Pressure barell use by date after first pint?

Hi All,

I have a brew ready conditioned in a plastic pressure barrel, i'm just wondering if there is a certain amount of time the beer will last once the first pint is poured off - I.E. once that first beer is taken does that starter the timer for the rest of the beer to go off?

Hi N-T-B
That depends on a few vairables
1. Temprature the "brew" is being stored at, and consistancy (stability) of temprature.
2. A.B.V i found that beer with a higher abv last a little longer in my opinion.
3. When you pour your beer will you be replacing the beer in the pressure barrel with air (this contains wild yeast and bacterior and will shorten the
life of the ale or will you use CO2 (this protects the beer with a inert layer of gas) this only needs to be at atmospheric pressure
Hope this has given you some help or something to think about

Steve

Thanks sledgehammer - the beer is currently stored in the garage so fairly consistently cold, I was planning on using CO2 as the pressure drops -

I only ask as I have been told that once the keg is "opened" that I have a week to drink it and as much as I LOVE beer I think the Mrs might book me into a clinic if I sit and drink 23 litres at home in that short a time!

I’ve got a stout in a plastic barrel that has been there since about October. It’s been improving week by week. Just keep it under a little positive pressure from co2 to stop the air getting in.


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Gassed up with co2 you’ll easily get 3 months out. I assume it’ll be gone by then..
If you’re serving by drawing air in, itll Be nackered in a week

so should I be gassing the barrel initially or only if pressure seems to drop when pouring off the beer?