Finally! Fresh Mongo Bottles

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  1. OTB

    OTB Pooh-Bah (1,779) Sep 2, 2011 California
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    I posted on this a few weeks ago. Seemed everywhere you looked the freshest Mongo on shelves here in So Cal of all places was from November 2011. New batches just delivered with a bottled date of 2-28-12. Fresh Mongo is soooo good !

    Cheers......
     
  2. tjensen3618

    tjensen3618 Savant (1,225) Mar 23, 2008 California

    Sweet, I haven't had a Mongo in months.
    Anybody know when Hop-15 is coming out? love that beer.
     
  3. pmarlowe

    pmarlowe Pooh-Bah (1,899) Nov 27, 2010 Virginia
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    Yeah I noticed this too. November bottles were sticking around until a little while ago, and suddenly new stock hit.
     
  4. BuckeyeOne

    BuckeyeOne Initiate (0) Mar 9, 2008 Washington

    But the question is, Does it have a ton of sediment in the bottom?
     
  5. pmarlowe

    pmarlowe Pooh-Bah (1,899) Nov 27, 2010 Virginia
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  6. taffeys

    taffeys Initiate (0) Dec 23, 2005 California

  7. MCorrea

    MCorrea Initiate (0) Aug 23, 2010 California

    If I wanted that much pulp in my drink, I'd buy orange juice. Is lost abbey even trying to fix this? I like the beer on tap, but the huge sediment issue keeps me from ever buying bottles.
     
  8. pmarlowe

    pmarlowe Pooh-Bah (1,899) Nov 27, 2010 Virginia
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    Are you drinking the sediment?

    My intuition tells me they really don't care.
     
  9. BuckeyeOne

    BuckeyeOne Initiate (0) Mar 9, 2008 Washington

    Tomme really does care. I ran into him at Whole Foods in Seattle a few months back. I was openly complaining about the sediment in the bottle to the store beer guy. Tomme was standing right behind me. I had no idea it was him. He gave me his card and said they believed they had the solution. I told him I hoped so because I love it on tap but won't buy the bottles with all that sediment.
     
  10. pmarlowe

    pmarlowe Pooh-Bah (1,899) Nov 27, 2010 Virginia
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    I have bad dreams about these types of things happening.

    But that's encouraging to hear. I love Mongo on tap also.
     
  11. tyrsis

    tyrsis Savant (1,050) Mar 13, 2009 California
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    I don't see the big deal. Don't pour the last ounce in your glass. FWIW, I have yet to have a bottle with floaters in it...
     
  12. jtmartino

    jtmartino Initiate (0) Dec 11, 2010 California

    I've never noticed the sediment. I assume it's yeast, but I don't think the bottles are bottle-conditioned. Is it just due to incomplete fermentation?
     
  13. libbey

    libbey Initiate (0) May 18, 2008 British Indian Ocean Territory
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    Fresh Mongo on tap is a very tough to beat in my humble opinion
     
  14. riko

    riko Zealot (732) Jan 18, 2008 California
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    It's not as easy as that, unfortunately. A certified Cicerone that I know had so much trouble with sediment while pouring a new bottle of Mongo that he ended up having to dump it.
     
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  15. EdTheEdge

    EdTheEdge Initiate (0) Mar 26, 2011 California

    Nope sorry I can not get past all that sediment.... "Chunky" beers are not my thing.
     
  16. brentusaurus

    brentusaurus Initiate (0) Jan 22, 2012 California

    Oh sweeet I need to go beer shopping.
     
  17. mrkrispy

    mrkrispy Initiate (0) Apr 5, 2006 California

    I had the new Mongo on tap at a few local places and it was fantastic, best it has ever been.
    I then saw a Feb-dated bottle and had to buy one (I don't usually buy Lost Abbey/Port bottles anymore because of the years-long problems). Burned once again....

    The yeasty pound cake at the bottom was at least 1-finger thick. Unpleasant image of the bottle getting Stifflered. I couldn't even get one 8oz pour out of the bomber without a ton of sediment and the sediment completely wrecked the flavor of Mongo.

    If there were a craft beer version of Tosh.0, Lost Abbey would always be the opening scene.
    I almost wish they could implement a laugh-track audio chip in every cap.
     
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  18. MacNCheese

    MacNCheese Initiate (0) Dec 10, 2011 California

    With the mega bucks Lost Abbey/Port have dumped into expanding their barrel program (which makes some amazing beers), one would think they'd have dumped some cash into a force carbing addition to their bottling line to cover the basics. I do not want, nor will I buy, bottle conditioned IPA's or the rest of the Port line of beers. Love it on tap, won't buy the bottles.
     
  19. riko

    riko Zealot (732) Jan 18, 2008 California
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    Whenever I think about buying another Lost Abbey/Port bottle, this old image appears in my mind:
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  20. stawn

    stawn Initiate (0) Sep 16, 2008 California

    FTW!!!!!
     
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