DOH! I had a bottle of ginger beer bust on me. I had put some in an old whiskey bottle. I had even pasteurized it,
but apparently not good enough. We were finding pieces of glass six months later. It was horrible.
I had a 3/4 gallon of beer sitting in the secondary and it started getting an infection. I was able to
salvage most of it. It had a weird, funky flavor to it, though. I'm guessing it is what some would call
a sour beer - it is an actual type of beer. Not my favorite, by any means. I still downed it, of course.
I don't throw anything I've made out unless I have no other option.
I even have one batch of wine sitting in a bottle right now...not that strong...and pretty gross, because
I used hickory wood chips instead of oak...but I'm keeping it just because. I can't bring myself to toss
out all that hard work and patience.
That could simply be the tell-tale signs of a true alcoholic...I'm not sure.