If a can of beer was opened and left for a few days open will there still be the same alcohol percentage?
2007-09-27 18:25:28 · 6 answers · asked by A M 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Beer, Wine & Spirits
You ask a hard question.
Basically, if you leave water out for a few days, there will be less. It was picked up into the air by evaporation.
Ethanol can do the same thing, and in fact boils at a lower temperature than water.
So, if an ethanol and water mixture (beer) is left out (by an irresponsible person, of course), a certain amount of water will leave the mixture.
However, if just water left then the alcohol content would INCREASE! But, the ethanol will also leave. So, the question is: Does ethanol and water evaporate at the same rate? Since the boiling point is lower for ethanol, I would expect it to evaporate quicker, thus making your beer lower in alcohol.
Honestly, though, a beer left out for a few days is a sink beer.
2007-09-27 18:32:27 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. sometimes i pass out and wake up six hours later and finish whatever opened cans i have left and there is a noticable difference in taste and strengh. It also starts to taste like bile after a while.
I guess it has something to do with being exposed to air or something.
2007-09-28 01:34:07 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Not same anymore, wine or alcohol spirits lessen or perhaps gone in such time.
2007-09-28 01:32:40 · answer #3 · answered by dalton 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not the same, because alcohol evaporates, and does so faster than water.
2007-09-28 01:34:47 · answer #4 · answered by pxyfox2000 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
good for cleaning out the drain in your sink(Taste)...
2007-09-28 02:01:09 · answer #5 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
Taste....NO
2007-09-28 05:36:16 · answer #6 · answered by Bob 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋