Funk

I personally am still trying to get a palte for these types of beers. hard to discribe anything but funk and sour from some of the Cantillions i recently had over the holidays.

 

My point being, that it is very commonly overused here, as I doubt the full 100% of people saying they have smelled horse blanket in a beer have actually smelled a horse blanket, or a turnout sheet or fly sheet for that matter.

 

Years ago, I drank a beer in Italy that smelled like rotten eggs...the beer wasn't bad, but I couldn't enjoy it much with that naseating smell....to this day, I don't know how you guys enjoy this funky stuff...reminds me of a couple of infected batches of homebrew that I had to dump

 

Typical smells that most would never imagine tasting or wanting to smell in something im going to drink. But I dont mind it so much, I do like some funk here and there.

 

OP, some of the Mikkeller "Spontan" series have a pretty distinct funky smell. I specifically remember Spontanmandarin smelling like a foot. Spontanpeach also had a pretty ripe smell to it, but not quite as extreme as Spontanmandarin.

 

Were you in this movie?

 

Hanssens Oudbeitje...Get some!

 

You got me - I'm Dustin Hoffman.

 

The De Garde I'm referring to is the brewery De Garde in Tillamook, Oregon - not the style Bier De Garde. Though De Garde, the brewery, did make a sorta funky port wine barrel aged biere de garde once.

Most Biere de Garde's will not be funky in any way. More spice and yeasty. They're generally not wild / spontaneously fermented ... whereas everything De Garde the brewery does, is wild.

 

I think they're using this tool called "imagination". It's kinda like google, but in your head. ;-)

 

I'm wondering why the title of this thread hasn't been edited.

 

Whew, had me worried for a second there!

 

I once had a beer that tasted like Gruffalo.

 

Wet dog and rotten veggies are definitely brewing flaws. There is good funky and bad funky. That's bad funky, IMO.

 

don't get me wrong i love the smell of back home, ill be the first to admit that there is something that takes over me and just makes me smile and want another whiff when i am driving back to Southern MO and smell the fields of cow shit, its not a rancid smell at all its very inviting in a sick way when you think about it, but i do love it and i love the smell for hay and cattle and horses. But when i think of a refreshing beer i don't think about those smells in my glass.