While Mrs. Wages does contain citric acid there is no way to know if it is enough to cover the beans. It would be a guess. So for best safety you need to refrigerate and use from there. They will keep in the fridge for several weeks.

Dave

Thanks Dave, I was afraid that was the answer.

If it helps the refrigerator pickles we made last fall are still good. We made up several jars following a recipe that was rather sweet. We have about 1/4 of the last jar left. I was rather surprised how good they still were when I found one more jar of them a few weeks ago tucked back behind the molasses.