystery homebrews that were old enough to drive. The worst that can happen is that it tastes bad. ---
**Author:** ![JerrySTL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e274bd/32.png) [@JerrySTL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JerrySTL)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2015, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-drink-a-beer-that-is-a-year-old/729101/3 "2015-08-27T21:00:38Z")
Yes. As long as it wasn’t flat when you opened the can. ---
**Author:** ![DinoR](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dinor/32/2821_2.png) [@DinoR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DinoR)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2015, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-drink-a-beer-that-is-a-year-old/729101/4 "2015-08-27T21:08:42Z")
Refrigerated, and not in a bottle where light is an issue, a beer likely won’t be skunked. Worst case it is and you pitch it. Whether Bud Light classifies as a beer is a different question. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2015, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-drink-a-beer-that-is-a-year-old/729101/5 "2015-08-27T21:22:38Z")
I don’t understand. You have a beer, yet you’re proposing not to drink it? That’s… It just… I don’t know where to begin. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2015, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-drink-a-beer-that-is-a-year-old/729101/6 "2015-08-27T21:30:17Z")
> [@Tom\_Tildrum](#): > > I don’t understand. You have a beer, yet you’re proposing not to drink it? > > That’s… It just… I don’t know where to begin. Well, to be fair, he did say it was a bud lite. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2015, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-drink-a-beer-that-is-a-year-old/729101/7 "2015-08-27T21:34:35Z")
No. Under no circumstances. Not if I was dying from thirst. ---
**Author:** ![pool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pool/32/4152_2.png) [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2015, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-drink-a-beer-that-is-a-year-old/729101/8 "2015-08-27T21:53:55Z")
I unintentionally drank some two year old beers before , they tasted flat and nasty but I didn’t die or anything but it killed my desire to drink anything else that night as no fresh beer was available. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2015, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-drink-a-beer-that-is-a-year-old/729101/9 "2015-08-27T23:23:33Z")
I would, and have. And will probably do so again. Bud light often shows up when we have parties and is the first to get leftover because it is ass. Which is why it will stay in the fridge for so long, because I’d rather buy not ass. But every now and then, I’m a bit lean on cash and/or motivation, or it is after 2 am, and the thirst goes unslaked…so…you know…I drink it. Don’t judge me. I didn’t ask to be this way. I blame society. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2015, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-drink-a-beer-that-is-a-year-old/729101/10 "2015-08-27T23:51:22Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > I would, and have. And will probably do so again. Bud light often shows up when we have parties and is the first to get leftover because it is ass. Which is why it will stay in the fridge for so long, because I’d rather buy not ass. But every now and then, I’m a bit lean on cash and/or motivation, or it is after 2 am, and the thirst goes unslaked…so…you know…I drink it. Don’t judge me. I didn’t ask to be this way. I blame society. Kinda like going home with that chick in the bar at 2:15 when you can barely see your hand in front of your face. You might do it, but 48 hours later…ewwww. ---
**Author:** ![ollie73082](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/97f17d/32.png) [@ollie73082](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ollie73082)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2015, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-drink-a-beer-that-is-a-year-old/729101/11 "2015-08-27T23:56:27Z")
I blame society too. So I drank the crappy Bud Light-for science. After a full year (and over 200 days past its best by date) it tastes the exact same. If anything more like regular Bud. In the interest of full disclosure, i still ended up going out and drinking actual beer first (Bells Two Hearted-yes!!) so that probably helped the situation. One of these days I’m gonna try one of those geriatric buds first thing in the morning though-for science ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2015, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-drink-a-beer-that-is-a-year-old/729101/12 "2015-08-28T00:12:08Z")
FOR SCIENCE! _clink_ However, having said all that for science. No amount of society can make me ever do the Lime-a-rrrrrita or straw-bbrrrr-ita left in my fridge after a party again… …and by “no amount” I mean it would take a “very large amount” of societing… ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2015, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-drink-a-beer-that-is-a-year-old/729101/13 "2015-08-28T00:12:53Z")
no ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2015, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-drink-a-beer-that-is-a-year-old/729101/14 "2015-08-28T00:15:32Z")
> [@ollie73082](#): > > I blame society too. So I drank the crappy Bud Light-for science. Dear Og, You ARE John Oliver!!! I love your show, but for the Love of Choreography, PLEASE OG, _ **NEVER DANCE AGAIN…!** _ ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2015, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-drink-a-beer-that-is-a-year-old/729101/15 "2015-08-28T00:17:40Z")
> [@Tom\_Tildrum](#): > > I don’t understand. You have a beer, yet you’re proposing not to drink it? > > That’s… It just… I don’t know where to begin. Ever tasted beer that was that old? Ick. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2015, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-drink-a-beer-that-is-a-year-old/729101/16 "2015-08-28T00:26:12Z")
Not beer but here’s a [video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4Rxv4TAHMs) of people drinking old soda. And they were a lot older than a year. ---
**Author:** ![ollie73082](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/97f17d/32.png) [@ollie73082](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ollie73082)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2015, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-drink-a-beer-that-is-a-year-old/729101/17 "2015-08-28T00:26:33Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Ever tasted beer that was that old? Ick. Further confirmation that bud light isn’t beer…no discernible difference. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2015, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-drink-a-beer-that-is-a-year-old/729101/18 "2015-08-28T01:34:02Z")
As long as there is some fizz left, it isn’t totally flat, sure. After all, how much could it be than fresh Bud Lite? ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2015, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-drink-a-beer-that-is-a-year-old/729101/19 "2015-08-28T17:20:20Z")
You remember the “dry” beer fad in the 90’s? Remember Coors Dry? For some reason, my friend still had a 24 pack (back when you could call them a suitcase because they were that shape) until last year. He had a party and out came the Coors Dry. It wasn’t great but it wasn’t terrible. Not good enough for us to put down all 24. I don’t believe there was any projectile vomiting or diarrhea. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2015, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-drink-a-beer-that-is-a-year-old/729101/20 "2015-08-28T17:46:18Z")
I’ve enjoyed beers that were intentionally cellared for various lengths of time. I’ve had Dogfish Head 120 minute of several vintages and taste compared. I had Sam Adams Utopias that was 2 years old. Amazingly good beers. Bud light tasted right off the assembly line would still be Bud light. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-drink-a-beer-that-is-a-year-old/729101.md?page=2)