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They say that wine improves with age, but what about the rest of the alcoholic beverages? Have you ever wondered how alcoholic drinks go bad? Or what if you drink expired alcohol? Although some alcoholic beverages such as beers or other products have expiration date labels, you should know that these types of products do not actually spoil.
The first thing to note is that the alcohol does not expire, but there are some alcoholic beverages that it is preferable to consume on the date indicated on their label, such as beers. Although some of these products have best-before dates, it is not the same as Date of Expirysince the latter is only found in some foods that are microbiologically perishable, which is not the case with ethyl beverages.
So the first thing that should be clear to you is that the alcoholic beverages do not expire, but some of them do have a best-before date. This is the case of beers and some other low-alcohol alcoholic beverages that, in some regions of the world such as Europe, by regulation (law 1169/2011) must place a best-before date on their labels. The legislation does not apply to alcoholic products with a graduation of 10% or more by volume of alcohol.
What happens if I drink alcohol after the best before date?
As we mentioned, the alcoholic beverages with an alcohol content of 10% or more do not have a best-before date, the rest, such as beer or drinks with a lower alcohol content, have this date on their labels because when you consume them later, although nothing happens to your body, the drink itself can begin to lose some of its essential characteristics such as aroma, flavor, smell or gasification.
So, if you happen to consume one alcoholic beverage whose best-before date has already passed, nothing bad will happen to your body nor will it be harmful to your health because it is not a microbiologically perishable product, but as we mentioned, it can lose organoleptic qualities that make the experience unpleasant when consuming it because its composition changed.
so that the alcohol It is well preserved, it is necessary that the bottles are always hermetically closed and that they do not come into contact with the air, in addition to being stored in places that are at room temperature. In the case of wine bottles, it is recommended that they be kept in a horizontal position so that the cork absorbs enough moisture and does not dry out. Remember that full bottles of alcohol keep better than half-full ones.
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