How to know if a brew is out of date?

[oldskooladdict]

When scouring the shed for bottles for my latest brew I stumbled upon two freezer boxes with some Brewferm Ambiorix and Diabolo bottles in it! - At a guess about 6 of each perhaps. From memory these were brewed some time around April 2010.

Both are fairly strong, Ambiorix around 6.5% and Diabolo around 8%. They've been sitting mostly upright, in strong brown bottles, crown capped, under a fridge with a garden chair cover on top - so pretty much dark.

Do you think these would be okay to drink? How would you know if a beer was likely to disagree with you the next day? (Besides obviously a discusting taste and smell)...

I know these Brewferms improve with age but I'm just trying to work out when they start to deteoriate with age. Wondering if 30 months is pushing it!

[sbond10]

it should be ok i would say pop a bottle and throw it into a glass (dont smell it from the bottle) and see how it tastes the worst its going to do is give you a bad belly

[oldskooladdict]

I hope so! I've just put it in the fridge, and in doing so realised actually have about 16 bottles of the Ambiorix and about 10 of the Diabolo!

[HantsBrewer]

I found a bottle of 2 year old Tripel recently, and it tasted great. There were no adverse effects either, so I say just go for it.

[oldskooladdict]

Ah okay, well I need to have a go and see what they're like - if these aren't any good for drinking they're the best bottles I have - thick, dark, brown and without labels