Regular Bourbon County Stout 2015 Infection

[Der Fuchs]

Well that took less time then even I thought....



Lol InBev.

 

[drgarage1]

Well that took less time then even I thought....



Lol InBev.

Aren't they flash pasteurizing? This would suggest infection after that...

 

[Der Fuchs]

Aren't they flash pasteurizing? This would suggest infection after that...

Thats what i hear, but I have no idea. I don't care. I haven't bought bcbs since the buyout. It just usually takes a extra year or two more than this for InBev to nosedive their craft brewery acquisitions.

 

[JulianB1]

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?

Any chance this is one of those bottles, of which pics have been floating around, that has a 2016 neck label but is actually a re-labelled 2015 bottle?

 

[mattafett]

I have 2 - 11/04/15. Drank 1 last week. It was fine. I kept both refrigerated the entire time though.

 

[jwazzy]

Drinking a 2016 now. Label and date. It's fine. It's missing that wow factor and it seems a bit thinner than in years past but maybe I'm just jaded. I wouldn't set foot in a line for it but it is still quite good.

 

[drgarage1]

Any chance this is one of those bottles, of which pics have been floating around, that has a 2016 neck label but is actually a re-labelled 2015 bottle?

Back label would confirm.

 

[Iliketurtles]

I had a 2016 bottle in the last few days. Mine was definitely not infected, but it was also the worst batch I have ever had. Thin, harsh, licorishy.

I heard that lots of 2016 was infected, and they dumped a lot. They said that prop was infected so maple was repurposed for prop.

 

[matedog]

I had a 2016 bottle in the last few days. Mine was definitely not infected, but it was also the worst batch I have ever had. Thin, harsh, licorishy.

I heard that lots of 2016 was infected, and they dumped a lot. They said that prop was infected so maple was repurposed for prop.

Weird, I just noticed that.

I opened my first 2016 this weekend and it was on point. Very reminiscent of last year's. Even had it side by side with **** and it was noticeably richer.

 

[Gonzoillini1]

They said that prop was infected so maple was repurposed for prop.

Just curious where you heard this as I saw the barrels of the Scotch BCS still in the warehouse a few weeks back and when we asked the folks from Goose Island about this at the structured tasting on Black Friday they said they simply weren't ready yet and were going to continue to age.

 

[Kasher]

Just curious where you heard this as I saw the barrels of the Scotch BCS still in the warehouse a few weeks back and when we asked the folks from Goose Island about this at the structured tasting on Black Friday they said they simply weren't ready yet and were going to continue to age.

"Someone"

"A friend"

"A guy I know who runs a bottleshop"

"Read it somewhere"

"Distro rep"

 

[Iliketurtles]

Just curious where you heard this as I saw the barrels of the Scotch BCS still in the warehouse a few weeks back and when we asked the folks from Goose Island about this at the structured tasting on Black Friday they said they simply weren't ready yet and were going to continue to age.

I heard it from a friend who spoke to a rep at length at a black friday event (not in my area). My friend is trustworthy, but I guess the rep could be clueless.

 

[furley]

i heard one of the brewer's assistants fell in to a vat of Prop and died but because AB is so cheap, they just left the body in there and didn't report it.

that's where the mineraly taste is coming from. it's iron from his blood.


that's straight from the mouth of the truck driver that drops beer off at my local. he overheard a Miller rep talking about it with someone at a bar a few weeks back.

 

[Ziggy]

i heard one of the brewer's assistants fell in to a vat of Prop and died but because AB is so cheap, they just left the body in there and didn't report it.

that's where the mineraly taste is coming from. it's iron from his blood.


that's straight from the mouth of the truck driver that drops beer off at my local. he overheard a Miller rep talking about it with someone at a bar a few weeks back.

 

[jivex5k1]

Alright, I wasn't supposed to release this video but **** it, you guys deserve to know the truth behind the infections.
They can fire me if they want, I'm kind of sick of working for InBev.

Spoiler

 

[Vivified]

They said that prop was infected so maple was repurposed for prop.

The beers are different from what the descriptions say, not sure how true this is.

 

[RedCoffee]

The real question: which ABV was aged in Pappy barrels this year?

 

[CornAndBeer]

Spoiler

Hmmm, needs more dog

 

[tikk]

The real question: which ABV was aged in Pappy barrels this year?

The gold cap ones, some guy at my local shop told me. It's in honor of the cubbies winning the series.

 

[pen15clubmember]

Semi-serious question. Why do people (haters) keep calling it an adjunct stout? Is barrel-aging considered an adjunct now? I don't recall people calling it that in the past...

 

[matedog]

Semi-serious question. Why do people (haters) keep calling it an adjunct stout? Is barrel-aging considered an adjunct now? I don't recall people calling it that in the past...

I don't think they do.

 

[pen15clubmember]

I don't think they do.

I've seen several folks in Facebook beer groups and other places use it. There's so much misinformation and idiots in those groups that I didn't want to start a minor shitstorm by calling them out.

Edit: just going to assume that these folks don't know what they're talking...

 

[matedog]

I've seen several folks in Facebook beer groups and other places use it. There's so much misinformation and idiots in those groups that I didn't want to start a minor shitstorm by calling them out.

Edit: just going to assume that these folks don't know what they're talking...

Yeah probably. I don't venture from here too often.

The only thing that bugs me is derisively using the term "adjunct" as if it is inherently bad or worse, #newmoney.

 

[timotao]

I thought an adjunct was a supplemental source of fermentable sugars like corn, rice, wheat etc? Not coffee and chocolate. It seems like most people are misusing the term either way.

 

[pen15clubmember]

I thought an adjunct was a supplemental source of fermentable sugars like corn, rice, wheat etc? Not coffee and chocolate. It seems like most people are misusing the term either way.

Yeah part of me wonders if the thought process for people calling it that is "Well, they're owned by Bud and everybody knows they use rice to save money, so that's what they do for Bourbon County. Wake up, sheeple!"

 

[tikk]

Does it have a gold cap? I heard that's Pappy

The gold cap ones, some guy at my local shop told me. It's in honor of the cubbies winning the series.

****, I made the same joke 1 year apart. I quit beer.

 

[coldstorage]

I was telling my buddy when we each scored a bottle last week "i'm going to go post that its infected and ground floor that **** this year". Always the bridesmaid, never the bride...

 

[7SeasCellarman]

It's not at all a defining term for adjunct , I think what people get fighting on is "is it a barrel aged stout? Or is it a barrel aged stout with dry spices/additives to make you taste something different other then what a typical bourbon barrel offers." I enjoy both but I think the line can be blurred when a brewery offers a barrel aged stout with coffee beans, chiles, vanilla , chocolate, etc..."

 

[preluderl]

Had one last night (one of the bottles that I sent the neck label in for record) and it was infection cittaayyy.

 

[capnmike]

Had one last night (one of the bottles that I sent the neck label in for record) and it was infection cittaayyy.

Yeah, since I couldn't find any 16 yet, I tried 3 refunded 15s this week - they were decent until even a couple of months ago, but now immediate drain pours.