Our understairs cupboard doesn't get opened too often. There are quite a few bottles and cans of drinks which haven't seen the light of day for some while.
Should I bin the lot, or try some out?
Some beer and wine - mostly white - can probably go into casseroles and other recipes. So far we have used up some old wine and beer that way, and there are some spirits bottles which I assume are still perfectly drinkable - I'm just "testing" a bottle of Calvados. Seems drinkable enough, and might go well with pancakes in a month or two.
Regarding the beer, I think that bottles may be less of a problem than cans, but it may be simpler to just chuck everything - probably only about £50 worth anyway - than risk becoming ill.
I have tried some beer which was a few years old out of bottles - seemed to have more of a head than a newish bottle, though didn't cause insurmountable problems - but some that we have is more than just a few years old.
I believe that using these in recipes is not going to cause too many problems - we've already tried that, but it'll take quite a while to clear out that way.
OTOH I don't really want to end up with a major medical problem ... or anyone else who visits too, for that matter.
Should I bin the lot, or try some out?
Some beer and wine - mostly white - can probably go into casseroles and other recipes. So far we have used up some old wine and beer that way, and there are some spirits bottles which I assume are still perfectly drinkable - I'm just "testing" a bottle of Calvados. Seems drinkable enough, and might go well with pancakes in a month or two.
Regarding the beer, I think that bottles may be less of a problem than cans, but it may be simpler to just chuck everything - probably only about £50 worth anyway - than risk becoming ill.
I have tried some beer which was a few years old out of bottles - seemed to have more of a head than a newish bottle, though didn't cause insurmountable problems - but some that we have is more than just a few years old.
I believe that using these in recipes is not going to cause too many problems - we've already tried that, but it'll take quite a while to clear out that way.
OTOH I don't really want to end up with a major medical problem ... or anyone else who visits too, for that matter.
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