Intentional vinegar

[Edindie]

I'm sat in a local brew pub waiting for my train and have noticed that they've done a new wheat beer. It's in front of me now and it's really not what I expected; slightly cloudy (not hefe) quite fruity but also very vinegary. Not a huge amount of wheat or yeast flavours.

It reminds me of a beer I had once about 10 years ago when I went to belgium and basically stuck a pin in a 15 page beer menu. Very vinegary on purpose with a few other flavours.

Now I like vinegar, i just didn't think other people did. I thought it was just the fruit fly & crazy belgians who intentionally vinegared beer. Is it a style? Does anyone introduce a hint of vinegar to add depth? I'm intreagued.

 

[Stone Cold]

I think its gone off, vinigar and beer snot be a style

 

[Bowl sprayer]

Its gone off! Send it back to the bar and get a fresh pint. I had a pint of porter and it was the same, dreadful!!

 

[graysalchemy]

Send it back. :evil:

 

[Edindie]

It wasn't nasty though, although I only had a half as the guy I was drinking with had left by that point.

I wouldn't be put off trying another beer if it had 'with a hint of vinegar' on the lable.

 

[RobWalker]

not *that* new obviously :lol: