Why does The Bruery rustle so many jimmies?
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Wassailwilly
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Looks like a MISHMASH to me all right !!!
drbenzo1
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Ok, so I've never had problems with The Bruery previously, and am a Reserve Society Member, however I opened one of my 2 bottles of Filmishmish last night, and man was I disappointed. It poured like a syrupy, pulpy mess, weird (see: gross) carbonation, probably only got 6-8 ounces of semi-clear drinkable fluid, the rest was raw squeezed apricot pulp shampoo.
Considering me and my co-membership owner paid $50 for these 3 bottles (he bought 1, and his was a mess too), this is a bit of a let down. Previous batch was delicious, was saddened that this is what poured out. Hopefully they remedy the situation.
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Sooooo the other day I read what some noobs on the other site wrote about this beer and I kinda laughed it off as exaggerations. To actually see a pic of it tells a completely different story. I am all for the bruery loading up fruit in their fruit beers and i dont mind (prefer actually) them being unfiltered with some fruit maybe making its way into the bottle. But seriously...if this was me I would be ashamed of myself selling bottles of this.
A bottle of sour in the rye with peaches that I opened was similar to this but not nearly as bad. Yikes
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Yeah, i definitely don't mind a bit of sediment and fruit residue, but considering the level of this production facility, I was pretty surprised that it was this bad.
Honestly, I have no idea how they couldn't have opened a bottle in this condition if they were testing QA/QC before these were sold, can anybody verify that their bottles were not in this condition?
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Holy **** that Filmishmish looks like ass. We maxed out on our HS membership on these bottles too. Well, looks like I may have to cut back even more on spending money on the bruery, just like we did last time after the fiasco with their 4 or so bottles that sucked. I really like the bruery, but they are getting Lost Abbey bad with their coinflip releases.
Additionally, is this the first fruit beer release since they changed their "fruiting" process? Im wondering if this doesnt have something to do with the fact that they are treating fruit additions differently since the problems/refunds of last year.
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JulianB1
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I've only had a few fruited beers from The Bruery, but I thought Sans Pagaie, Bottleworks XII re-brew, and Oude Tart w/ Cherries were all fantastic.
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Having had a broad assortment of Bruery fruited beers, this is very atypical of the quality you get from them. I can't think of a single one that I've personally tasted before that had the texture or consistency this one did.
Also, discussing this with a few others who have opened their Filmishmish from this year, this one seems to be one of the worst cases. Others have said that maybe 5-10 oz of their bottles had this level of sludge, but I can honestly say maybe 4-ounces, if left to settle, could even come close to the level of clarity that I had seen in the previous batch. The rest was pure fruit-mud.
This wasn't even like yeast sediment or anything, it's all fruit flesh.
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JulianB1
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Yeah looking at your pictures, I kept thinking that it reminded me of what the beer looks like when I keg up one of my homebrew mango-habanero saisons: comes out of the auto-siphon looking exactly like that but the fruit gets strained out in a filter before the beer goes into the keg.
Sounds like the switching of fruit additions in secondary to boil kettle removed the risk of wild contamination but created the worst case of pectin haze ever. Or maybe some of these fills are litterally pulled from the bottom of barrel/tank.
Fom a brewing standpoint, im anxious to read a reply/explanation.
Fom a brewing standpoint, im anxious to read a reply/explanation.
drgarage1
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Why would you do brew kettle additions for a sour? I would think wild contamination would be part of the point...
Trady
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Considering the pulp left on the rim on my glass after pouring out, I'd think it was residual fruit fibers that just were never properly filtered out.
Disregard my comments. I was not accurately recalling the details they released in their "cleaning the slate" blog post. Evidently the boiling of fruit purees is only for their clean beers...which for some reason I am drawing a blank on even being able to name any?
Yea, it sure looks that way. It might just be a case of some bottles being way worse than others depending on whether they were filled at the start of bottling or towards the end.
Trady
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That was my thought as well, due to the variation of levels of sludge.
drgarage1
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They haven't done many clean fruit beers over the years, but they did the peach old ale last year, which was infected and recalled. Autumn Maple, also.
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i wonder what their excuse is gonna be for this one 
oh well, maybe you can just cook with it or something
oh well, maybe you can just cook with it or something
Ok, so I've never had problems with The Bruery previously, and am a Reserve Society Member, however I opened one of my 2 bottles of Filmishmish last night, and man was I disappointed. It poured like a syrupy, pulpy mess, weird (see: gross) carbonation, probably only got 6-8 ounces of semi-clear drinkable fluid, the rest was raw squeezed apricot pulp shampoo.
Considering me and my co-membership owner paid $50 for these 3 bottles (he bought 1, and his was a mess too), this is a bit of a let down. Previous batch was delicious, was saddened that this is what poured out. Hopefully they address the problems.
Below is photographic and video evidence:
Problem is that you poured from a lambic cradle. The pressure of properly filling that vessel caused the beer to cave on itself.
tinypyramids1
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Ok, so I've never had problems with The Bruery previously, and am a Reserve Society Member, however I opened one of my 2 bottles of Filmishmish last night, and man was I disappointed. It poured like a syrupy, pulpy mess, weird (see: gross) carbonation, probably only got 6-8 ounces of semi-clear drinkable fluid, the rest was raw squeezed apricot pulp shampoo.
Considering me and my co-membership owner paid $50 for these 3 bottles (he bought 1, and his was a mess too), this is a bit of a let down. Previous batch was delicious, was saddened that this is what poured out. Hopefully they address the problems.
Below is photographic and video evidence:
holy hell. i sure hope the one bottle i have coming isn't like that.
LukeAleTime
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I know nothing of this beer, but it looks a lot like it could be sick?
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harrymel1
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Ok, so I've never had problems with The Bruery previously, and am a Reserve Society Member, however I opened one of my 2 bottles of Filmishmish last night, and man was I disappointed. It poured like a syrupy, pulpy mess, weird (see: gross) carbonation, probably only got 6-8 ounces of semi-clear drinkable fluid, the rest was raw squeezed apricot pulp shampoo.
Considering me and my co-membership owner paid $50 for these 3 bottles (he bought 1, and his was a mess too), this is a bit of a let down. Previous batch was delicious, was saddened that this is what poured out. Hopefully they address the problems.
Below is photographic and video evidence:
Wait....you're white?!
Der Fuchs
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Ok, so I've never had problems with The Bruery previously, and am a Reserve Society Member, however I opened one of my 2 bottles of Filmishmish last night, and man was I disappointed. It poured like a syrupy, pulpy mess, weird (see: gross) carbonation, probably only got 6-8 ounces of semi-clear drinkable fluid, the rest was raw squeezed apricot pulp shampoo.
Considering me and my co-membership owner paid $50 for these 3 bottles (he bought 1, and his was a mess too), this is a bit of a let down. Previous batch was delicious, was saddened that this is what poured out. Hopefully they address the problems.
Below is photographic and video evidence:
So did it taste anything like last years? I can't be the only gross muther****er who thinks that looks good. Doesn't look like a beer, but if it tastes alright I would drink the **** out of that.
I can see it now...
The Bruery. Now with more fiber!
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i got a bottlewerkz im gonna crack soon, my bro tossed it to me today
is it guuuuuuuuuuuud or should i just go cry in a corner now and get it over with
is it guuuuuuuuuuuud or should i just go cry in a corner now and get it over with
dimensionx
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i got a bottlewerkz im gonna crack soon, my bro tossed it to me today
is it guuuuuuuuuuuud or should i just go cry in a corner now and get it over with
You should just drink it and decide for yourself, you don't need dudes on the internet to tell you what you like and what you don't like.
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i was jokingly referring to it being a good or bad bottle, not like hey guys does it taste good or not. im tired dont judge me
Trady
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It did not. Very little sour/tartness, sweeter than it should have been.
Funnily enough, I happened to be doing a little unpacking last night and found a bottle of B1, and checked my other bottle of this batch. Visually, my other fresh bottle looks to be about as ****ed as this one was, so maybe a little side-by-side is in order?
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It's delicious, drink with confidencei was jokingly referring to it being a good or bad bottle, not like hey guys does it taste good or not. im tired dont judge me
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Damn, I have 3 of these coming. Thanks for the heads up. Already got in contact with the RS member who's having them sent. Gonna check them before they leave Cali. Was really looking forward to these.
I was not a big fan of bottleworks B2 the first time i had it. It had a strong witbier presence going on with cloves and yeasty spice that really clashed with the tartness and raspberries. However, drank a bottle last weekend again and was pleasantly surprised to see the prgression into a realm that is much more cohesive and drinkable. The wit aspect is fading and dem der raspberries are as bright as ever.i got a bottlewerkz im gonna crack soon, my bro tossed it to me today
is it guuuuuuuuuuuud or should i just go cry in a corner now and get it over with
litheum94
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Had a bottle a couple months ago. I would not have been able to identify it as a wit at all. As you said, lots of raspberry flavors, and pretty tart. I enjoyed it more than I thought I would.
StarRaptor1
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Long talk with some Bruery employees last night, very small amounts of pulp bottles escaped into the wild the rest have been isolated. The bulk of the batch is pulp free I should also note
Trady
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Glad they caught most of the bottles, would be a bummer if it were more widespread.
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