Went to dump an old clove bomb batch...

[Dland]

So I finally decided to dump some ale I made two years ago w B-134 that came out good, except too much of a clove bomb. I had 4 kegs of this originally, and made it though 3 slowly. One full keg had been sitting out of beer freezer for about a year, today I decided to free up the keg.

Went to taste, and low & behold the heavy clove flavor was gone. The beer tastes OK too, not great, but drinkable, and it was at 60F too. I might have to chill it again and re evaluate dumping decision.

Thought I'd make this report because I was advised earlier that the clove taste would never go away, but it did.

 

[IslandLizard]

You can always distill beer or wine mistakes... especially high alcohol ones.

 

[bracconiere]

You can always distill beer or wine mistakes... especially high alcohol ones.

in the case of beer, you'd have to add it back to beer. because the hop flavor doesn't go away. but it does make an interesting IPA!

 

[Dland]

As far as distilling is concerned, I'm trying to save my liver for beer....

Anyway, I drank some of it chilled last night and it was really quite good. I was prepared to chuck it, as I have plenty of fresh beer in the "pipeline". Was expecting it to be kind of bla, and oxidized after sitting in cellar for all that time, but it is a full keg, I'm sure that helped. The clove is gone, (not that I mind a little, but this stuff was over the top) and the flavor is fairly deep, w hints of prune or similar.