Damaged can good to drink?

Oxygen and light are the enemy of beer.

Hole in can, 2/3 full, soaked package = oxygen got in

 

I'd stop storing it and abandon any ideas about fixing it. Open it. If it tastes (and looks) good - drink it, if it doesn't - dump it. Maybe it'll be completely flat. The catch is that if you're worried enough to post about it, then chances are your mind is already set to go into it with the worst expectations.

 

It's not impossible it got something bad in it, but not likely either. Try it. Report back.

 

Nobody can promise that nothing bad got in the can. Perhaps a tiny fragment of aluminum? Only you can determine how much you want to drink the beer as you weigh the risk vs reward.

 

Oxidation won't occur very quickly, assuming the package was in the mail only a week or so, but I think the beer will be flat. The can has been sitting in the liquid inside the package, so I'd wipe the top clean before opening and pouring. You don't want to pick up any bacteria from the packaging into your glass from the outside of the can.

 

Glad it worked out for you.

 

Drinking a dented can.

You da man!!

Cheers to you!!!!

 

I agree with you here and that is why I applauded you ("You da man!!").

One of the things we homebrewers discuss is that while our homebrewed beers can suffer from infections (e.g., unwanted microorganisms like bacteria, wild yeast,...) that nothing can grow in beer that can harm you. In other words a homebrewed beer that suffered from an infection (some prefer the terminology of contamination) may suffer from off-flavors but it will not be harmful in terms of making you sick. Now, if a beer after the fact obtains an infection/contamination (e.g., a small hole in a can) I would think that the same situation applies but I am not a medical doctor so...

Cheers!

P.S. I hope to read your post tomorrow!!

 

Oh no, of course not. I was saying I regret you got a damaged can and am glad you were able to salvage what beer remained.

 

Of all the comments here and keeping tabs on your demise (or lack there of)....no one asked the question "What kind of beer was it?"

 

He posted about it above (with a photo): it was a DIPA.

Cheers!

 

Ok let me rephrase..... What Brand / "Name on Can" Brew was it? DIPA is a bit broad. Wrong wording I guess on my part.

 

Oh, and I can't see photos..... I can't even see there was a photo on the thread. Or else I would not have posed the question.

 

I was gonna say just pour it out....then I saw it was a Boy King from Coast Brewery in my hometown!!! Def worth saving!!! Try their Hopart if you can!! Delish!