George Gale & Co. Millenium Brew

It's not supposed to be sour, Bill. Methinks you got an off beer.

-Steve

I don't recall if they do the same with the Millennium or not, but for their Old Ale, Gale uses really lousy corks that are far from impermeable. Out of three or four bottles I've had, only one was not off.

--NPD

Darn it. I wonder if I should try again.

Best regards, Bill

The cork required my using a corkscrew so, umm...I don't know what went wrong. :^(

Best regards, Bill

You'd need a corkscrew regardless; the bad Gale's corks I've had were actually slightly damp on top, and the complete lack of CO2 suggested to me further that the corks were the culprits.

--NPD

I've had quite a few of the Gales bottled beers, and never had one thats actually off. However a fairly high sour taste is perfectly legit in Gales beers. Anyone who has seen their fermenting room would understand why - unlined wooden open fermenters in a room that's impossible to keep sterile. (What they were like when they used trickle coolers I dread to think). This is barely detectable in their quaffing bitters but becomes quite noticable in HSB and can become almost dominanant in some batches of Old Ale. The most extream batches of Old are never even sold as such - they get blended into the winter beer, where they really add to the character.