BeerBrianNC
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I recently made a batch of my favorite Dubbel right before going out of town for a week. I had a little less than 5 gallons in a 6.5 gallon carboy and put it down in the basement to ferment without a blowoff tube (the only one I had was pretty old and I didn't want to risk infection). As you probably guessed, the airlock clogged and ejected the stopper and the beer was left in the open basement until I returned home.
So I replaced the airlock and the beer kept fermenting and fermenting...The gravity kept dropping and is now around 1.006. The beer has an unpleasant cidery/acetaldehyde flavor. I'm wondering if pitching some brett or Roeselare Blend and aging for a few months to a year could fix this beer. Is it worth a shot or should I dump it?
So I replaced the airlock and the beer kept fermenting and fermenting...The gravity kept dropping and is now around 1.006. The beer has an unpleasant cidery/acetaldehyde flavor. I'm wondering if pitching some brett or Roeselare Blend and aging for a few months to a year could fix this beer. Is it worth a shot or should I dump it?