ever make beer without hops?

[CROM]

I bought a liquid malt extract from my LHBS (just the syrup) and made it just like I make the coopers kinds, and well, it smells really bad (after 4 weeks in bottles too) but doesn't taste that bad...

I went back to get some more, and I asked the guy if it was pre hopped and he said no...

so... can beer taste ok without adding hops at all?

 

[Grizzlybrew]

you mean... can a malt beverage taste good? I would say yes. But... can a cooper's kit (or premade extract) minus hops taste good?.. probably not.

 

[dcp27]

yup, its called a sahti. personally I don't like it though, but I'm not a juniper fan.

 

[CROM]

yeah its basically just the LHBS's LME, but its not pre hopped or anything...

I made it thinking it was prehopped like the coopers kits, and now I'm wondering if I should dump it or not (after 4 weeks its unbearable to put near your nose and the taste is meh, of course I had to plug my nose to drink it though)

anything it can compare to? would you guys dump it? ( I personally could use the bottles that its occupying)

 

[Fingers]

It's just fermented liquid malt? If there are no grains or hops in it, I'd dump it. It's not worth the effort.

 

[ReverseApacheMaster]

I don't think I would suffer the smell just to drink it.

 

[RogueVassar]

I'm new at brewing but hops are a preservative so I'd be more hesitant in this situation than others to hope it would improve over time.

 

[iron_city_ap]

I'm new at brewing but hops are a preservative so I'd be more hesitant in this situation than others to hope it would improve over time.

I came here to say the same thing. I don't know how long it will take until it goes bad, but it won't last as long as a beer with hops.

 

[Grizzlybrew]

You could probably do something to add bitterness/flavor/aroma (i.e. boil some hops in water, reduce the volume of said water, dump the reduction along with some fresh hops into a carboy and dump the bottles in, wait two weeks and re-bottle {after adding some additional yeast})

uh...


yeah. Dump it.

 

[AlTheGud1sRtaken]

there's a cheap ale they sell at the corner store in my neighborhood which i'm almost positive has no hops in it. i think it tastes horrible, but mostly due to the malts just tasting bad, but some of my friends liked it.

 

[DavidSteel]

lol, i'd say dump most of it and save like 6 or something for experimental purposes (can't think of any, but why not). I only say this because it is basically nothing and is using something (bottles) that could have something good..

 

[dcp27]

there's a cheap ale they sell at the corner store in my neighborhood which i'm almost positive has no hops in it. i think it tastes horrible, but mostly due to the malts just tasting bad, but some of my friends liked it.

Is it bud, coors, or miller?

 

[AlTheGud1sRtaken]

Is it bud, coors, or miller?

no those are all lagered horse piss. this is an actual ale, but i forget what it's called. i think it had something to do with "pork" or "pig"...

 

[dcp27]

pork slap?

 

[AlTheGud1sRtaken]

pork slap?

the logo looks right but i thought that the can was purple or blue. also, it got much better reviews than i would have given it http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/13302/28751

maybe i'm confusing my beers here.

anywho, my point was that you should keep the beer and drink it, but maybe hold off till you've had a few other beers. i'm sure you can find more bottles for other batches.

 

[maida7]

I think you could boil some hops and add that and end up with something OK.

 

[thristy]

Its drain cleaner move on

 

[mkory]

How about a single hop pellet in a bottle and recap for a few days? Might be worth a shot to save an entire batch for 3 bucks?