Is Unibroue done?

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  1. rxeight

    rxeight Initiate (0) Feb 5, 2012 Illinois

    Exactly. Rogue has been making many bad beers for many years and are still healthy.
     
    #21 rxeight, Apr 10, 2014
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  2. KingforaDay

    KingforaDay Pooh-Bah (2,445) Aug 5, 2010 New Jersey
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    The OP has been a member of BA for 7 years and asks in his 1st ever post if a brewery most of us hold up as "World Class" is done because he didn't like the way his beer tasted? :astonished:
    This has to be a joke, right?
    Stay tuned for the fall of Russian River in 2021!!!!
     
    #22 KingforaDay, Apr 10, 2014
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  3. kgncfl

    kgncfl Pundit (793) Dec 24, 2013 Washington
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    No way, no army can survive the Russian winter.
     
    #23 kgncfl, Apr 10, 2014
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  4. jlafitte

    jlafitte Initiate (0) Jun 13, 2007 Louisiana

    The corks were fine. And they took a lot of work to remove due to the absence of pressure in the bottle. These bottles came from multiple shops, all have pretty quick turnaround on their stock.

    Btw I'm not the first person to have remarked on Unibroue's quality control since they were bought out and supersized. A little googling will turn up other reports.
     
    #24 jlafitte, Apr 10, 2014
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  5. jlafitte

    jlafitte Initiate (0) Jun 13, 2007 Louisiana

    Heh. Ok those I will try. Y'all are hilarious, btw.
     
    #25 jlafitte, Apr 10, 2014
  6. jlafitte

    jlafitte Initiate (0) Jun 13, 2007 Louisiana

    Dude, those beers are imprinted on my palate and I know how they are supposed to taste. Completely flat and sugary, not.
     
    #26 jlafitte, Apr 10, 2014
  7. jlafitte

    jlafitte Initiate (0) Jun 13, 2007 Louisiana

    And in case anyone missed it the first time:

    1. The fault is obviously failed bottle fermentation. Flat and syrupy sweet.

    2. If you think stuff sits on shelves here, you don't know New Orleans, probably the drunkest city in the western hemisphere.
     
    #27 jlafitte, Apr 10, 2014
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  8. nachos

    nachos Initiate (0) Jun 4, 2012 Michigan

    Everyday on BA, I find a new "worst thread ever." Congrats jlafitte, you are today's winner!
     
    #28 nachos, Apr 10, 2014
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  9. BorisKarloff

    BorisKarloff Initiate (0) Apr 29, 2013 Ohio

    It's telling that no one else has reported the same issues as you, though. That doesn't mean your experience isn't valid, but it does imply that your experience isn't representative of the quality of their beer.
     
    #29 BorisKarloff, Apr 10, 2014
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  10. pieman25

    pieman25 Initiate (0) Oct 16, 2010 Canada (ON)

    in all of my years of drinking unibroue whenever I found it - particularly maudite, la terrible, and la fin du monde - I have never had this happen. I'm sorry that you've had such an experience.
     
    #30 pieman25, Apr 10, 2014
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  11. JrGtr

    JrGtr Pooh-Bah (1,775) Apr 13, 2006 Massachusetts
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    Like Pieman, I've Been drinking Unibroue for ages. I've never had a flat bottle. I've had a few here and there that were not as good as they should have been but it was bad storage, usually by me, not anything they did wrong.
     
    #31 JrGtr, Apr 10, 2014
  12. JackHorzempa

    JackHorzempa Grand Pooh-Bah (3,375) Dec 15, 2005 Pennsylvania
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    This is your thread and it is not my place to suggest that you word things differently but…

    If in your original post you detailed the issues you had with some Unibroue beers and asked if other BAs have experienced these same issues (plus if you titled the post with something like “I have had some flat Unibroue beers lately”) you will likely receive a more positive response.

    Cheers!
     
    #32 JackHorzempa, Apr 10, 2014
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  13. jlafitte

    jlafitte Initiate (0) Jun 13, 2007 Louisiana

    (scratching head...) ok here are several more reports:

    http://www.reddit.com/r/beer/comments/1elw9l/

    I'm actually happy for everyone that these bottles are outliers, but that doesn't change the increasingly poor crapshoot I perceive when laying down eight or ten bucks for another.
     
    #33 jlafitte, Apr 10, 2014
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  14. RangnaR

    RangnaR Initiate (0) Dec 17, 2012 California

    Huh... I guess Rogue finally found their "IT Jack of All Trades"...
     
    #34 RangnaR, Apr 10, 2014
  15. moshea

    moshea Initiate (0) Jul 16, 2007 Michigan

    They were bought out over 10 years ago.
     
    #35 moshea, Apr 10, 2014
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  16. Norseman

    Norseman Initiate (0) Apr 18, 2013 Illinois

    poor thread title to convey your disappointment, but that aside, Sapporo, the owner of Unibroue, may still be able to operate if you never buy another bottle. Just a tad over $5.1 billion in sales last year. http://www.sapporoholdings.jp/english/ir/report/fs/pdf/201303_FinancialResults.pdf

    Eh I'll pick up the slack and buy extra just to be sure they stay in the black, enjoy Unibroue and Yebisu.
     
    #36 Norseman, Apr 10, 2014
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  17. Dupage25

    Dupage25 Savant (1,044) Jul 4, 2013 Antarctica

    Never had a bad bottle from Unibroue.
     
    #37 Dupage25, Apr 10, 2014
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  18. precariouslydaniel

    precariouslydaniel Initiate (0) Dec 29, 2013 Virginia

    I opened a completely flat Terrible last week and I've had multiple split corks that required a corkscrew. I love the brewery but I really don't like this.
     
    #38 precariouslydaniel, Apr 10, 2014
  19. VTBrewHound

    VTBrewHound Pundit (831) Jan 5, 2013 Vermont

    I've had two flat La Fin Du Mondes and a flat Maudite last weekend.
    I emailed the brewery Saturday, with the bottle code, etc, no word yet...
    (All corked 750s)
    Either too young to market, or a yeast issue maybe?
     
    #39 VTBrewHound, Apr 11, 2014
  20. DoubleJ

    DoubleJ Grand Pooh-Bah (4,516) Oct 13, 2007 Wisconsin
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    Given the rating trends of Unibroue's popular beers (La Fin du Monde, Maudite, Trois Pistoles), I'd say they're doing just fine. That said, it sucks to hear that your bottles were below standard.
     
    #40 DoubleJ, Apr 11, 2014
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