Heady Topper gone bad?

Still drinking HT from the truck sale and it tastes as good as ever. I pick heady up monthly and this batch is no different from previous batches.

 

Been waiting for this thread... I have noticed a difference, although I would not call it old/oxidized. I feel like the last two cans i have tried have been different than what i was used to. These cans were about 2 months apart and both were consumed fresh. The first was just a tad bitter and was missing that earthy/grassy taste that I love about heady. The most recent can, which i had last week, was better, but still not the same. I actually had a 6mo can in the fridge and did a side by side with the fresh one. While you could tell the 6mo can was not fresh, it still had that grassy taste that was clearly missing from the two newer cans i tried. Not sure if they changed something in their brewing process, but the current version is not the same. I have a friend who feels the same way. Still a great beer, but it seemed, at least for me, to have lost some of its epicness.

 

So far, cans from the case I bought at the last truck sale are tasting as good as ever.

 

I just bought fresh Heady last week and it tastes fresh and delicious. I would reach out and post on the Alchemist's FB page, as Jen is super responsive. Maybe it's an issue they aren't aware of. Maybe there isn't an issue at all. I don't know.

 

It always amazes me how many people know what the flavor of grass is! I know what grass smells like, but I sure as hell don't know what it tastes like, and not sure I want it in my beer!

 

I dunno. Some people call it 'piney' instead of 'grassy'. ?

 

The last 2 cans I had, about a month apart and both fresh, both tasted so plain and boring. Maybe its just me idk

 

Are you on drugs? Seriously... spring pollen season is beginning and some allergy meds can really mess with your palate. I agree that there is some inconsistency between batches but I have not encountered staleness.

 

a friend of mine is a flavor chemist and says that most people cannot taste the difference between flavors (try it with Jelly beans one day) unless they are told what the flavor is first. It amazes me that people taste "chocolate mangoes" in beer- I just think alot of the tasting stuff is ridiculous.

 

I've considered starting this same thread a half dozen times in the past few months. I live about a mile from the cannery and always buy heady the day it hits the waterbury stores. I've noticed that it tastes less fresh and more mellow. Not necessarily in a bad way and I wouldn't describe it as heady "gone bad" but it tastes similar to when i let a can sit around for a few weeks.

I thought it was something with my palate but interesting that others are having similar experiences.

 

At first I thought it was the power of suggestion, as the friend who gave me the cans said that he thought it was different. But when i did the side by side with an older can, there was clearly a difference. Definitely not gone bad, not even sure i would say less fresh, but something is different.

 

im not going to lie - a buddy got me some fresh ht and brought it to me w/in a weeks time. i stated that it was off. he said glad he wasnt the only one. handed a can off to another buddy who said the same. now was it? i dunno but i had the same notion as stated above.

 

I'm soooo glad heady topper isn't good any more. Maybe I can buy it on the weekends now!!

 

They do say the flavor can change as the yeast generations go up. I just had one at a restaurant and it was as good as ever.

 

they mean it tastes like grass smells, obviously. big patronizing emphasis on the 'obviously'.

 

Feel free to ship all this bad Heady to me. I'd be happy to dispose of it.

 

I mean...the guy specifically said "grassy taste", not like...notes of grass or whatever...it IS a little weird.

 

Grazing's easy.

Try licking a dirty ashtray.

 

no, it's not. not sure why people don't want to accept that people say "this tastes like x," where x is an aroma, but people say it *all the time*. if you talk to people about food you'll hear the same thing. it's not weird, not a big deal, and surely not something to embarrass oneself about online ("LOL YOU DRINK CATPISS WHAT???? HOW DO U KNOW WHAT IT TASTES LIKE LMAO").