Beer Sat Outside for a Month

No. Beer's tough. That's why it has lasted thousands of years.

This thread comes up regularly in the summer when someone's beer goes from cold to hot, and this time of year when beers go from warm to cold to frozen to unfrozen. The only danger from being outside is getting lightstruck like your Guinness did.

The bigger concern is why aren't you drinking better beer?

 

Nope, not gonna get sick from drinking them. Next time keep them in the case outside so they do not get lightstruck.

 

You'll be fine! Beer can can change temperature and still be great, contrary popular belief.

 

Left it outside!!! I'm going to report you to the SPCB!

 

You have seconds to live...













Sorry, had to

 

Getting sick?? NO. You'll pretty much know immediately whether you will like it or not.

Reporting you for beer abuse? ... That's a different story!

 

Yeah, let's go outside, since you don't have the second life to live
And no one would report you as beer abuse

 

Shitty beer is nearly impossible to kill--have done your "experiment" many times in past and hard to tell a difference.

 

Drink with confidence! Just don't leave that case of Heady out in the sun for a month...

 

Extreme heat can harm beer change in temp won't.

 

Unless you regularly get the "beer craps" from it, then no. The most that will happen is flavor loss (I doubt that's even possible with LionsHead) or that lovely lightstruck aroma/taste. Unless it was bottled in highly infectious conditions (due mostly to improper cleaning) then you never really have to worry about getting sick off of beer, especially with those breweries which pasteurize their beer (which LionsHead does). If beer were more finicky with regards to temperature, then it would be a lot more expensive (since most beer warehouses aren't typically known for having good climate control).

 

No risk of getting sick. Now if it was in the sunlight a lot or got really hot it wouldn't taste as good. Still be safe to drink though

 

Drink Steg like a true coal cracker should. watch out for the headache though. At least it wasn't Yuengling so I will give you a pass.

 

Buy a fridge

 

No more sick than you would if it was in the fridge.

 

No known pathogens can live in beer

 

You'll be fine. If the taste hasn't been affected much, I wouldn't worry. The worst that could happen is that it would get skunked, but that doesn't appear to have happened.

 

Just to be safe you should send it to me over here in Surlyville, for a closer inspection and "sensory analysis."

P.S. I used to LOVE that cheap beer! $8 for a case of 16oz bar bottles!

 

It's LionsHead so yer really not gonna know the difference any way.