Re:Bag came loose – Mold?

[Alex]

Thanks for the comments guys.

The smell was the biggest thing for me. If it would have smelled any kind of funky I would have tossed it. It smelled fine.

I also do a little bit of home sausage making and I know that sometimes surface mold is ok and actually preferred. This was all on the surface.

I think I may do the next one a bit shorter. I trimmed this one pretty heavy just to be sure and ended up having to cut almost all of the fat off from the outside. I think that may have affected the flavor a bit. It was still good but there is definitely a different taste from a non-aged ribeye.