It was very, very sad. But I needed the keg more than the beer in it; I had a porter that needed to get out of secondary.
It was one of my first AG brews, Edwort's Haus iirc. But I must have been imperfect in my sanitation that day (too worried about the mash etc.) for it developed a twangy off taste. So I did what any good home brewer would do: I left it in keg for a good 5 months, hope that it would improve. Well, it got a beautiful carbonation and fantastic clarity, but that 'licking a washboard' taste just didn't disappear.
So here's a toast to the downed soldier.
It was one of my first AG brews, Edwort's Haus iirc. But I must have been imperfect in my sanitation that day (too worried about the mash etc.) for it developed a twangy off taste. So I did what any good home brewer would do: I left it in keg for a good 5 months, hope that it would improve. Well, it got a beautiful carbonation and fantastic clarity, but that 'licking a washboard' taste just didn't disappear.
So here's a toast to the downed soldier.