I’m not sure beer keeps very long - local breweries like Hook Norton used to give a shelf life of 6 weeks for the real ales, although bottled beers might last up to a year.
We have some cremant sat on the wine rack since the early 90s that I suspect may not be drinkable any more, but the bottle looks nice.
There are 3 left. Leffe Bruin, Leffe Blond and Leffe Ruby. But the Ruby bottle is empty, so someone must have enjoyed it sometime in the last 15 years or so. But why on earth the bottle was still there beats me. 
Are you saying that I should just pour the contents away then, but where? 
I had a similar experience in a Dublin taxi, but the driver followed his doom-laden prognostication with “but don’t forget - above the clouds it’s always sunny” which cheered me up!
That’s akin to one of my favourite sayings when someone decries the fact that the sun isn’t out.
‘But the sun is out, it’s just that there are some clouds in the way’. 
By all means try them, but expect disappointment.
No way, for one thing I am not a beer drinker, and for the other thing, I touch very little which is alcoholic these days, maybe a small glass or 2 of Porto with my evening meal, but certainly not this stuff.
The slugs will love them.
Australia would be my choice, I lived there for 2yrs as a £10 pom and loved it. We’ve been back twice and I cried when I had to leave. All that 4x4 opportunity, the beaches and the Kookaburras.
I’m still in the UK.
But if we had to leave, Canada, particularly Vancouver area is good and not too cold. Perhaps Italy with the mountains and the beach being only 30 min drive away from many places and a good cost of living. Greece also appeals a lot.
Not at all sure I could live in France - the more I know the more I think it’s all too much hassle, too many rules and regulations.
Hum. Might as well avoid Italy in that case?
It’s so easy after the first few months, wouldn’t live anywhere else…
Don’t believe all that you read on expat forums and sites. Living in France there isn’t that much hassle even administratively as some make it out to be
Madeira has a lot going for it. Mild climate, flowers all year round, good food, not too many tourists of the wrong kind (no beaches), great walking. Only problem is, if you want to go anywhere else, you have to use the dangerous airport or make a long sea voyage.
France is certainly not for the faint-hearted… especially those who hope to race through the checkout at the supermarket… 
Seriously, the more time we spent here, holidaying in the countryside, the more we seemed to relax into the French way of life… until it was our home-from-home.
the eventual permanent move was painless and we’ve never regretted it.
Quite thought provoking. Out of interest, is there any one particular French rule or regulation that particularly frustrates you, or is it more a ‘general feeling’ about the quantum of rules/regs in France?
I think it was the chimney sweeping rule that made me fall out of love and then step back for a longer look, and of course once I did that then lots of other things began to look ugly too. If you’re in love then although there’s stuff that’s not ideal, it doesn’t matter, but if you’re not then they become more noticeable and less easy to ignore.
Warren @Wozza has a good point that SF may be an echo chamber which amplifies dissatisfaction.
I put that down to a lot of brits expecting english to be spoken all the time. We met our fair share of them over the years and in the end refused to be used to keep doing all the translating/hand holding for them as they would not be bothered to learn even the basic of french phrases. Of course the admin and rules here are difficult, its not our comfort zone but if one is to live in a foreign country then they should deal with things and be patient - we came pre-internet so had to be patient, deal with disappointment and just get on and do it!
Moving to a different country and becoming resident there is always going to require some paperwork to join the various systems.
The U.K. is just the same according to folks I used to work with who emigrated there.
The problem with the aging Brits that moved to France decades ago is that there’s a small group of them that think the rules in France don’t really apply to them and they make zero effort to fit in. Having to apply for Cartes de Séjour caught a few of them out that had been playing fast and lose with the Impots and the pending new registration process for gîte operators will put the spotlight on a few more.
As my sister can attest to with her role at citizen’s advice. The queues are phenomenally for people needing help with administration
And your UK insurance didn’t require this for house in UK? Most do have some sort of conditions on chimneys in use.
The administration doesn’t really bother me. It was a cultural shift to start with, but then once things slot into place ot’ no different from anywhere else really.
I’d like to go back to Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur specifically. Wonderful place, lovely people, a fascinating mix of cultures, huge variety of good value and good quality food, warm weather and spectacular thunderstorms, anything service related is cheap, most goods are cheaper than here, only alcohol is more expensive… two hours or less on cheap flights from Saigon, Phuket, Bangkok, Singapore, Jakarta… and English is widely spoken.