A good synonym for "funky"

Funk can mean it smells like strong cheese, a barn, almost moldy, tart, or a bunch of other things. I don't really know of a good single word to use as a synonym though. I think 'funk' is an overused word on BA and people use it to mean a lot of different things.

 

Cat urine

 

It's generally used to indicate the presence of the barnyard/horseblanket quality of brettanomyces- so maybe come up with something along those lines.

 

Musty?

 

Barnyard

 

Saying a beer smells funky is the same as saying that it smells fruity. It's difficult to think of another a generalised synonym. I can think of a few, but they don't really mean exactly the same.

Acrid / Peculiar / Stinky / Gamy / Malodorous / Pongy / Seamy?

 

Caballo manta

 

Awesome!

 

Fetid

 

Barnyard and Horseblanket are the popular descriptors that equate to funky.

 

poco convencional? but really "funky" is the best descriptor of the wide range of smells and flavors it can describe.

 

George Clinton.

 

"wild"

 

Here is a link that may prove helpful in your translation efforts:

http://www.bear-flavored.com/2012/05/what-beer-tastes-like-glossary-of-beer.html

Has both "funky" and lots of other things as well.

 

Week-old nachos? Lather from the winner of the Kentucky Derby? Puts the "bleu" in bleu cheese? Like someone played "will it blend" with an old leather-bound book from a library prone to flooding?

 

Rustic

 

Low tide.

 

estrafalario ?

http://www.spanishdict.com/translate/estrafalario

Not a exact translation of the same word in Spanish, but close?

 

depends on the type of funk... i use "earthy" for the musty barnyardy stuff, for the more straight up sour stuff i try to equate it to a particular fruit (i.e. sour cherry, tart lemon, granny smith apple, sour grapes, etc.)... for that subtle bretty ipa thing i use things like spicy, herbal or floral kinda goes hand in hand with the type of hops used.