Hamm’s Appreciation Thread (2024)

See my post #15. 18 to 26 week shelf life. So 5 - 6 months. Too bad they don’t put the canned date on the can. Just the day of the week and time of day.
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Canned on date of 1/15/2024. Very tasty. It does feel a bit big for a pilsner (5.3%) so a little on the sweet side with a bigger mouthfeel. It certainly does dry out asking for replenishment. Hopefully it's back for good but that all depends on sales.

 

Actually found Hamm's here in Utah! Hasn't been on the shelves in my area for a while. $13 for a case. I haven't bought a case of beer, probably since college (won't say how long ago that was ), and it felt obnoxious to carry a case of beer, but it was the only way to get it. It'll last me a while, probably cook with it too.

 

Beautiful shot! And the mountains ain't shabby either.

 

Funny, looks like they've given some of their beers 1 extra week of shelf life. Here's a 'snapshot' of an older pdf with "17" as the first number of weeks:

I'd call "between 18 and 26 weeks" closer to 4 months - 6 months, but 17 weeks was closer to 4 months, rather than going over a few days.

But does "intrinsic characteristics" = "how fast it typically sells" ?

They changed the length of the dates but never updated their brewery codes which are supposedly now as noted above, right. (I don't have the Georgia brewery's code, but I'm guessing it might be 1050? )

They've got enough room on the pdf to just say which of their beers' dates are based on 18 weeks and which are 26, too - and then one could just do the math.

 

"predicated on the particular brand and its intrinsic characteristics"

Good grief, what gobbledygook.

 

Giving Hamm's some free advertising in Myrtle Beach, SC. a few years ago. Had a nephew that lived in Seaside get married on the beach. Great time! (Except for my niece in this photo, she didn't like me very much back then.)

 

A commonly discussed aspect for what happens when a pale lager (including AAL beers) ages is that it will develop an off-flavor of papery (or cardboard). This is due to development of a compound called trans-2-noneal (or T2N for short). Another aspect is increased sweetness which may be considered an off-flavor (or not).

Below is a flavor ‘spider chart’ which illustrates the difference between a fresh lager and aged lager which may be helpful for you.

Cheers!



https://www.homebrewtalk.com/threads/science-on-tap-the-science-of-beer-aging-styles.678793/

 

I personally do not conduct quality control of AAL beers (tasting the same batch of beer over a period of many months) so needless to say I have no personal experience here.

On a related note, in the past I would regularly correspond with Peter Wolfe who worked as a brewing scientist (Masters at Oregon State) for AB in St. Louis. Peter used to participate on BA. One of Peter's assigned tasks was to evaluate various materials for the plastic crown liners of bottle caps with the charter to come up with a 'better' bottle cap for AB bottles (e.g., Bud Light, Budweiser, etc.) to mitigate oxygen ingress across the cap liner barrier. Since this task was related to beer aging and associated sensory evaluation we would discuss this in a general manner. At that point in time AB used a best by duration of 110 days. Peter stated the genesis of this 110 days was the AB sensory evaluation team would evaluate given batches of beer (e.g., Bud Light, Budweiser, etc.) and a fresh out of the factory beer was assigned a metric of 10 and over months they would assign numbers to the beer as a basis of comparison. It was determined a priori that when the beer reached a metric of 7 that beer would be deemed to be at the beer's 'end of saleability' and over many batch evaluations it was determined that at 110 days the beers were at the metric of 7.

A few points to further discuss of the above. How a beer is handled and stored will be impactful to the above exercise. As I understand it, the batches of beer at AB (St. Louis) were stored at room temperature throughout and since it was at the factory there was no mishandling (e.g., excessive vibration/jostling that could occur during transport). A bottle (or can) of Budweiser you purchased at your local retailer could 'behave' quite differently due to logistics issues.

As to specifics of off-flavor development and when it specifically occurs over time, this was not part of our discussion.

Cheers!

 

Appreciated a couple Hamms while grilling tonight. Got one can left in the fridge-gotta re-up on another 30 pack.

 

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Poured.

 

Great Pic . You also gave Surly a little free advertisment.

 

Popeye didn't survive on spinach alone.

 

Man overboard! The dog was appreciating this Hamms that I knocked off the grill. Salvaged about half the can but totally flat.

 

Is this thread still a thing? Because Hamms is still a thing.