Bruery Reserve Society 2014 Allocations/Discussion Thread

[Xul1]

I love how they suggest that if you like it, you can buy a full pour of it. What the ****. A beer that they disliked how it turned out so much that they pulled bottle sales of it... but hey, if you like bad beer, please continue to give us the money.

You would think that with the gesture of "we're not releasing it because it doesn't meet our standards" that they'd not try to make money off of it on the side like that. At least adjunct that **** so we can have more **** w/ coconut to trade off.

Reading between the lines, it's blindingly obvious that there's a latent infection. If it was honestly "not up to standards" in terms of taste, they wouldn't expect people to buy full pours. The fact that they're putting it for sale in full pours but not bottles implies to me that it's infected and they don't want to do another RdF/FdR style release.

 

[FBIinformant]

Which, do they think that Three Floyds name was the only selling point to that release that they had to sell bottles? I would imagine that doing what? 500-600 for HS and 1,200 -1,500 refunds of $20 would be a major hit to their bank account towards the end of the year, that the simple "keep it cold and drink it sooner rather than later" would be a lot cheaper. But then again, that would be admitting that 18 months into this **** and they're still dealing with potential infections in their beer.

 

[bdogg1]

Just curious if it was free **** that people were waiting for. I ask because they had different varieties when i was there over a month ago.

 

[FBIinformant]

This is the first time they've poured the un-adjuncted to hell stuff.

 

[ridglens]

Had a golden orchard last night. Really gross, didn't drink much before dumping. Hopefully the Brett cleans it up.

Befuddlement was pretty good

 

[Lovepea1]

I got my glass of free ****. I asked for it that way too. May I please have my glass of ****? I got a very full pour. I thought it tasted good. It was still a super-sweet beer, I still don't think I could drink a full bottle of this alone, but maybe come closer than I would with BT.

I also got the refund, but they put the credit on my husband's credit card, which we haven't used for 3 years. I don't think that's right, because the Bruery account is in my name and I thought it should be the card that we have currently on file with them.

 

[franch]

hey guys. anyone interested in being my trustee for HS? my trustee is dropping out of the societies and won't be getting to the bruery from LA very often. pls have references. ty. ilu.

 

[nanobrew1]

hey guys. anyone interested in being my trustee for HS? my trustee is dropping out of the societies and won't be getting to the bruery from LA very often. pls have references. ty. ilu.

I might be able to, but I don't make it up frequently. Maybe once every 6 weeks. PM and we can talk more

 

[Lovepea1]

franch if things don't work out with nanobrew, let me know, I could help you out. I drive by the Bruery on my way to/from work every day plus the guy I've been trustee for this year didn't renew for next year, so they might start to miss me at the pick up room over there.

 

[axeman91821]

Trying to remember, for 2014 Reserve society, what bottles did we get in the last 2-3 months that were part of the membership fee?

 

[Usofar]

rum BT, Sourrento and BA six Geese I believe.

edit: RS doesn't look like it had included Sourrento

http://www.thebruery.com/societies/reserve-society/sales-calendar/

 

[hi im richie]

rum BT, Sourrento and BA six Geese I believe.

edit: RS doesn't look like it had included Sourrento

http://www.thebruery.com/societies/reserve-society/sales-calendar/

Edit: weird, haven't mystery beers been included in years past?

 

[daniel1]

Edit: weird, haven't mystery beers been included in years past?

Yep. One of them is included this year, too.

 

[alphateam]

I love how they suggest that if you like it, you can buy a full pour of it. What the ****. A beer that they disliked how it turned out so much that they pulled bottle sales of it... but hey, if you like bad beer, please continue to give us the money.

You would think that with the gesture of "we're not releasing it because it doesn't meet our standards" that they'd not try to make money off of it on the side like that. At least adjunct that **** so we can have more **** w/ coconut to trade off.

I'm late to the party, but my guess yes they detected something off and it might get worse with time. If it does in fact get worse after X months, then they stop pouring. If they sell you a bottle then X months later you say "Hey this **** is infected" then it's another PR mess. This way they refunded money, washed their hands of a problem, but then are gaining money back slowly.

 

[FBIinformant]

Turns out it was indeed a ticking time bomb infection;

Hey all,

My apologies for the lack of clarity in regards to So Happen’s It’s Tuesday. Here’s a little more information on the beer, and why we decided to “release" it in the manner that we did.

We think So Happens It’s Tuesday tastes excellent right now. However, our lab detected microbial instability in the beer after the beer was packaged, but before the scheduled release. The beer is at very high risk of turning sour/funky. Due to this risk, we do not feel comfortable releasing this beer in any to-go format, but we do want to allow as many of our fans the opportunity to try this beer while it’s still as we intended it to taste. By only serving the beer in-house, we are able to refrigerate all bottles, monitor the progress of this beer by regular taste and lab tests, and destroy the beer in the event that it does in fact turn on us.

To be clear, the reason for not releasing So Happens It’s Tuesday is for stability concerns, not because there is a flavor/recipe flaw with the product we’re serving.

Thank you for your patience and support.

Matt Olesh
The Bruery

Still, If they phrased it in the same manner that they did RdF and FdR, I'd still probably max out on my allotment like I did with both of those other ticking time bomb beers.

Simply say "It's going to get infected, drink it sooner and store it cold" and they could have saved themselves $40,000 in refunds.

I doubt you can really say that they washed their hands of a problem. As the new problem that is on their hands is that they've been shying away from admitting that 18+ months later, they're still dealing with infection issues and the lack of clarity and the fact that it seems they brewed the same beer twice (first wave got masked with adjuncts and endless growler fills for months) seems to indicate that they can't deal with making that lower ABV Black Tuesday.

 

[domtronzero]

WHERE'S MY GODDAMM MANGO HOTTENROTH????

 

[Usofar]

WHERE'S MY GODDAMM MANGO HOTTENROTH????

Sorry It's not infected. Your Mango Nottenroth will be along shortly.















Not Srs

 

[StarRaptor1]

I wonder what they are charging for a pour of ****? and how big a pour?

 

[Usofar]

I wonder what they are charging for a pour of ****? and how big a pour?

Hmmm StarRaptor have you seen the new Bruery Website?

http://www.thebruery.com/tasting-room-list/

The answer is $7 for a 10 oz pour.

 

[Xul1]

Hmmm StarRaptor have you seen the new Bruery Website?

http://www.thebruery.com/tasting-room-list/

The answer is $7 for a 10 oz pour.

So $17.5/bottle, assuming minimal waste...if they get rid of it fast enough, they'll recoup the majority of the refunds they issued to RS/HS members. Well played.

 

[Usofar]

So $17.5/bottle, assuming minimal waste...if they get rid of it fast enough, they'll recoup the majority of the refunds they issued to RS/HS members. Well played.

They are a business.

 

[oowtfmate]

So $17.5/bottle, assuming minimal waste...if they get rid of it fast enough, they'll recoup the majority of the refunds they issued to RS/HS members. Well played.

At least they'll be able to quality check and stop sales if it goes bad/sour, whereas if it was in bottles, they don't have as much control over it.

 

[Xul1]

They are a business.

I wasn't knocking it...

 

[CommanderofAwesome]

Cracked MW. Pretty sure it's infected.

 

[stupac2]

Cracked MW. Pretty sure it's infected.

Wait, really? This year's or last year's?

 

[CommanderofAwesome]

This years. 2014. Gushed out of the bottle, weird crazy fruitiness, sour apple. You got out at the right time.

 

[stupac2]

Wouldn't this year's be 2015?

Also worth noting that sour apple (acetaldehyde) is usually a fermentation issue, not infection.

 

[Xul1]

This years. 2014. Gushed out of the bottle, weird crazy fruitiness, sour apple. You got out at the right time.

Wow, that answers my question on BA as to whether you were joking. Holy ****. If their bacteria can hit 18%+ beers, they may as well give up on clean beer. I'm hoping it's a freak bottle, but that blows my mind.

 

[CommanderofAwesome]

Doh yes 2015.

 

[CommanderofAwesome]

Wow, that answers my question on BA as to whether you were joking. Holy ****. If their bacteria can hit 18%+ beers, they may as well give up on clean beer. I'm hoping it's a freak bottle, but that blows my mind.

I hope it's a freak bottle too as I got 2 more of these damn things.