BoomerHarley
Well-Known Member
So a while back I bought a bunch of these fliptop bottles: http://morebeer.com/view_product/15635/102304/Bottles_-_16_oz_Swing_Top_12
I used them to bottle some sour ales, parts of three different batches. If you know anything about brewing sours, you realize they take a lot of time and dedication. In my case, I had an imperial Berliner Weiss, and two sour brown ales aged on cherries and oak. The brown ales had been aging for about a year and the cherries were from the farmer's market. In short, these beers took a ton of effort.
Well as luck would have it, the goddam bottles didn't seal. In each case, I bottled a few with the fliptop and a few in regular crown cap bottles. In every case, the crown caps carbonated up and I had wonderful beer. However, not one of the fliptop bottles carbonated.
So yesterday i am in Morebeer and I mention it to the guy working. I get to the point in my story where I say "I bought some of these bottles" and he says "Say no more" and goes on to tell me that the latest batch of those bottles are defective and don't seal. He said he would gladly take them back.
BUT: they are still selling them. And quite frankly, considering the time and effort these ales took, I'm inclined to ask for more than my money back. I mean, they knew these things are defective and yet they continue to sell them without any sort of warning.
What are your thoughts?
I used them to bottle some sour ales, parts of three different batches. If you know anything about brewing sours, you realize they take a lot of time and dedication. In my case, I had an imperial Berliner Weiss, and two sour brown ales aged on cherries and oak. The brown ales had been aging for about a year and the cherries were from the farmer's market. In short, these beers took a ton of effort.
Well as luck would have it, the goddam bottles didn't seal. In each case, I bottled a few with the fliptop and a few in regular crown cap bottles. In every case, the crown caps carbonated up and I had wonderful beer. However, not one of the fliptop bottles carbonated.
So yesterday i am in Morebeer and I mention it to the guy working. I get to the point in my story where I say "I bought some of these bottles" and he says "Say no more" and goes on to tell me that the latest batch of those bottles are defective and don't seal. He said he would gladly take them back.
BUT: they are still selling them. And quite frankly, considering the time and effort these ales took, I'm inclined to ask for more than my money back. I mean, they knew these things are defective and yet they continue to sell them without any sort of warning.
What are your thoughts?