Le Singularite - Tasting Update

I took some homebrew to a small get together last night.  I had the final batch of "Funk with Less Fuss" red (which I will write up a full recap of the experiment in another post) and a bottle of Le Singularite.  This is the beer that was brewed from the "Wild Brews" book with a single strain of Brett Claus.  A simple pale beer that will let the character of the yeast shine through.

You can read the original tasting notes here.

This was about 5 weeks ago.  How time has changed!

This is no longer a beer I would enjoy.  When it first cracked open you can smell the funk.  It was a very strong barn flavor.  You could also see a difference in the beer.  It looked to be very effervescent with small bubbles crawling to the top of the glass one after another.  The after the first sip you get hit with how bone dry this beer is now.  No longer a medium mouth feel.  Light and dry as the Sahara. So far this may sound like a good beer.  Similiar to Duvel with some funk right?

Wrong.  The taste was pretty terrible.  It moved into the band-aid flavor realm.  According the Wild Brews this is from the ester 4-ethyl-phenol which is a volatile phenol.  Descriptions in the book are listed as:

• Band Aid - Big check on this one
• Antiseptic - A bit.  So check here as well.
• Stable - Horse Blanket / Hay flavor?  If so check.
• Barnyard - Big check.

The question is whether or not the flavor will subside after some time or if the beer is beyond saving.  I will probably pitch the remaining few bottles and save 2-3 and open one every few months to see what is going on.