fretsforlife
Well-Known Member
I travel almost non stop which sucks sometimes but is great because I can try great beer from all over the country. I am in the baltimore/ D.C. area right now and decided to try the Oxford Hefe by Clipper City Brew.
I stopped at a small liquor store called GI Liquor in Morningside, MD (the only one i could find that sold micro) and picked up a sixer of the Hefe. I got back to my hotel and cracked a bottle. It foamed heavily in the cup and tasted like sour apple juice. I thought maybe i had to give it time, but it just got more and more disgusting. I figured, something was wrong and checked the "born on date" February 2007!! can you believe it?
It was almost closing time so i raced back and gave it to the lady who sold it to me. I had to point to the label because she didn't speak english. She had the nerve to tell me "Pick different,,. hurry!! we close!" I started checking all their sixers and EVERYTHING was expired. I saw beer from 07, and 08 all over the place.
I finally had to settle for a Sam Adams Hefe that was 2 months expired (freshest i could find that wasn't BMC) because they're registers were closed down and I couldn't get a refund.
I am the kind of person that, if i don't like a store/restaurant/whatever, I don't complain, I simply don't return.. but what they are doing is downright wrong. They are ripping off the public and taking them for fools. How could they expect to get away with selling rancid beer at full price?! Im wondering if I shouldn't do something, or call someone about it..
from now on, Im checking all dates. Anyone ever run into anything like this? what do you guys think?
I stopped at a small liquor store called GI Liquor in Morningside, MD (the only one i could find that sold micro) and picked up a sixer of the Hefe. I got back to my hotel and cracked a bottle. It foamed heavily in the cup and tasted like sour apple juice. I thought maybe i had to give it time, but it just got more and more disgusting. I figured, something was wrong and checked the "born on date" February 2007!! can you believe it?
It was almost closing time so i raced back and gave it to the lady who sold it to me. I had to point to the label because she didn't speak english. She had the nerve to tell me "Pick different,,. hurry!! we close!" I started checking all their sixers and EVERYTHING was expired. I saw beer from 07, and 08 all over the place.
I finally had to settle for a Sam Adams Hefe that was 2 months expired (freshest i could find that wasn't BMC) because they're registers were closed down and I couldn't get a refund.
I am the kind of person that, if i don't like a store/restaurant/whatever, I don't complain, I simply don't return.. but what they are doing is downright wrong. They are ripping off the public and taking them for fools. How could they expect to get away with selling rancid beer at full price?! Im wondering if I shouldn't do something, or call someone about it..
from now on, Im checking all dates. Anyone ever run into anything like this? what do you guys think?