stale beer
Yesterday's forgotten pint
Stale beer has gone flat or developed off-flavors from age, oxidation, or improper storage.
The term extends metaphorically to anything that feels tired or past its prime: The conversation had the feel of stale beer—flat jokes and recycled stories.
A room may smell of stale beer the morning after a party.
- flatLacking vertical variation
- mustyStale from dampness
- skunkedBeaten without scoring
- oldExisting many years
- warmModerately heated, or friendly
dregs · wet cardboard · tavern · pub · keg · foam · yeast · hops · barroom · dive bar · last call · ashtray · stagnant · yesterday · morning-after · morning breath · spilled · sticky
- off-flavorsrancid, spoiled, sour, skunking, rotten
- Stinksbody odor, skunk, rotten eggs, sewage, garbage smell