Wort Use By Date

[Brew Matt]

I have a no-chill cube of wort that has been sitting unopened since June 2012. How would I establish if this is still safe to ferment, or more importantly, safe to drink after fermenting?

 

[carniebrew]

Taste it and smell it. If you've done any brewing before/after this, you should know what good, unfermented wort tastes/smells like?

Actually probably smell it first....

 

[doon]

If it hasnt swollen up and exploded I would say its perfectly fine

 

[Amber Fluid]

A few people here have had cubes for 1-2 years with no adverse affects.

 

[stux]

The commercial FWKs have a 2 year BB

http://aussiehomebrewer.com/topic/52720-craftbrewer-fresh-wort-kits-free-postage/page-2#entry746460

Anywho 7 months is nothing. Some of my best brews have 'aged' in the cube for 18+ months

 

[brendo]

agreed, I have left a few brews in a cube for an extended time before brewing and they were all fine - as long as it was well sealed so O2 can't get in, you should be fine. The one qualifier I would put on that is that generally I only do 60 min additions when cubing and do most of my late hopping during/post fermentation.