Well, the aluminum monster had 1 last casualty, and it was this beer. The aroma is very nice, lots of citrus, floral, "American" hop all the way. The taste on the other hand is waaaay off. There is a very intensely bitter off flavor which I think is from all that scum/scorch in the aluminum pot. Since there is literally nothing in the beer to hide behind, that flavor is very distinct and makes the beer undrinkable.
Subsequently, I used it to water the street the other day. First batch that I've screwed up enough to pour out. Luckily, the aluminum monster is no longer employed at Rowdy Reptile (it was cleaned thoroughly prior to selling and is spotless btw) and now we have the keggle. I've brewed one beer with the keggle so far, a Black IPA, and while that is not an ideal beer to compare to the SMASH in terms of potential flaws/off flavors (there's a lot going on to hide behind between the hops and dark malts), the first sample was good and I couldnt detect any of those bitter/astringent off flavors that we had in the SMASH.
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