Just cracked open a bottle of Goose Island Night Stalker and it tasted absolutely horrible. Went online and read some reviews and theres quite a bit of people saying the 11/19/12 batch was infected. I drain poured it because of the taste, but it raised the question if i could drink the bottle and be fine?
You will be fine if you drink it. Of course, you would probably be fine eating gum off the sidewalk, but I wouldnt take any chances. It is flu season, ya know.
If it's just infected with bret you're 100% fine. I've actually purchased an infected saison on purpose before and it was amazing. But yeah, night stalker infected sounds disgusting.
Not that I'm aware of. "Beer is a pretty hostile environment to bacteria, and no known harmful pathogens can survive in it. This means that the only part of your body that will suffer any harm from drinking an infected beer will be your taste buds."
Well, it can cause some unpleasant digestive side effects, but I have never had any other problems from drinking an infected beer.
Whatever is going on with Nightstalker is not an infection anyway. It's not sour/funky. This thread says it's most likely yeast autolysis: http://beeradvocate.com/community/threads/what-type-of-beer-defect-could-cause-this-flavor.63647/ Or, basically, dead yeast: http://maltingandbrewing.com/top-10-reasons-for-yeast-autolysis.html
Ive had one batch of homebrew that got infected , and it turned out to be a decent beer , different to say the least , but drinkable. Will not harm you
Nah, nothing too serious. Although I have been rushed to the john (liquid #2) the next day after drinking lambics. Some people may consider that harmful.
Drinking infected beer has the same digestive effect as eating at Taco Bell, so not that big of a deal!
The alchohol itself is killing a few brain and liver cells, but that doesn't stop anyone here from drinking!
