storage life?

[Hudson1984]

HI all,

quick and easy question I'm sure but working from home makes my mind wonder....

How long do various brews "keep" i.e.

Wine in bottles:
Wine in Keg (Corny):

Cider in bottles:
Cider in Keg:

Lager/Beer in bottles:
Lager/Beer in Keg:

Just thinking about adding some more kits and I want a building project (our fridge freezer is likely to be replaced and I'm earmarking it for a brewfridge/keezer) But based on lifespans will decide what I plan as kegged and what I plan as bottled.

I mean if everything had a limitless lifespan I'd have a keg of white wine (keep the wife happy...and probably drunk!) 2 kegs of cider (different flavours, one being mixed berry the other most likely a perry) 1 keg of lager

But I want to bear lifespans in there - it'll depend how social I have to be to drink it all

[Northern Brewer]

Completely dependent on type - a NEIPA might be oxidised within a couple of weeks, big malt-led beers can take several years to reach peak condition and can be good for a decade or more. Same with wine and cider.

[chris2012]

Re. bottles I found this interesting - https://dm.henkel-dam.com/is/content/he ... ger_WEBpdf regarding oxygen ingress from a crown top.

For curiosity I wouldn't mind getting some different types of crown tops, to see how the taste of beer is affected over years.

[guypettigrew]

It won't be!

Guy

[chris2012]

I'd have thought close to 0ppb vs >1600 ppb DO would give a noticeably difference oxidation taste

[guypettigrew]

I'd have thought close to 0ppb vs >1600 ppb DO would give a noticeably difference oxidation taste

Gibberish! Sorry, but what's that in English?

Guy

[chris2012]

Sorry, Parts per billion of dissolved oxygen.

The graph shows close to 0 ppb of dissolved oxygen with their fancy active/passive oxygen scavenging crown top lining. But around 1500ppb with a 'normal' crown top as far as I understand after a year.

For canning I've heard of figures around 20ppb dissolved oxygen on packaging.

What I'm especially interested in, is the type of crown top lining that also actively scavenges oxygen.

http://www.lowoxygenbrewing.com/uncateg ... beer-home/ has some pics at the end with a fancy dissolved oxygen meter after canning