Sweetwater IPA question

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  1. whitekiboko

    whitekiboko Initiate (0) Sep 22, 2006 South Carolina

    I went to a bar close to my house this afternoon to watch a soccer game and get some food/beer. This place isn't a beer destination, only 20 taps but the selection is serviceable (though worthy of being in the directory). One of my 3 was the Sweetwater. On sniffing and tasting, I got a real odd flavor/aroma that struck me as almost a mix of sage and mint, but I couldn't put my finger on it. I asked the bartender for a taste from another glass, thinking mine was just dirty, but it was still there. She went back and checked, and apparently I had gotten the first full pint off of a new tapped keg. It wasn't bad, just odd. After leaving I realized I didn't think to ask how old the keg itself was, but they seem to sell a decent amount of Sweetwater, maybe a keg forgotten in rotation? By the time I was halfway through with the pint, the aroma/taste was gone, but it the hops still seemed muted. I know memory is a funny thing, but I remember the IPA being a lot brighter (read fruitier) in the hops, have they changed the hopping schedule?
     
    #1 whitekiboko, Jan 31, 2013
  2. VncentLIFE

    VncentLIFE Initiate (0) Feb 16, 2011 North Carolina

    It sounds like you went to a Carolina Ale House.

    And they havent changed a thing in the 18 months that Ive been in NC.
     
    #2 VncentLIFE, Jan 31, 2013
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  3. whitekiboko

    whitekiboko Initiate (0) Sep 22, 2006 South Carolina

    Castaways (former James Island King St Grille). We had a Palmetto Ale House, but I think that lasted maybe 4 mo? and has been empty for at least a year after being Bret's Roadside Something.
     
    #3 whitekiboko, Jan 31, 2013
  4. BulbMan

    BulbMan Aspirant (263) Aug 15, 2010 Colorado

    There should be a ton of grapefruit in that thing if it's fresh. I have had way too many over the years.

    Mint/sage? Not in my book.
     
    #4 BulbMan, Jan 31, 2013
  5. marine1975

    marine1975 Initiate (0) Apr 27, 2009 North Carolina

    First pint off the keg... Could be dirty lines from the last keg of whatever???
     
    #5 marine1975, Jan 31, 2013
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  6. bradcochran1234

    bradcochran1234 Initiate (0) Jan 22, 2011 Georgia

    Yeah, sounds like dirty lines to me. Or it could be there gas line may have over carbonated it and then turned the pressure down to adjust the pour and now it's a little off. Was it flat at all?
     
    #6 bradcochran1234, Jan 31, 2013
  7. whitekiboko

    whitekiboko Initiate (0) Sep 22, 2006 South Carolina

    No the carb was fine.

    That's what I meant by the bright/fruity. Disappointing that it was muddled/non-fruit.

    The bizarre part is the mintish flavor. At first I thought someone just spilled Rumple on/in the glass.
     
    #7 whitekiboko, Jan 31, 2013
  8. bradcochran1234

    bradcochran1234 Initiate (0) Jan 22, 2011 Georgia

    Rumple Grapefruit Bomb? Interesting!
     
    #8 bradcochran1234, Jan 31, 2013
  9. flipdog0

    flipdog0 Pundit (799) Feb 11, 2011 North Carolina

    Carolina Stale House
     
    #9 flipdog0, Jan 31, 2013
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  10. PDXHops

    PDXHops Maven (1,459) Nov 19, 2008 South Carolina

    Yeah, the Carolina Ale House here in Greenville will also serve up puzzlingly "off" beers from time to time. Mellow Mushroom, too.
     
    #10 PDXHops, Jan 31, 2013
  11. samtallica

    samtallica Initiate (0) Jul 22, 2010 North Carolina

    They are a Bud Light drinker's idea of a beer bar, which explains why all the craft is stale.
     
    #11 samtallica, Jan 31, 2013
  12. PDXHops

    PDXHops Maven (1,459) Nov 19, 2008 South Carolina

    The first time I walked into the Greenville location I was like, "HeylookatalltheTVs! Lookatallthehotwaitresses! Lookatallthebeertaps!" Then I was like, "Hold on a second, a good half of those taps are fizzy yellow stuff..."

    Fizzy yellow stuff and hot waitresses ain't such a bad mix, though. :wink:
     
    #12 PDXHops, Jan 31, 2013
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