A nite club owner told me too throw away over 120 bottles of beer. They
had some visible debris floating in them, some cloudiness..but tasted
fine. Are there any health concerns too be considered?

"Michael Scott" > schreef in bericht
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> A nite club owner told me too throw away over 120 bottles of beer. They
> had some visible debris floating in them, some cloudiness..but tasted
> fine. Are there any health concerns too be considered?
>
>
Unless the cap is pierced/rusted through or simply loose, and the beer is
not protected any longer from the outside environment; there are no known
pathogens able to survive in a bottle of beer, which consists of a hostile
environment to them. The flunky particles you remarked, are most likely
yeast deposit or protein coagulation, or a combination of both. They might
make the beer practically undrinkable, but not harmful.
JorisP

Michael Scott > wrote:
>A nite club owner told me too throw away over 120 bottles of beer. They
>had some visible debris floating in them, some cloudiness..but tasted
>fine. Are there any health concerns too be considered?

If it's old beer it's probably precipitated protein.
It's not at all health-threatening, and in my experience
won't make the beer taste actively bad, just old (muted
flavors) and not quite right.
--
Joel Plutchak "Senza la birra tutto diventa orfano."
plutchak@[...] - Italian proverb (slightly revised)