Cursed brews

[paraffin]

So this is my first cursed beer...

Tried to recreate my lovely AG#2 Way to Amarillo. After an overnight over-extraction and over-attenuation, ended up with a 6.7% monster. Elderly beersphere leaked, so revaselined and reprimed. Then leaked again so reprimed. Tried after a couple of weeks, and turns out to be completely un-hoptastic. Tasteless. Leaked again, so gave up after most of an S30 and changed all the seals and reprimed. Held seal, hooray, but still tasteless and must be nudging 7% by now. Struggled through about 10 warm pints (keg in shed), half-by-half, but was prepared to throw it away tonight...

...then bottled a Seymour Citra Gold which smelled gorgeous. So in a last attempt to save the strong one - opened the keg, siphoned into a FV with tap, chucked in the Citra Gold trub for flavour and have bottled. Last chance. At least cold strong & tasteless is better than warm strong & tasteless...

So it's been primed three times in the keg, cap off three times, then a transfer, reprime and bottled. If it survives the oxidation I'll be amazed.

But what's one of the mottos here - never throw away a brew?

 

[bunkerbrewer]

But what's one of the mottos here - never throw away a brew?

It's the golden rule :)

I'm not sure that pressure barrels really work for big, hoppy, highly carbonated beers - IMO bottling is better. But I guess you've come to the same conclusion?! :)