Refunds for 2015 Regular BCBS and 2015 Prop

lol. by all means carry on then.

 

Cracked another one from this batch tonight and felt like I was playing russian roulette.

Still tastes wonderful :-)

 

of course. & i said that'd be the case or end result too, but was just clarifying that it wasn't a result of In-Bev divesting in the program. which that was a big speculative topic back then too.

 

GI needs to hire you, methinks.

Have enjoyed the conversation. The "truth" may be relegated to the likes of a Leonard Nimoy "In Search Of" episode (for those that remember that). Or perhaps it is well known but in this era of an inability to really keep anything truly secret, I would guess if it is really pinned down, it will come out through some channel.

 

thanks. i don't think anything will be kept a secret other than they probably knew there was a bigger problem sooner than they were willing to admit. i suspect like the program has been supersized, the options leading to the source of the issues are probably too vast to really be certain: "This is exactly what transpired & why". instead, i won't be surprised if we wind up with an educated guess designed to close the chapter/book and move forward.

if it is as many suggested, a simple but specific bottle feed or segment of equipment, then no problem, it'll be solved for the next release. if it's something more widespread & a complete warehouse issue, we may possibly see other forthcoming clues such as a very steep drop in allocations or no release at all.

 

Yikes. Second hand pre '15 BCBS will go through the roof.

 

22OCT15 bottled at 10:00. Tart and gross... the only bottle I had that was good was the fresh one I drank

 

Having a 20OCT2015 right now. There's an 1818 next to the date. Does this indicate the bottling time of 18:18 CT?. Tastes pretty good with maybe a smidge of tartness. Not gross by any means; fortunately.

 

BTW, this bottle has been refrigerated since I got it in Nov 2015.

 

Mine was not refrigerated until a few weeks ago when I put the rest of my reg BCBS in the fridge

 

Wonder if they were able to make changes to the process for the next batch (November 2016) before it was to late to change anything this year? How long is BCBS aged?

 

Highly unlikely unless the source of infection is at bottling. The next years BCBS is going into barrels all through the winter - it is aged for ~10 months on average I believe, so everything would have been produced and in the barrel house aging months ago.

I might have this wrong, but my understanding is as soon as they have cleared out and bottled the current batch they start filling and stacking the barrels for the next year - they fill the barrel room back up as quickly as possible to maximize the time in the barrel.

 

They could indeed. They will probably start to pasteurize the entire batch as well as using high end equipment to "filter" out some extra sauce.

 

You know this is a great point, because surely they have proceeded to reuse these barrels. So if they haven't traced the source yet, then they potentially have already increased the odds that this will be a repeat if this isn't done.

 

i think this is correct. the thing is they've gone out of their way to indicate they're certain it's not the new bottles + explained some of their measures that, from what i got out of it, should mean it's unlikely the contamination originated at the bottling line/point. whether or not that's completely accurate i am not sure but am assuming it's not exaggerated or misdirection.

at the very least, one glaring concern is 2016 Barleywine is maturing in emptied 2015 BCBS barrels. if this problem isn't isolated at a phase past barrel extraction, we already know at least some 2015 BCBS is out of bounds in terms of pH readings. if it's at the barrel level, you'd have to worry BCBW is marinating in potentially suspect vessels.

not knowing exactly when they barreled versus when they really admitted to themselves they were facing an "unprecedented situation", i am wondering if pasteurization would save them the next release? also unsure on this - when does pasteurization occur? pre-barrel entry or after barrels are emptied? my guess was after. mainly, what concerns me is if the beer is already showing signs of off flavors, beforehand, i would guess pasteurization probably isn't going to correct that. does anybody know the answer to any these questions?

 

Pasteurization occurs after bottling. From MicroMatic site

Anchor uses a flash pasteurization process https://www.anchorbrewing.com/blog/ask-bob-brewer-pasteurizing-craft-beer/

 

thanks!

 

I admire your commitment to beating a dead horse!!!!

 

Can this post just die already..... SMH