I bought a recipe from a local homebrew store a month or two ago and am just
now getting around to brewing. The malt extract has been sitting at room
temp. The tub they put it in hasn't been opened by me. My question is
whether the extract should still be good, or would I be better off throwing
it away and buying a fresher supply?

Not sure what type of malt extact it is.. but the recipe is for an American
Weizen.

Thanks,
Jeff

On Sun, 9 May 2004 11:29:53 -0600, "Jeff Harris"
<jeff_nospam@harriscomputersolutions(dot)com> wrote:
[color=blue]
>I bought a recipe from a local homebrew store a month or two ago and am just
>now getting around to brewing. The malt extract has been sitting at room
>temp. The tub they put it in hasn't been opened by me. My question is
>whether the extract should still be good, or would I be better off throwing
>it away and buying a fresher supply?
>
>Not sure what type of malt extact it is.. but the recipe is for an American
>Weizen.
>
>Thanks,
>Jeff
>[/color]

As for spoiling, I think it's hard to do, since the sugar content is
so strong it retards most microbial growth.

Go ahead some make some beer.

later,

tom



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Thanks

Jeff

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> On Sun, 9 May 2004 11:29:53 -0600, "Jeff Harris"
> <jeff_nospam@harriscomputersolutions(dot)com> wrote:
>[color=green]
>>I bought a recipe from a local homebrew store a month or two ago and am
>>just
>>now getting around to brewing. The malt extract has been sitting at room
>>temp. The tub they put it in hasn't been opened by me. My question is
>>whether the extract should still be good, or would I be better off
>>throwing
>>it away and buying a fresher supply?
>>
>>Not sure what type of malt extact it is.. but the recipe is for an
>>American
>>Weizen.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Jeff
>>[/color]
>
> As for spoiling, I think it's hard to do, since the sugar content is
> so strong it retards most microbial growth.
>
> Go ahead some make some beer.
>
> later,
>
> tom
>
>
>
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Jeff Harris wrote:[color=blue]
>
> I bought a recipe from a local homebrew store a month or two ago and am just
> now getting around to brewing. The malt extract has been sitting at room
> temp. The tub they put it in hasn't been opened by me. My question is
> whether the extract should still be good, or would I be better off throwing
> it away and buying a fresher supply?
>
> Not sure what type of malt extact it is.. but the recipe is for an American
> Weizen.[/color]

Toss it...it won't kill you but it won't make great beer either. Why
waste your time when a new can is only a few bucks.

--------->Denny
--
Life begins at 60 - 1.060, that is.

Reply to denny_at_projectoneaudio_dot_com

Its still good. I buy large 100# containers and use that all year round. it
wont go bad as long as it is covered air tight.

--
Joe Romero
Panama City, FL
"Denny Conn" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
news:409FA0FC.50D03656@privacy.net...[color=blue]
> Jeff Harris wrote:[color=green]
> >
> > I bought a recipe from a local homebrew store a month or two ago and am[/color][/color]
just[color=blue][color=green]
> > now getting around to brewing. The malt extract has been sitting at[/color][/color]
room[color=blue][color=green]
> > temp. The tub they put it in hasn't been opened by me. My question is
> > whether the extract should still be good, or would I be better off[/color][/color]
throwing[color=blue][color=green]
> > it away and buying a fresher supply?
> >
> > Not sure what type of malt extact it is.. but the recipe is for an[/color][/color]
American[color=blue][color=green]
> > Weizen.[/color]
>
> Toss it...it won't kill you but it won't make great beer either. Why
> waste your time when a new can is only a few bucks.
>
> --------->Denny
> --
> Life begins at 60 - 1.060, that is.
>
> Reply to denny_at_projectoneaudio_dot_com[/color]

Joe wrote:[color=blue]
>
> Its still good. I buy large 100# containers and use that all year round. it
> wont go bad as long as it is covered air tight.[/color]

Hey, I'm changing my answer to agree with Joe! I must have misread the
qwuestion...a month or 2 is OK.

---------->Denny
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Reply to denny_at_projectoneaudio_dot_com

On Wed, 12 May 2004 08:39:42 -0700, Denny Conn <me@privacy.net> wrote:
[color=blue]
>Joe wrote:[color=green]
>>
>> Its still good. I buy large 100# containers and use that all year round. it
>> wont go bad as long as it is covered air tight.[/color]
>
>Hey, I'm changing my answer to agree with Joe! I must have misread the
>qwuestion...a month or 2 is OK.
>
> ---------->Denny[/color]


Yeah you can go either way. Personally if he has all the ingredients
ready, just make the beer, rather waiting till he makes it to the
store to buy more. This way he has a batch going fast to enjoy later
in the open sun.

later,

tom




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