Heres one from the blooper reel: I call it “Stinky Feet in the Grass”
I just moved and the brewery is in disarray but I really wanted to get a batch going so I did an extract (pils, and wheat DME) batch with oat malt steeping grains. I have some 2022 galaxy that smells just so so but since I figured this beer couldn’t be great anyways it was a good time to try it. I used galaxy and mosaic in whirlpool and a dip hop - seemed like a good idea, use the dip hop to reduce the mirror scene and emphasize the fruity flavors from the galaxy? 4oz galaxy t90 dip hop in 4 gallons. Also, an effort to emphasize fruit esters and inspired by Brewers much smarter than me. I thought I would try under pitching. Pitched 75% of hazy from cellar science Turns out this was a Bad combination of ideas. Fermentation was slow to kick off ~48 hrs. The late fermentation samples around day 7 to 10 smelled and tasted awful like puke and sulfur farts. So I gave it two weeks and added too much pressure 10 to 15 psi after the first week and all the way up to 20 psi by the end of it. And then crashed and dried hopped eight more ounces of galaxy.
Beer is grassy, astringent, and stinks like feet. Do not recommend. I blame the crappy galaxy, long, contact time from dip, hopping, and too much pressure to clear the sulfur. Although now that I am half a pint into it, I’m starting to enjoy it! Ill be giving it weeks to chill out, and hopefully purge the headspace with CO2 enough to clear the sulfur.
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