jackie o's quality issue?

Have you let Brad know yet?

 

I cracked a bottle of DA Nuts last weekend and something was definitely off. Sour and kind of salty and nothing like the nutty goodness it was back in December.

 

Again, did you tell Brad?

I mean really, shouldn't the first thing be to bring up a possible issue with the brewery first, before asking others?

 

Okay, but still, did you email him with YOUR findings? And correct me if I'm wrong, but the email was about Nuts, not your Kopi DA, correct? So why are you bringing up a different beer, if you haven't made him aware of the problem?

Jeez.

 

He brought up the other beer because it relates to the title of the thread.

 

Also tasted an infected Oil Of Aphrodite Rum Barrel.

 

Are they infected or just falling apart? I love their beers fresh, but I don't think they hold up particularly well over time (outside of some of their sours).

 

infected, as in wild yeast/sourness.

 

I had a rum barrel oil about a month and half ago and it was good then. Had a bourbon barrel da about three weeks ago and it was a sour infected mess.

 

Gotcha. I have had some Oil and Rum Oil bottles taste metallic and overall not great after some time in the cellar. They were not infected, to the best of my knowledge, which is why I was asking. I know there are others that have had issues: Bourbon Berry Grove (massively overcarbed), Sweet Chocolate Love (infected), etc.

I do think as a rule that Jackie O's brews, outside of their sours, should be drank relatively fresh.

 

If you email or call Jackie O's, they respond fairly quickly.

 

Understood, but if you are a customer then you have a right to do so. I love the JO's folks and their releases, but there are some issues that they need to address with their bottles. I also believe that they would want to know of those issues, so that they can improve their production steps and to be sure that they are making customers happy. That is my approach and belief, but as you said it may be a difference of styles. Hope to see you there sometime down the road!

 

Way to resort to being an asshole about it. Let's be realistic here, which will get results quicker? Calling/emailing the brewery to let them know what is going on, or just post on a forum about a beer you had that's got a possible infection without letting the brewery know about it? If you can't understand why I said what I did, then by all means, stay in your realm of delusion. That's fine by me.

 

FWIW, a DA Nuts last month and a Rum Oil this weekend were both fine. But if there's a good reason to drink JOs stouts sooner rather than later I can handle that.

 

I've had a few Jackie O stouts show up at tastings and they've been infected. Two of three or three of four, can't remember. I think they were Rum Oil of Aphrodite (twice?) and one of the Dark Apparition variants.

In any case it was enough to never ISO any of their beer. I'd be pissed if I actually bought the rarer bottle release stuff and was offered shelf cans in return. I feel like people have been talking about this issue for over a year, so lets hope they get it figured out soon.