Stale Beer Uses

Many of us have been in a situation where we are cleaning out our refrigerators or our coolers after a fun weekend and discover a can of beer that was forgotten. Beer drinkers know that the breweries now put a date on the bottom of a can of beer telling you how long the beer will stay fresh. There is always that one forgotten one that we find and it's way past it's freshness date. We don't like to waste a good beer so here are some alternatives you can use that beer for:
1. Trap slugs and snails; just place a dish of beer around your garden mainly in the evening and in the morning the slimy critters will have been drawn by the beer's aroma and will have drowned. The beer can be re-used until evaporated.
2. Trap fruit flies; just place a can of beer on the kitchen counter and cover the top with plastic wrap and leave a small opening for the flies to get in and the won't be able to get back out.
3. Distract bees and wasps from your outdoor activities; put some beer in cups around the outskirts of your picnic area and it will attract bees and wasps. It's not a long-term control tactic, it's more like keeping that unwanted guest at the farthest table.
4. Get rid of mice; a humane way of getting rid of mice is to place an inch or so of beer in a bucket and put a ramp to it so the mice can climb in and when they are inebriated you can remove them and place them someplace outside.
5. Cockroach trap; soak a piece of bread in beer and place it in a jar and put Vaseline around the lip of the jar and the roaches are attracted and can get in but not out.
6. Fertilize your gardens; beer has sugars which are loved by your vegetables and flowers, your indoor plants love it too in small amounts.
7. Get rid of brown spots in your lawn; the acids in the beer kill off fungi and pests and the fermented sugars feed the grass.
8. Spruce up wooden furniture; using a soft cloth rub the flat beer onto the furniture and it will help restore some of the polish and color.
9. Clean gold jewelry; just place your gold jewelry in a dish of beer and let it soak awhile and remove, rinse and dry with a soft cloth.
10. Polish brass pots; use a soft cloth and rub beer onto pot and let sit awhile then rinse and dry with another soft cloth, the acids in beer work great on most metals.
11. Loosen rusty bolts; pour the beer on the rust and it may dissolve enough of the rust allowing you to get them loose.
12. Insulation; for all us adventurous types you can use  full unopened cans of beer in construction walls because the beer absorbs the cold and won't freeze due to the alcohol content.
The next time you find that lost beer and hate to just dump it out remember these few tips and you will never have to waste a good beer again. That's called, "BEER ABUSE".  So  if you are the creative and adventurous type give it a try.
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