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Storing Question
Posted: Wed May 15, 2013 8:00 pm
by NewBalearic
So I had a Festbrew Brown Ale I recently finished in bottles for over three weeks. I stored one dozen in a box in my kitchen and the rest in a cabinet above my fridge. I transferred the beer from the box into the fridge and it tastes great... good carbonation, good flavour, all good. However, the beer I've stored in the cabinet above my fridge tastes flat and gross... The temperature in the cabinet is not hot... feels like room temperature, but is it possible that it has spoiled?
If so, is there any way to salvage it or is it wasted?
Thanks!
Re: Storing Question
Posted: Wed May 15, 2013 8:06 pm
by Tony L
Try keeping it in a warm place and try to resuspend the yeast in the bottle without shaking the shit out of it,

Re: Storing Question
Posted: Thu May 16, 2013 7:04 am
by McGruff
I wonder if the fridge over heated the beer when it was in self defrost and then cooled down. The beer was like warm then cool, warm then cool. This may be a dumb theory though.
Re: Storing Question
Posted: Thu May 16, 2013 7:36 am
by S-04
I think the beer in the cupboard was probably just too cool overall and hasn't carbonated. As Tony said, if you agitate it a little to re-suspend the yeast and move it to somewhere warmer it will probably be fine in a few weeks.
Re: Storing Question
Posted: Fri May 17, 2013 9:50 am
by akr71
You should send it all to me for proper analysis. If it is deemed worthy for mass consumption, there may be enough left over to send back to you.
Re: Storing Question
Posted: Fri May 17, 2013 5:56 pm
by NewBalearic
Great thanks guys! I'll give that a try.