I decided to try wet aging the brisket from my prior post for the first time. Today is the 23rd day since I bought it. I pulled it from the fridge, cracked the vaccumed package and trimmed it, but it seems to have a faint sour smell that I'm not sure is normal. Is that normal for wet aging or has it turned on me?
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I think you'll probably be fine so long as you proceed with caution. A faint sour smell is one thing (I find brisket smells funky right out of the package regardless), but if the smell worsen's, or smells bad when you're cooking it, I'd probably have second thoughts on eating it.
Daniel Vaughn wrote an interesting piece earlier this year about a brisket he wet aged for a whole year (link: http://www.texasmonthly.com/bbq/the-year-old-brisket/). In the article he claimed that Franklin's wet age their brisket for up to 40 days.
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