Question : does drinking beer that is past its “best-before” date make you sick?

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Answer: you would have to be quite extraordinarily unlucky to feel sick after drinking a beer that is just one little year past its “best-before”. There is no one-size-fits-all answer to your question. The best-before date given on the bottle is for guidance, for information only (beer can still be sold after the recommended best-before date). The shelf or cellar life of beer depends on the particular brew of beer and on the particular brewing technology. Certain beers, such as trappist beers, will even improve in the fullness of time. Drinking certain superannuated beers will not harm your health in any way, but your taste buds will not appreciate your endeavours. A number of processes in the beer may increase the degree of acidity in the beer and thus mar the taste and spoil that pleasant “beery” scent. If a beer that is more than one year past its “best-before” still happens to taste good, then it is certainly no problem as regards your health.

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