Regular Bourbon County Stout 2015 Infection

[stupac2]

Check received today. Hurray infected beer!

 

[sacrelicio]

remember to send yours in if you haven't already! they said as long as it's postmarked today it's fine

I got in just under the wire. And some of them were fine, so free beer!

 

[PHBoiler]

Got my check today as well.

 

[Aaron from the Wood]

I sent my labels in the beginning of last week.

Tonight I cracked open the first bottle of the case I purchased (10/12 bottling date)...a little excess carbonation and definitely tart, bordering on sour.

 

[StevonHanby]

Anyone got a good crock pot recipe?

 

[gregkoko]

Anyone got a good crock pot recipe?

http://www.talkbeer.com/community/threads/itt-crock-pot-cooking.35309/

 

[StevonHanby]

http://www.talkbeer.com/community/threads/itt-crock-pot-cooking.35309/

nice

 

[steimie]

I sent my labels in the beginning of last week.

Tonight I cracked open the first bottle of the case I purchased (10/12 bottling date)...a little excess carbonation and definitely tart, bordering on sour.

You bought a case of BCBS and didn't open the first one until tonight?

 

[Aaron from the Wood]

You bought a case of BCBS and didn't open the first one until tonight?

They're worth more if you don't open the box, like lego kits.

But seriously, I had a number of loose bottles from different bottling dates that I was drinking through first. Also, I go through 15% stouts a lot slower than I used to...

 

[preluderl]

No check yet, been about 3 1/2 weeks. Hoping it comes soon.

 

[user 308679]

The last bottle of my 10/12 case just went down the drain (the drain being my gullet). I started drinking that case after the regular stout announcement. The first showed no signs. The last was definitely turning and had slight signs of tartness, but still drinkable.

On a related note, no check yet. Dropped labels in the mail on 8/24.

 

[preluderl]

The last bottle of my 10/12 case just went down the drain (the drain being my gullet). I started drinking that case after the regular stout announcement. The first showed no signs. The last was definitely turning and had slight signs of tartness, but still drinkable.

On a related note, no check yet. Dropped labels in the mail on 8/24.

Sent mine on 8/29. Nothing here yet either.

 

[ckoop]

Am I dumb to grab a bunch more bcbs '15 when I am in NYC this weekend if they are selling bottles of the "good dates." Drank my last one that had a good date on it last week and it was as delicious as always.

 

[JulianB1]

Am I dumb to grab a bunch more bcbs '15 when I am in NYC this weekend if they are selling bottles of the "good dates." Drank my last one that had a good date on it last week and it was as delicious as always.

If it's the 10/6 date, those are still drinking great right now. Had a pour off one last night that was liquid brownie batter.

 

[Macenson]

Where did you guys find the "good" dates. I have 9/30. I'm sure a simple Google search would yield something but that's not why I joined a beer forum.

 

[capnmike]

Where did you guys find the "good" dates. I have 9/30. I'm sure a simple Google search would yield something but that's not why I joined a beer forum.

Refunds are available for Bourbon County Brand Stout bottles dated: Oct. 9, Oct. 12, Oct. 21, Oct. 22, Oct. 23, Oct. 26, Oct. 30, Nov. 4 and Nov. 5. The lone bottling date of infected Proprietor’s Bourbon County Stout is Sept. 18. All bottling dates are from 2015.

 

[Macenson]

Awesome, thanks so much. I hadn't cracked one in a few months from my case so good to hear.

 

[Jonada]

Haven't read through the whole thread, but this 100% is infected. Though oddly enough it's not terrible.

 

[pen15clubmember]

Haven't read through the whole thread, but this 100% is infected. Though oddly enough it's not terrible.

I'm drinking an 0833 from that date and it's got a bit of a cherry note but it's not bad.

 

[matedog]

Can someone explain how the infection source ("Its working theory is that the lactobacillus lurked in the tanks used to transport the beer from the brewery's barrel-aging warehouse to its Fulton Market bottling facility") only affected bottles? Aren't all kegs of 2016 BW/Coffee/BCBS clean?

 

[drgarage1]

Can someone explain how the infection source ("Its working theory is that the lactobacillus lurked in the tanks used to transport the beer from the brewery's barrel-aging warehouse to its Fulton Market bottling facility") only affected bottles? Aren't all kegs of 2016 BW/Coffee/BCBS clean?

Presumably they keg at a different facility -- or maybe at the Barrel house?

 

[ApocalypseZombie]

Can someone explain how the infection source ("Its working theory is that the lactobacillus lurked in the tanks used to transport the beer from the brewery's barrel-aging warehouse to its Fulton Market bottling facility") only affected bottles? Aren't all kegs of 2016 BW/Coffee/BCBS clean?

No. Not all kegs have been uninfected unfortunately.

 

[matedog]

No. Not all kegs have been uninfected unfortunately.

I guess what further confused me was when Bruery had infection issues (****), the kegs were clean. Or at least some were.

 

[JulianB1]

Can someone explain how the infection source ("Its working theory is that the lactobacillus lurked in the tanks used to transport the beer from the brewery's barrel-aging warehouse to its Fulton Market bottling facility") only affected bottles? Aren't all kegs of 2016 BW/Coffee/BCBS clean?

Besides what ApocalypseZombie said about kegs not being uninfected, there's a good chance that -many- of them are but due to cold storage conditions (compared with bottles), the development of the lactobacillus has been impeded. I've seen a similar effect happen with beers brewed locally: bottles of my local brewery's peanut butter porter turned sour (due to lacto in the PB2 powder), but the kegs stayed fine for a long time.

 

[furley]

educate me. do breweries not test new barrels for bugs/infection before using them? are some of these bugs undetectable except in certain, very specific conditions that don't exist until after liquid is in them?

 

[Shakedwnst]

Their explanation seemed to imply that testing would not have caught this because they didn't know they should be looking for it (this certain slow growing strain of lacto).

 

[regularjohn]

Are the mods gonna edit this thread title to 2015/2016 infection?

 

[Steve2]

Are the mods gonna edit this thread title to 2015/2016 infection?

Well funny you should ask! Rumors going around Virginia of some infected regular bottles. It's probably nonsense this early on. If that rumor does carry any weight, then I'm gunna do just that.

Carolinabeerguy, this is your buddy right? Any deets?

 

[Carolinabeerguy1]

Well funny you should ask! Rumors going around Virginia of some infected regular bottles. It's probably nonsense this early on. If that rumor does carry any weight, then I'm gunna do just that.

Carolinabeerguy, this is your buddy right? Any deets?

Friend of a friend, but definitely a legitimate source. This is his place:

http://esotericvb.com/esoteric-tap-list/

 

[reverseapachemaster1]

educate me. do breweries not test new barrels for bugs/infection before using them? are some of these bugs undetectable except in certain, very specific conditions that don't exist until after liquid is in them?

It would be nearly impossible to run wort/beer through each barrel, let it grow and then QC it before putting it into service. That would add months on to the process and strip some of the character out of the barrel.

Typically breweries clean and sanitize barrels but wood is porous. It can never be sanitized/sterilized to the level of glass or steel. With whiskey barrels they may not even be sanitizing the barrels because the ABV of the spirit in the wood is so high.