Strange incident with spicy ghost.
Posted: Monday Jan 01, 2007 5:26 pm
The common theme in this forum is that the Spicy Ghost is possibly the worst tin on the market. So when I recieved a tin of it for my birthday in may I was not so excited. I figured may aswell go ahead and see how it works out.
In august I finally decided to make it. I used a bag of brew enhancer 2. Just for the hell of it I added an extra cup of table sugar.
This is where things began to turn strange. Fermenting started as normal. 7 Days later brew was still bubbling. No drama. 14 days later still going. Very interesting. 30 days. Hmm seems to be slowing now. 40 days bubbling seems to be finished.
I had never heard of a brew bubbling this long. I just presumed it was infected and prepared to pour it out. Didnt bother taking any measurements. Somone suggested I may aswell bottle it and see how it goes. So in late september I bottled it.
Presuming it was bad i left it for a while. I decided to try it christmas day. When I poured it into a glass the beer was quite fizzy and had a massive head. I reluctantly tasted it. To my surprise it was not bad. Clear gold in the glass. Clean smooth taste. For a beer reputed to be so bad it came up quite well.
The 40 day fermentation still has me baffled. Has anyone ever seen this before?
In august I finally decided to make it. I used a bag of brew enhancer 2. Just for the hell of it I added an extra cup of table sugar.
This is where things began to turn strange. Fermenting started as normal. 7 Days later brew was still bubbling. No drama. 14 days later still going. Very interesting. 30 days. Hmm seems to be slowing now. 40 days bubbling seems to be finished.
I had never heard of a brew bubbling this long. I just presumed it was infected and prepared to pour it out. Didnt bother taking any measurements. Somone suggested I may aswell bottle it and see how it goes. So in late september I bottled it.
Presuming it was bad i left it for a while. I decided to try it christmas day. When I poured it into a glass the beer was quite fizzy and had a massive head. I reluctantly tasted it. To my surprise it was not bad. Clear gold in the glass. Clean smooth taste. For a beer reputed to be so bad it came up quite well.
The 40 day fermentation still has me baffled. Has anyone ever seen this before?
