Czar Jack is infected

fuck.

 

seems like everything is infected lately. almost as if you should be drinking barrel-aged beers sooner rather than later.

no, that can't be right.

 

"Czar Jack is infected"

^ A tad declarative, no?

Regardless, curious about other people's experiences.

 

You should ask ChadQuest about it. I hear he has thoughts on the subject.

 

i've been meaning to find out if he has some opinions on barleywines as well. i'll have to hit him up.

 

My buddy cracked his bottle on April 12th for four of us. There was nothing but deliciousness contained in that bottle. Given the other bottles shared that day (Rare, Bramble, Parabola and others), infection would have stood out like a sore thumb. I would guess that this is an isolated incident.

 

Was this a bottle from the recent release, or a growler from the previous release?

 

No complaints for me either. Had it on tap after release, and in bottle.

 

Had a bottle from the 2012 release and it was fantastic, not a hint of infection.

 

was it stored at correct temps before you bought it? wouldnt that ruin the taste?

 

I trust lagadeer to detect an infection well enough. I also doubt it's batch wide.

 

if any one is afraid of this infection, send me your bottles, will help ya out.

 

You're infected.

 

A visiting BA shared a bottle with a group of us not too long ago (I wanna say within the past month or so), and it was pretty tasty, with nothing close to a hint of infection...

 

No issue when Town Hall Tap had it flowing for a couple of days, tasted great.

 

People have have had bottles that aren't infected. That means there are no infected bottles. Your experience should be discounted and people should continue to list the times they've enjoyed it in the past sans infection.

 

Had an infected Abyss, that sucked, hoping my CJ isnt infected or else im breaking the bottle over someones head!