Bisco_Ben
Well-Known Member
So I've had a basic saison made with 3711 French saison and a bunch of sterling hop late additions/dry hop. I added the brett brux right from the white labs tube with the 3711 and aged it for about 3 months before dry hopping and kegging. It seemed to be pretty clean and mellow for the most part before going into the keg and I had some decent hopes for the beer. After sitting in the kegerator carbing for half a week, it seems to have taken on an extremely funky and almost poop smelling aroma/flavor. My palate sort of gets used to it after a few sips and it becomes a bit more tolerable and actual brett like, but this flavor seems to have come out of no where after kegging. I cant tell if its either because (a.) the brett got crazy when pressure was applied, (b.) it got infected? (I have had little to no issues with this so I doubt this is the cause), or (c.) I just couldn't pick up on this flavor when taking small sips from the hydrometer samples. Anyways my question to everyone is, do you think I should let it age a bit in the keg and see if the flavors change or is it a dumper at this point? I have plenty of other great beers that I would rather put in the keg and get on tap but if this thing could turn around and become a tasty brett saison I'm totally willing to dedicate the time and space. Any insight would be great!