How long can you store beet kvass?

[mariposa]

I made some beet kvass, then put it in the fridge (with the beets still in it)...and forgot about it. Then the fridge got too full so I put it in a cooler...and forgot about it. (I know, this is sounding pathetic! I almost wish I was posting this anonymously : ) Recently I found it- it smelled and looked fine, so I put it back into the fridge, thinking that before drinking or throwing it away, I wanted to find out if it could still be okay to drink. It is probably about a year old! Anyone know if it really could be okay?

[fivebunnies]

Well.... you could drink it. But I wouldn't eat/drink anything that sat in my fridge for a year that could spoil. Any bad bacteria has had a lot of time to grow in the past year! I know good quality miso can last years in your fridge... but with beet kvass being so easy and cheap to make your best bet is to do a new batch. I'd probably let it sit for a few weeks at the most, maybe a month, depending on whether or not the beets were still in the jar.

[johnlvs2run]

Well.... you could drink it. But I wouldn't eat/drink anything that sat in my fridge for a year that could spoil. Any bad bacteria has had a lot of time to grow in the past year! I know good quality miso can last years in your fridge... but with beet kvass being so easy and cheap to make your best bet is to do a new batch. I'd probably let it sit for a few weeks at the most, maybe a month, depending on whether or not the beets were still in the jar.

What would be bad about it?