Anyone ever had this? My sister-in-law picked up a sixer last night and brought it home.
She popped one open and poured it into a glass. It looked pretty good sitting there with a nice little tan head on it. She offered the glass to me to sample, and the first thing I thought as it got near my face was, "Wow.. that's a strange smell. Very familiar, but I can't place it. Not a BAD smell, but not something I would expect in a beer."
I whiffed it a few times trying to place the scent, gave up and took a swig.
I was not impressed at all. It seemed smooth enough on the tounge, but that not-bad-but-not-belonging-in-beer smell had an even more apparent flavor. I took another swig, still trying to figure out what I was tasting in there, but... no luck.
Then my wife came into the kitchen and asked to try it. I gave it to her and she took a pull.
"That tastes like sesame. Nasty."
BINGO!
This had a very strong aroma and flavor of sesame seed oil. This, IMHO, does not belong in a beer. I don't know if they actually put sesame seeds in their mash or if the flavor came from something else, but I didn't care for it one little bit.
-walker
She popped one open and poured it into a glass. It looked pretty good sitting there with a nice little tan head on it. She offered the glass to me to sample, and the first thing I thought as it got near my face was, "Wow.. that's a strange smell. Very familiar, but I can't place it. Not a BAD smell, but not something I would expect in a beer."
I whiffed it a few times trying to place the scent, gave up and took a swig.
I was not impressed at all. It seemed smooth enough on the tounge, but that not-bad-but-not-belonging-in-beer smell had an even more apparent flavor. I took another swig, still trying to figure out what I was tasting in there, but... no luck.
Then my wife came into the kitchen and asked to try it. I gave it to her and she took a pull.
"That tastes like sesame. Nasty."
BINGO!
This had a very strong aroma and flavor of sesame seed oil. This, IMHO, does not belong in a beer. I don't know if they actually put sesame seeds in their mash or if the flavor came from something else, but I didn't care for it one little bit.
-walker