Random Beer Thoughts

[YowzahWowzah]

Bought a 12 pack of Hi-Wire Lo Pitch last week to have while playing some games. All glasses in this picture are the same beer from the same 12 pack

Approximately 50% of the cans exploded as if they were violently shook up when they hadn’t been and were sitting in a refrigerator for like 24hours before opening. My friends laughter cannot be contained as he is trying to figure out how this happened.

Worst part is, I’ve been to this brewery is Asheville a few times before and each time was awful and I was willing to give their packaged beer a shot. I was trying to switch it up from my usual 12 pack of 12th of Never and this is what I get.

Hey,

I work for Hi-Wire Brewing. I hate to hear that you don't like our beers, but you can't win them all. In the four years since I've been with Hi-Wire I've never seen an issue arise such as the one in the picture. Do you have any of those cans left or the box? We would love to check the date/batch in order to cross reference that with our lab and address any issues. We are the type of brewery looking to put out quality liquid that people can trust to be deliciously consistent. When we do fumble we want to correct mistakes and learn from them so they do not continue or happen again. Please reach out so we can make this right for you. You can hit me up at [email protected]

Thanks,

Bought a 12 pack of Hi-Wire Lo Pitch last week to have while playing some games. All glasses in this picture are the same beer from the same 12 pack

Approximately 50% of the cans exploded as if they were violently shook up when they hadn’t been and were sitting in a refrigerator for like 24hours before opening. My friends laughter cannot be contained as he is trying to figure out how this happened.

Worst part is, I’ve been to this brewery is Asheville a few times before and each time was awful and I was willing to give their packaged beer a shot. I was trying to switch it up from my usual 12 pack of 12th of Never and this is what I get.

 

[MooltiPass]

You said "it didn't help" (which is not the same thing) and the rest of your post was really uncharitable.

Just FYI it's pretty uncommon for the author of a piece to write its headline, that's usually the editor or someone else higher up. It's kind of bizarre that this criticism is so common, do people really not know this? I suppose at a place like Thrillist that might not be true, but it's a weird nit to pick regardless.

And even if the author writes the title, it's generally editorial who makes the final approval or sets relatively strict guidelines about what kind of title you can even write. It's ******, and dear god are there few things that make me angrier than article titles that end with the word explained (looking at you Vox media), but it's the reality of how these sites operate and their desperate need to generate clicks to prove viability to advertisers.

 

[Josh2]

Hey,

I work for Hi-Wire Brewing. I hate to hear that you don't like our beers, but you can't win them all. In the four years since I've been with Hi-Wire I've never seen an issue arise such as the one in the picture. Do you have any of those cans left or the box? We would love to check the date/batch in order to cross reference that with our lab and address any issues. We are the type of brewery looking to put out quality liquid that people can trust to be deliciously consistent. When we do fumble we want to correct mistakes and learn from them so they do not continue or happen again. Please reach out so we can make this right for you. You can hit me up at [email protected]

Thanks,

Registered today, posts once, and already has an avatar.
The owners of this hole couldn't even figure that out.

Kudos!

 

[trickytunadicky]

Hey,

I work for Hi-Wire Brewing. I hate to hear that you don't like our beers, but you can't win them all. In the four years since I've been with Hi-Wire I've never seen an issue arise such as the one in the picture. Do you have any of those cans left or the box? We would love to check the date/batch in order to cross reference that with our lab and address any issues. We are the type of brewery looking to put out quality liquid that people can trust to be deliciously consistent. When we do fumble we want to correct mistakes and learn from them so they do not continue or happen again. Please reach out so we can make this right for you. You can hit me up at [email protected]

Thanks,

Welcome to TalkBeer!

 

[sacrelicio]

Champagne like IPA with peaches and citrus = Mimosa?

BlackStack made one that was called Bottomless, like bottomless mimosas. It wasn't great.

 

[jmgrub]

Registered today, posts once, and already has an avatar.
The owners of this hole couldn't even figure that out.

Kudos!

And is now sporting what must be the highest likes/post on TB

 

[WhalezB4Rarez]

And is now sporting what must be the highest likes/post on TB

 

[Fahmie25]

This is a tired hands beer.

No idea what’s in it (not my picture) but oh my

 

[MikeJones]

This is a tired hands beer.

No idea what’s in it (not my picture) but oh my

Aptly named.

 

[JCastle1]

This is a tired hands beer.

No idea what’s in it (not my picture) but oh my

"Constructed atop mounds of pillowy malted oats, activated charcoal, and graham crackers. Intensely hopped in the kettle with Cascade & Simcoe. Dry hopped singularly and aggressively with the almighty Nelson Sauvin from our 2018 selections in New Zealand. Conditioned on heaps of Tahitian vanilla and graham cracker."

Yikes. Would sound amazing without the charcoal, vanilla, or crackers.

 

[MikeJones]

"Constructed atop mounds of pillowy malted oats, activated charcoal, and graham crackers. Intensely hopped in the kettle with Cascade & Simcoe. Dry hopped singularly and aggressively with the almighty Nelson Sauvin from our 2018 selections in New Zealand. Conditioned on heaps of Tahitian vanilla and graham cracker."

Yikes. Would sound amazing without the charcoal, vanilla, or crackers.

Sounds like some Omnipollo mess.

 

[Josh2]

"Constructed atop mounds of pillowy malted oats, activated charcoal, and graham crackers. Intensely hopped in the kettle with Cascade & Simcoe. Dry hopped singularly and aggressively with the almighty Nelson Sauvin from our 2018 selections in New Zealand. Conditioned on heaps of Tahitian vanilla and graham cracker."

Yikes. Would sound amazing without the charcoal, vanilla, or crackers.

Maybe they're trying to break into the OD recovery sector?
Why else would a brewery put activated charcoal into a beer?

 

[timotao]

"Constructed atop mounds of pillowy malted oats, activated charcoal, and graham crackers. Intensely hopped in the kettle with Cascade & Simcoe. Dry hopped singularly and aggressively with the almighty Nelson Sauvin from our 2018 selections in New Zealand. Conditioned on heaps of Tahitian vanilla and graham cracker."

Yikes. Would sound amazing without the charcoal, vanilla, or crackers.

What a waste of Nelson.

 

[nachojon]

Speaking of Brut IPAs I just had a Great Notion All The Stars which had absolutely nothing wrong with it category: had less flavor than Lemon La Croix.

 

[Jnorton00]

Sounds like some Omnipollo mess.

Probably better still better than a veil beer at least.

 

[WhalezB4Rarez]

Please have all of your Tired Hands hate injected straight into my veins.

 

[BadJustin]

Hey,

I work for Hi-Wire Brewing. I hate to hear that you don't like our beers, but you can't win them all. In the four years since I've been with Hi-Wire I've never seen an issue arise such as the one in the picture. Do you have any of those cans left or the box? We would love to check the date/batch in order to cross reference that with our lab and address any issues. We are the type of brewery looking to put out quality liquid that people can trust to be deliciously consistent. When we do fumble we want to correct mistakes and learn from them so they do not continue or happen again. Please reach out so we can make this right for you. You can hit me up at [email protected]

Thanks,

Welcome! For the record, I was here before the ownership transfer

 

[Jnorton00]

Welcome! For the record, I was here before the ownership transfer

Translation "I'm still awful for being a part of this leadership group but less awful than them"

 

[BadJustin]

Translation "I'm still awful for being a part of this leadership group but less awful than them"

Stern but fair

 

[thrashD]

Hey,

I work for Hi-Wire Brewing. I hate to hear that you don't like our beers, but you can't win them all. In the four years since I've been with Hi-Wire I've never seen an issue arise such as the one in the picture. Do you have any of those cans left or the box? We would love to check the date/batch in order to cross reference that with our lab and address any issues. We are the type of brewery looking to put out quality liquid that people can trust to be deliciously consistent. When we do fumble we want to correct mistakes and learn from them so they do not continue or happen again. Please reach out so we can make this right for you. You can hit me up at [email protected]

Thanks,

Hey Chris, very much appreciate the response. I have been meaning to email the brewery but I have been pretty swamped, so I'll reach out to you directly this morning.

 

[Jnorton00]

Stern but fair

 

[lazerviking]

"Constructed atop mounds of pillowy malted oats, activated charcoal, and graham crackers. Intensely hopped in the kettle with Cascade & Simcoe. Dry hopped singularly and aggressively with the almighty Nelson Sauvin from our 2018 selections in New Zealand. Conditioned on heaps of Tahitian vanilla and graham cracker."

Yikes. Would sound amazing without the charcoal, vanilla, or crackers.

Sounds like some Omnipollo mess.

What a waste of Nelson.

I only had the draft version from the Brew Cafe over the summer, which didn't have the graham crackers and vanilla, but it was my favorite TH hoppy beer of this whole year. It was so clean tasting (likely from the activated charcoal) that it was all I drank the entire night. I can't see it benefiting from the graham crackers and vanilla, but the base beer is good enough that I wouldn't write it off.

 

[boogercrack]

I only had the draft version from the Brew Cafe over the summer, which didn't have the graham crackers and vanilla, but it was my favorite TH hoppy beer of this whole year. It was so clean tasting (likely from the activated charcoal) that it was all I drank the entire night. I can't see it benefiting from the graham crackers and vanilla, but the base beer is good enough that I wouldn't write it off.

does it look like concrete mix in person

 

[lazerviking]

does it look like concrete mix in person

Looked like a watered down chocolate malt to be honest. It was so confusing because the beer was so bright and clean that it messed with my mind.

 

[FoudreGuy]

Are breweries really bitching about having to use Crystal malt in the Resilience IPA recipe for charity, or is that just some meme floating around?

 

[BadJustin]

Are breweries really bitching about having to use Crystal malt in the Resilience IPA recipe for charity, or is that just some meme floating around?

In 2018, would that really surprise you?

 

[JCastle1]

Are breweries really bitching about having to use Crystal malt in the Resilience IPA recipe for charity, or is that just some meme floating around?

Just a joke, at least the ones I've seen. Societe mentioned it was the first time they ever used Crystal in an IPA.

 

[FoudreGuy]

In 2018, would that really surprise you?

Not at all, just hadn't seen real evidence of anyone complaining.

Just a joke, at least the ones I've seen. Societe mentioned it was the first time they ever used Crystal in an IPA.

Thanks.

 

[falc0n26001]

Are breweries really bitching about having to use Crystal malt in the Resilience IPA recipe for charity, or is that just some meme floating around?

I saw Moksa complaining on Facebook but it was probably in jest as well.

 

[Jacco Macacco]

"Constructed atop mounds of pillowy malted oats, activated charcoal, and graham crackers. Intensely hopped in the kettle with Cascade & Simcoe. Dry hopped singularly and aggressively with the almighty Nelson Sauvin from our 2018 selections in New Zealand. Conditioned on heaps of Tahitian vanilla and graham cracker."

Saw your post quoted further in the thread (without the mention of the original beer) and thought "hot christ this description has Tired Hands all over it, its making me squirm."

Further investigation confirms my suspicion.