Regular Bourbon County Stout 2015 Infection

[crosley]

Breh do you even beer in 2016?

1 bad bottle?

SELL SELL SELL

Yeah, because it's not like there haven't been any other bad BC bottles from this last year across multiple varieties!

 

[harrymel1]

Yeah, because it's not like there haven't been any other bad BC bottles from this last year across multiple varieties!

Photekut

 

[TheBus]

Both of my Props from two different stores as infected as my barley wine! Very bad week for GI 15 in my household!

Sep 18
1606
1602

In addition to 3 regular and the obvious in the barley wine. Better luck to you all!

GI is getting a call tomorrow as they need to attempt to remedy this...

 

[Snarf1]

Both of my Props from two different stores as infected as my barley wine! Very bad week for GI 15 in my household!

Sep 18
1606
1602

In addition to 3 regular and the obvious in the barley wine. Better luck to you all!

GI is getting a call tomorrow as they need to attempt to remedy this...

Dear International Conglomerate,

My $120/liter beer was not up to snuff. Please rectify this situation.

Sincerely,
Someone you don't care about

Let us know how that works out for you.

 

[SirDickButts]

 

[JulianB1]

I'm seeing yet another around of comments on Facebook along the lines of "Rare isn't infected because it's a completely different batch of BCBS". Do these people think infection occurs in the mash or kettle or something?

Now it is true that if the problem is at the level of the barrels then it could very well be the case that all of those particular barrels (the 35 year HH ones for Rare) are fine and it will not ever become an issue. But if it did originate somewhere in the transfer and packaging process (bottling line, bottles, etc.) then the fact that the base was the beer that was packaged as 2014 BCBS means literally nothing.

 

[furley]

******* hell, this haunts my nightmares

 

[PHBoiler]

Both of my Props from two different stores as infected as my barley wine! Very bad week for GI 15 in my household!

Sep 18
1606
1602

In addition to 3 regular and the obvious in the barley wine. Better luck to you all!

GI is getting a call tomorrow as they need to attempt to remedy this...

Dear International Conglomerate,

My $120/liter beer was not up to snuff. Please rectify this situation.

Sincerely,
Someone you don't care about

Let us know how that works out for you.

If anyone opens a truly sour/infected Prop in Chicagoland, why not stop re-cap the bottle and drive the damn thing down to Fulton the next day? Hell you could probably get one of the seemingly endless supply of beer bloggers to meet you there and document it.

 

[JulianB1]

If anyone opens a truly sour/infected Prop in Chicagoland, why not stop re-cap the bottle and drive the damn thing down to Fulton the next day? Hell you could probably get one of the seemingly endless supply of beer bloggers to meet you there and document it.

Well, probably not one of the ones on Goose Island's payroll...

 

[SSTroller]

Well, probably not one of the ones on Goose Island's payroll...

Someone needs to get ahold of GoodBierHumping

 

[Sam Fu]

This is a fun read

 

[ckoop]

Tasty as always on this one! I think this is around the 5th one from this case that I've cracked since december and they've all been great, fortunately.

 

[Sobchak]

This is a fun read

This belongs here:
http://www.talkbeer.com/community/threads/nope.23911/page-38

 

[Gonzoillini1]

05NOV15 bottling tasting great, and as a reference this was from a case I picked up at the brewery for exchanging infected coffee / barleywine.

Hoping getting them home and getting them into a 50 degree cellar helped slow down the growth of any bacteria, but I guess time shall tell.

 

[ApocalypseZombie]

05NOV15 bottling tasting great, and as a reference this was from a case I picked up at the brewery for exchanging infected coffee / barleywine.

Hoping getting them home and getting them into a 50 degree cellar helped slow down the growth of any bacteria, but I guess time shall tell.

I also opened a Nov 05 bottling from a fresh case yesterday. It was kept in a non-temp controlled closet "cellar' and tasted just like the BCBS I expect it to with zero signs of anything being off.

 

[Carolinabeerguy1]

http://www.chicagotribune.com/dinin...-beer-infection-food-0622-20160622-story.html

TL;DR: They don't care if the beer nerds stop buying their beer.

 

[Snarf1]

http://www.chicagotribune.com/dinin...-beer-infection-food-0622-20160622-story.html

TL;DR: They don't care if the beer nerds stop buying their beer.

"A lot of customers are telling me it will have an effect on future purchases for them," Quinn said. "But I don't know if I believe them or not. A lot of these people are compulsive beer buyers."

Ha!

 

[furley]

http://www.chicagotribune.com/dinin...-beer-infection-food-0622-20160622-story.html

TL;DR: They don't care if the beer nerds stop buying their beer.

i didn't get that TL;DR out of it from Goose but maybe from the others quoted


Chris Quinn, owner of The Beer Temple bottle shop: "A lot of customers are telling me it will have an effect on future purchases for them," Quinn said. "But I don't know if I believe them or not. A lot of these people are compulsive beer buyers."

Pat Berger, who owns craft-focused beer bars Paddy Long's and Kaiser Tiger in Chicago: "If the nerds online decide it's not a beer worth trading for, then the nerds in line won't show up," Berger said. "If that whole thing goes away, I'm fine with that."

 

[ApocalypseZombie]

"But I don't know if I believe them or not. A lot of these people are compulsive beer buyers."

Well, Duh.

 

[Marksy]

"As long as Bourbon County is rare and expensive and difficult to get and pretty good, this will all blow over," Mosher said.

 

[jdd419]

I will take all the 15 prop no one wants. I think it's awesome.

BCBS is drinking great too. I think it's one of the best fresh BA beers I've had recently. I had one a few weeks ago and it was still great. I dumped the Coffee and BW. Couldn't do it.

Well I was wrong. Opened a prop 15 last night and it was sour. It wasn't to the level of BW or Coffee but the vinegar was starting to take over. ******* shame as I really liked this beer.

Oh well, now just waiting for my regulars to turn.

 

[Stubs]

I took a coffee from the cellar to my non air conditioned living room. It's been in the 90s around here. Gonna living room condition it for a week.

 

[JulianB1]

We opened 2 bottles with Oct 12 bottling dates last night to use for braising some brats and onions. Both tasted good with no signs of souring.

 

[Kentucky1]

October 21 tasting great, for the record.

 

[reverseapachemaster1]

So far I haven't heard any bad stories locally (Dallas) on the regular BCBS. I usually sit on my bottles for a while so if they are infected maybe they will stabilize into a halfway drinkable sour stout.

 

[zookerman182]

Mmmm tart cherries

 

[zookerman182]

Barleywine is even worse than regular. So sad

 

[zookerman182]

Third times not a charm. This years bcbs has beaten me into submission. Glad I only had three, sad none of them were drinkable.

 

[Beastrsbrew1]

 

[evilc]

You should have done that with a turd in there.