Beers past Expiry date

[studio1]

On 2 occaisions now I have purchased 'craft' beer from Glengarry (Mission Bay and Downtown) to discover the beers (Coopers Pale Ale & Green Man Bitter) were past their expiry date. In the case of the Coopers - the beer was almost 6 months out of date.

Might pay to check the expiry dates when purchasing your craft beers - do you normally check them in the shop?

[nzbrewer]

double check that Coopers, as I think they have best after dates, which is confusing

[Ian]

Our supermarket recently had quart bottles of Coopers pale ale selling at a really low price. I have to confess that I enjoyed drinking the stuff for the week or so it lasted and I never checked the date. The beer was fine, but now that I have read what Studio 1 has aid, I suspect that might be why they reduced the price of the lovely big bottles to clear - I did wonder at the time.

[Greig McGill]

I normally only check on beers which I know suffer. Many beers are just fine after their "best before" date. Some are better than before, some worse, some just different. But yeah, it's your call, not the retailers, so it is always worth checking.

[beerdrinker]

All the Coopers Beers have a Best After Date, so there shouldn't be a problem with expired beer

[studio1]

well, thats good to know. not printed very clearly on the bottles tho.

[Soren]

unfortunately good beer does not shift very quickly on the shelf, and the shop keepers don't always know to rotate the stock, so there's a fair bit of old stuff out there. if it's in the fridge its usually ok (depending on style) but if not, i avoid it.

btw, am i the only one who can hardly find a drinkable bottle of imported beer? almost every bottle i get has that skunky taste and smell, as if its been sitting in the sun all the way down here on the boat....