Stinky skunk coffee

[j44ke]

We got some coffee from a local roaster. Usually the coffee from there is very good, but in this case, the coffee has a very strong skunky smell - and by skunky I mean they smell stinky like pot - that is actually in the taste as well. The roast is pretty light - probably between a 7 and 8 on this chart - so I was wondering whether some kind of spoilage is going on or if these beans are just not roasted enough. Quite a strong aftertaste. The roast date is within 3-4 days of when we bought it, which was 3 days ago, so that's 6-7 days after roasting? They are kept in a tall glass canning jar with that metal hinge and rubber gasket top. Looks like smells like tastes like then it is but what's up?

[SlowPokePete]

Somebody slipped you a mickey.

SPP

[j44ke]

Somebody slipped you a mickey.

SPP

I'm so naive.

[Mark Kelly]

Sounds like you may have a stinker or two in the roast. This is a processing defect so take it back to the roaster, they'll want to know.

[rwsaunders]

Sounds like you may have a stinker or two in the roast. This is a processing defect so take it back to the roaster, they'll want to know.

I clicked on your link Mark, and you learn something every day, that’s for sure.

[Mark Kelly]

I started roasting my own late last year, it's been an interesting learning curve.

[j44ke]

Sounds like you may have a stinker or two in the roast. This is a processing defect so take it back to the roaster, they'll want to know.

Huh, that sounds like the right description. I’ll mention it today when I stop in for replacements.

[j44ke]

Mark, you got it spot on. Bad bunch of beans in the roaster spoiled several batches. The coffee smelled okay just out of the roaster, but they think once bagged the beans off-gassed and stinky beans were the result upon unsealing the bag. They tried to go back and find all of them but they missed a few bags. They gratis’d my new bags.

Learn something new.