You now have company with this eighth grader from San Antonio, TX.
Collin, an eighth-grader at Legacy Middle School, spent a day washing and handling artifacts at the University of Texas at San Antonio’s Center for Archaeological Research and became so taken with an old, corked bottle found at the River Walk extension project that he went home, did some research and came back with a theory: The yellow liquid sloshing inside was likely century-old beer, brewed by a predecessor to the Lone Star Brewing Co.
His discovery so delighted archaeologist Lynn Yakubik and her colleagues that they agreed to test the liquid to see if Collin’s theory bears fruit. Or hops.
“That’s San Antonio past right there in your hand,” said Yakubik, director of the center’s education and outreach programs. “He was so excited about what he had done that day, he went above and beyond, looked it up for us and sent us an e-mail. He is such a cool kid.”
Kid finds a bottle of beer and doesn’t drink it? What’s wrong with him?
I bet the fact the adult was there as well was the problem.
Also factor in the possibility that it’s actually another type of yellow liquid sloshing around inside.
That does pose an interesting question: what happens when you age beer? Is there a point past the “skunkiness” level when it turns into something else?
^maybe toxic waste?
Old Iron -
Beer can go flat, stale, and if it has acetobacter it’ll turn into vinegar. I don’t know about outright spoilage.
What you’re referring to is related to the light exposure and usually is attributed to poor handling (heat). A good read on skunk beer: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2001/10/011018071707.htm
I don’t know how all this squares away with some beers that seem to be skunky funky from the word “go”.