Regular Bourbon County Stout 2015 Infection

[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. ****ing 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.

 

[JulianB1]

The cat's reaction makes this.

 

[JBP]

Not infected. Delicious.

 

[mcsmack1]

The cat's reaction makes this.

I Believe it. Unfortunately, I have tried 2 of mine from Oct 30 batch and both were undrinkable. Very sour oak tasting. Interesting enough, I tried my Oct 26 batch (only 4 days?!?) and it was spot on BCBS.

 

[matedog]

Tasted great. Zero infection. Pure brownie batter. Opened on 7/9/16.

 

[Beastrsbrew1]

If you were to ask me with all my extensive research, scientific studies, mathematical probabilities, and highly educated guesses I would say it's probably, most likely maybe could be the stupid ass bottles they used this year. Maybe those fancy ass bottles were produced poorly making them difficult to sanitize correctly. I wouldn't be surprised if they go back to 12oz this year or maybe just plain bombers. Maybe.

 

[SpentBrain]

If you were to ask me with all my extensive research, scientific studies, mathematical probabilities, and highly educated guesses I would say it's probably, most likely maybe could be the stupid ass bottles they used this year. Maybe those fancy ass bottles were produced poorly making them difficult to sanitize correctly. I wouldn't be surprised if they go back to 12oz this year or maybe just plain bombers. Maybe.

Same size, same labels I think (too lazy to get up). Likely same bottles....

http://tenemu.com/news/goose-island...etors-barleywine-stout-details-emerge/06/2016

 

[elbrooksie]

Same sized bottles as last year, according to TTB.

 

[Josh2]

I can't to wait to lock this thread and the 2016 variant.

 

[SpentBrain]

Somebody with necro this in 2 years...

ZOMG...my 16' is infected!!! 16OCT bottle date.

 

[Gonzoillini1]

I'd be shocked if they aren't using a flash pasteurizer for the bottled release this year.

 

[sacrelicio]

I didn't but a lot last year so I"m torn between "drink it in case it turns to ****" and "save a couple bottles for those cold nights"

 

[masterovkhaos]

Friend of mine shared a November 4 BCBS on Sunday. Infected. Gotta see how my November 4 bottles are now

 

[furley]

suckers. they're going to let an intern guess at the BCBS recipe this year, short fill all the bottles, increase the price by 20% and snicker to each other in a gold plated board room while sipping from platinum chalices filled with the blood of your tears

THEY'RE IN BUSINESS TO RAPE PEOPLE AND MURDER THEIR CHILDREN!

 

[BadJustin]

Round two.... allllll the monies!

http://gooseisland.com/bcs-refund.html

 

[PHBoiler]

Round two.... allllll the monies!


http://www.chicagobusiness.com/arti...-offers-refunds-for-two-bourbon-county-stouts

Looks like I'll be heading down to the basement to do some paperwork this weekend. That's one way to clear some space in the cellar.

 

[BadJustin]

Looks like I'll be heading down to the basement to do some paperwork this weekend. That's one way to clear some space in the cellar.

Ironically the link to download the form you required to submit comes back 404'd, so there's that.

 

[evilc]

Round two.... allllll the monies!


http://www.chicagobusiness.com/arti...-offers-refunds-for-two-bourbon-county-stouts

Dude, that's from January 8

 

[BadJustin]

wait, wrong link, please hold.


Fixed.

http://gooseisland.com/bcs-refund.html

 

[Sam Fu]

Oh yeah lemme dig up that receipt I was saving from NOVEMBER


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[screwyouguys]

Oh yeah lemme dig up that receipt I was saving from NOVEMBER


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Yea and the empty bottles from drain pours