Lawrence Brewers Guild

I read articles on other forums about people's brews that are off target with their yeast or fermentation. They declare that the fermentation must have been OK since since they cannot taste any funk?

Now to me, funk is an open ended word, what does it really mean? In the short, the process that a brewer goes though, that is 2 weeks. With a good pitch of cultured yeast, can you declare funk or not? I don't think so.

Funk is fairly slow growing unless a fruit fly takes up residence.

What are your thoughts about Funk?

I like Funk and grow media to produce Funk.

Funky is a term you see or hear. Is it an infection? I think that is pretty apparent to a trained palate. So I think where the term often comes up is when a beer is possibly not fully attenuated, or not aged long enough. For example, a Triple even a month or two in package often tastes funky to some because the beer needs time to age and meld into its prime.

Funk for me are flavors you did not intend to have in your beer or just makes it undrinkable. Very subjective.

Jason

Yep, an open ended word.

It caught my ear again today with JZ brewing a Flanders Red Ale and the Funk

I prefer my funk to be of the George Clinton variant, but also love old school funk like Sly and the Family Stone!!
am I on the right list?
Joe

klickcue wrote:Yep, an open ended word.

It caught my ear again today with JZ brewing a Flanders Red Ale and the Funk

Oh,,, now that is a good funk... barnyard, horse blanket, sour goodness!!!