Uses for old IPAs

give it to beerschlitz so he can fry that catfish up and have a party!!!

 

i did live in memphis for a couple of years there true story

 

I'd like to caution you on cooking with IPA. I threw a Lost Coast Indica IPA in my chili once and it tasted like a fart. (Good beer, just not so much good cooking beer)

 

Boy, y'know, when I read threads like this, it just makes me sad. No, the outdated IPA you have sitting around is NOT going to be the SAME as when it was fresh. But, if you forget your preconceptions and prejudices about the style of the beer, some of them can be very enjoyable to drink. I often buy IPAs and deliberately store them in my fridge until they're waaaay past their "best by" date. Example: I held a can of 21st Amendment "Brew Free or Die" for a year and nine months. I opened it and drank it and was shocked to find that it had developed flavors of coconut, vanilla, honey, caramel, and floral notes. "Not the same" is not the same thing as "not as good". I know this will be a foreign concept for a lot of people but just accepting that the beer has changed and tasting it without preconceptions can SOMETIMES - by no means always - be VERY enjoyable.

 

I'll toss 1-2 bottles in a crock pot with a pork tenderloin, add soy sauce, touch of sesame, garlic cloves, brown sugar, red pepper flakes, sriracha. When the tenderloin is finished, scoop out some of the sauce, transfer to a pan, and reduce to a syrup. Shred or chop out the pork, toss in the syrup with some green onion and sesame seeds, toss on a corn tortilla, and BAM, old IPA Korean BBQ tacos.

 

You could always just leave them there, and you're fridge will never be empty.

 

You could also try tossing it in a french press with a ton of fresh hops or pellets. Or open the old IPA, toss some pellets in the bottle, recap it, and sit it in the fridge for an hour.

 

Beer bread duh.

 

Actually, hoppy beers don't make the best beer bread. The hoppiest I will bake with is Victory Prima Pils (which makes a killer beer bread fwiw)

 

Beer can chicken!