DMS Surprise: Follow-up

You may recall a recent post entitled "DMS Suprise?" This post talked about my experience of DMS (a creamed-corn flavor/aroma) in an English Mild brewed in May '13. Unfortunately, said DMS has not "aged out" over time. However, I am happy to report that in one version of this beer--brewed with 0.5 oz. culinary lavender in the boil and 1.0 oz. in secondary--the DMS is much less prominent. At this point, my thought is that in the offending beer, the naturally occurring DMS came through due to the weak malt backbone (only 3.1% ABV). In the lavender mild (which is quite nice and refreshing, if a bit "soapy," and "grandma-y"), this off-flavor/aroma is being over-powered by the lavender. I'll have to keep this in mind when brewing future low-gravity beers. Cheers! Be Fermentive!