Infected Nightstalker

sounds like you got a bad bottle
i've had 2 from that same batch and both were outstanding.

 

bad bottle for sure.

 

Nail Polish Remover is not what they were going for. It's a hoppy stout. You can try going back to the store you bought iy from and ask for a refund.

 

To provide me some education on something like this - How does a single bottle become infected if its in an automated system?

 

Could be something on the bottle cap (e.g. one ended up not clean/sanitized), could be the cap wasnt on securely and somthing leaked in.

edit: In fact, how secure was the bottle cap?

 

Infection will not likely express itself as nail polish remover. That is most likely a yeast byproduct. Esters in high quantity can taste like laqeur or varnish. Or it could be high levels of fusel alcohol. Try another bottle to see if you get the same thing. If so, you probably just don't like the beer. If not, you probably had a bad bottle.

Most off-beers are not infected. They can be flawed or off without a bug in there.

 

Had one that smelled awfully like pine needles. Not good.

 

Pine needles? Sign me up!

 

Not as good as it sounds.... I guess. Haha

 

i had one of these the other night and it was almost unbearable. a friend shared it with me so i felt like i shouldnt dump it but i was actually wondering the same thing. tasted a mix of overly sweet and a sour finish. not good. i have a bottle that i plan on aging for a while so we'll see...

 

I had a '12 in a 3 year vert this past Friday and was picking up an off flavor as well....wasn't sure if it was just the hoppiness/ freshness of an overly fresh brew compared to the '11 and '10 or if I was truly picking up the sourness of an infection, but the warmer it got, the worse it became.

 

Tasted pretty great on tap. Sweet, coffee, intensely hoppy in a vegetal sort of way. Being my first taste, I assume that was the intended flavor profile.

 

I wouldn't call it an "off" flavor, but the newest batch tastes like you're chewing on a hop pellet. Anyone who's homebrewed or been on a brewery tour will probably back me up on this.

 

Now that you put it that way, I agree..... I still disliked it though. I can't remember, but did the '10 and '11 have the same flavor when fresh?

 

Mine was bottled 11.19 and tasted like teriyaki, but I assumed that's what they were going for. I quite disliked the hop profile. Thankfully I was splitting with a friend.

 

ThePorterSorter feels the same way.

http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/1549/47692

 

The Fruit Loops are the hops. I'm not saying it's a good beer, but it's not infected. It's just really over hopped.

 

I think there was another thread about the label saying best after 180 days from bottling.