Posted on 12/29/2015 9:57:50 AM PST by PROCON
If you have beer sitting in the back of the fridge you can't bring yourself to drink or dump, have I got some ideas for you.
This time of year brings a multitude of holiday parties to the calendar and gifts under the tree. This inevitably means ending up with "crap" beer in the fridge. Perhaps it's after a get-together with friends, when everyone brought a little something to share, or a well-meaning relative got you a six-pack thinking you might like it. Or maybe it's after picking something new at the store that you ended up hating. Or, let's be honest: that last home brew batch you made just didn't turn out well.
Regardless of how it got there, we're stuck with it. As much as my husband and I dislike "crap" beer, we still love beer, and it pains us to see it simply tossed down the drain. So today I'm laying out the five best uses I have for that "crap" beer you just don't want to drink.
First, though, when I talk about "crap" beer here, it's really whatever beer you personally are not fond of. My husband and I love craft beer, absolutely. But we don't love all craft beer. There are some styles--ahem, smoked beers, really?--we just don't have a taste for. For us they'd fall into the "crap" category.
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MAKE MONARCH BUTTERFLY BREW
For those who enjoy seeing the flight of the Monarch Butterflies as they pass thru your area Make Butterfly brew and paint on tree trunks are any other outdoor surface. You will find that many other creatures (not just Monarchs) love this concoction. 1 can flat beer, l pound brown sugar, 1 over ripe banana. Put in blender, blend till it is liquefied, place in a jar and cover with cap. Painted on outdoor surfaces several times a week (especially after a rain storm) will make for a happy home of these flying monarchs.
Great marinades can be made
Junk beer.
Classic oxymoron.
Everyone knows there’s no such thing.
Save it for your buddy that always shows up with no beer.
You must live in Portland,OR ð
This is a perfect example for FR’s desperate need for a beer ping list.
There is no such thing as a crap beer here either...a buzz is a buzz regardless.
Note: It says not to use dark beer like Guiness. But personally, I love steaming clams with Negra Medalo.
Never tried beer but I use bad homemade wine to make said auto fuel.
This is blasphemy.
Kinda like leftover percodans
Beer cheese soup! YUM
For later.
Fill up your car's trunk with all your "crap" beer and take it into an inner city near you. Pass it out in front of the local City Mission.
The bums will drink anything, and you can feel like you made somebody happy at Christmas.
I used to do that when I lived in Japan - took a carton of cigarettes duty-free every time I flew international and dropped it under the bridge where they lived.
And I have happily disposed of many unwanted beers for my friends. I'm known for having a cast-iron stomach.
One time I went to the dump for a bit of after-work target practice, when in my trunk I spied half of an 8-pack of Stroh's 12oz stubbies in the red package. It was unpalatable as it had been in the heat all summer, but exploded nicely when shook up and thrown in the air for the shotgun to pop.
ML/NJ
We always keep some Miller Lite & Corona around to give to company on whom we don’t want to waste the good stuff!
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