Josh Hayward wrote:[color=blue]
> someone i know was cleaning out there garage and came across a couple
> cans of really old malt extract, the best before stamp is 1993. my
> question is can old cans of extract go bad, or should i just chuck them.
>
> josh
>[/color]
They are probably usable, however they may well have changed colour - ie
turned very dark, not what you might want for say a pale ale - stout time?

"rb" <snafu_1@lycos.com> wrote in message
news:bdo1e6$9il$1@tomahawk.unsw.edu.au...[color=blue]
> Josh Hayward wrote:[color=green]
> > someone i know was cleaning out there garage and came across a couple
> > cans of really old malt extract, the best before stamp is 1993. my
> > question is can old cans of extract go bad, or should i just chuck them.
> >
> > josh
> >[/color]
> They are probably usable, however they may well have changed colour - ie
> turned very dark, not what you might want for say a pale ale - stout time?
>[/color]

The usable shelflife of LME is very short, really a matter of months. Those
canned extracts are usually of marginal quality anyway, at least, from the
experience I had using kits many years ago, like Munton's and Coopers. I
went to the Breiss bagged LME almost immediately.

Tom Veldhouse