Well, give it a try. take the thing in and see if they will replace it. I mean if we are telling him to "toss" the thing he may as well give it a shot and return it and see what they say. He has nothing to lose. If they turn you down, your friend just spilled one expensive beer. Make him buy you another, that is unacceptable. Accidents happen but you shouldn;t be the one having to absorb the cost (unless you were doing something stupid that caused him to spill the beer)
Oh and as a random side note.... 2 u 4 and thru are not words.
