Why does my Dark Lord 2012 taste like green apples?

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  1. Sean9689

    Sean9689 Pooh-Bah (2,332) Mar 17, 2009 Illinois
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    Has anyone else opened a bottle? I did with some friends last night and it has the green apple taste to it. Acetaldehyde from poor fermentation or acetobacter? Would FFF knowingly release it like this? Just curious if anyone else has found issue or it's just my random bottle.
     
    #1 Sean9689, May 4, 2012
  2. hannydawg

    hannydawg Initiate (0) Apr 4, 2010 Illinois

    I tasted the same thing in the bottle we opened at DLD. I guessed acetaldehyde right away.
     
    #2 hannydawg, May 4, 2012
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  3. HopsJunkiedotcom

    HopsJunkiedotcom Initiate (0) Dec 24, 2010 Florida

    Uhh, if this is true, I might have to cancel a trade for 2 bottles. Is there further confirmation on this? Reported to the brewery, anything like that?
     
    #3 HopsJunkiedotcom, May 4, 2012
  4. Jason

    Jason Founder (0) Aug 23, 1996 Massachusetts

    That is what hype tastes like right? :wink:
     
    #4 Jason, May 4, 2012
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  5. FosterJM

    FosterJM Initiate (0) Nov 16, 2009 California

    Actually my hyped DL was bacon and smoke. So glad to see they went the other way with it. :confused:

    Cheers!
     
    #5 FosterJM, May 4, 2012
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  6. Sean9689

    Sean9689 Pooh-Bah (2,332) Mar 17, 2009 Illinois
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    I like green apples, just not in my Russian Imperial Stouts!
     
    #6 Sean9689, May 4, 2012
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  7. olympuszymurgus

    olympuszymurgus Initiate (0) Nov 24, 2009 California

    This is golden.
     
    #7 olympuszymurgus, May 4, 2012
  8. MarkIntihar

    MarkIntihar Initiate (0) Mar 17, 2010 Michigan

    Planning on opening a vertical this weekend... will report back... very un-stoked about this.
     
    #8 MarkIntihar, May 4, 2012
  9. OneBeertoRTA

    OneBeertoRTA Initiate (0) Jan 2, 2010 California

    omg. Is this for real?
     
    #9 OneBeertoRTA, May 4, 2012
  10. vic311

    vic311 Initiate (0) Jan 28, 2012 Illinois

    I cracked one the night of DLD and didn't notice any off flavors.
     
    #10 vic311, May 4, 2012
  11. cbutova

    cbutova Grand Pooh-Bah (3,059) Oct 10, 2008 Massachusetts
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    I was thinking about trading for a bottle this year, abandon ship! I absolutely hate green apple flavor in beer, stupid acetylaldehyde. Memories of Abyss 2009 have me prepared for what this might turn into. Maybe FFF accidentally aged it all on Apple Brandy.
     
    #11 cbutova, May 4, 2012
  12. Sean9689

    Sean9689 Pooh-Bah (2,332) Mar 17, 2009 Illinois
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    Well, that's good news...maybe it's not the entire batch?
     
    #12 Sean9689, May 4, 2012
  13. ShanePB

    ShanePB Initiate (0) Sep 6, 2010 Pennsylvania

    Come on, no way you were sober at that point!
     
    #13 ShanePB, May 4, 2012
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  14. wyatt

    wyatt Initiate (0) Nov 18, 2009 Louisiana

    hype train might be leaving DL if this is true.
     
    #14 wyatt, May 4, 2012
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  15. warbird07

    warbird07 Initiate (0) Dec 26, 2009 Michigan

    and a distant roar of jubilation could be heard from the west coast.........
     
    #15 warbird07, May 4, 2012
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  16. ArchEnemyBrew

    ArchEnemyBrew Initiate (0) Mar 21, 2010 Washington

    Wait a minute.......folks actually open bottles of Dark Lord?
     
    #16 ArchEnemyBrew, May 4, 2012
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  17. ThisWangsChung

    ThisWangsChung Pooh-Bah (2,988) Oct 15, 2011 Maryland
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    On the positive side, maybe now I won't have to offer up one of my internal organs to trade for Dark Lord.
     
    #17 ThisWangsChung, May 4, 2012
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  18. stupac2

    stupac2 Pooh-Bah (2,031) Feb 22, 2011 California
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    We do love us some schadenfreude!
     
    #18 stupac2, May 4, 2012
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  19. PaulyB33

    PaulyB33 Initiate (0) Mar 22, 2011 New York

    HEY!!! Is this years DL a phoney?
     
    #19 PaulyB33, May 4, 2012
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  20. brycevolk

    brycevolk Pundit (915) Sep 28, 2009 Ohio

    I opened 1 at DLD, and did not notice any off flavors. I had A tickets, and was probably the 50th person to get the allotment. Maybe there was a bad batch?
     
    #20 brycevolk, May 4, 2012
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