CCB Leon

Discussion in 'Trade Talk' started by KCBeerNerd, Oct 19, 2014.

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  1. KCBeerNerd

    KCBeerNerd Savant (1,002) Dec 20, 2013 Missouri
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    there is a given risk in trading. If bottle broke during shipping cause of improper packing thats one thing, but if a beer skunked after 3 years of storage, I don't think that necessarily warrants a bad trader tag. Its a risk you take when trading for an aged beer.
     
    #21 KCBeerNerd, Oct 20, 2014
  2. Kramerbarthomer

    Kramerbarthomer Pooh-Bah (2,116) Mar 22, 2012 Colorado
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    But you have no idea if it was actually improperly stored...
     
    #22 Kramerbarthomer, Oct 20, 2014
  3. KCBeerNerd

    KCBeerNerd Savant (1,002) Dec 20, 2013 Missouri
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    Could have been stored improperly, could have just been a bad bottle from the brewery, no way to know.
     
    #23 KCBeerNerd, Oct 20, 2014
  4. Bobbyearl

    Bobbyearl Initiate (0) Jan 17, 2011 Florida

    What did you taste? A skunked beer is very distinct. Could it be you were confused tasting a good beer?
     
    #24 Bobbyearl, Oct 20, 2014
  5. KCBeerNerd

    KCBeerNerd Savant (1,002) Dec 20, 2013 Missouri
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    sorry, was not trying to comment on the off flavor when saying skunked, simply just meant the bottle was bad there. Tasted like grape bubblegum flavored cardboard. Guys in my tasting group had the beer fresh a few years ago to compare from and was nothing like the one they had previously. And I'll just ignore your trolling question at the end of your post.
     
    #25 KCBeerNerd, Oct 20, 2014
  6. jegross2

    jegross2 Initiate (0) Jan 3, 2010 Illinois

    My last bottles tasted more like grape flavored hubba bubba, but never heard of anyone's taste like bubbalicious. I think it had something to do with those ruby tones.
     
    #26 jegross2, Oct 20, 2014
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  7. powpig2002

    powpig2002 Initiate (0) Jan 26, 2012 Florida

    This is satire, right?
     
    #27 powpig2002, Oct 20, 2014
  8. jcartamdg

    jcartamdg Zealot (700) Dec 2, 2010 Pennsylvania
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    I got more of a grape jolly rancher note in my last Leon that I aged out on my back porch, it was delicious! I wish more BA barleywines tasted like that, perhaps I would actually like the style.
     
    #28 jcartamdg, Oct 20, 2014
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  9. Bobbyearl

    Bobbyearl Initiate (0) Jan 17, 2011 Florida

    I heard the grape flavor can come from bad bacteria introduced during bottling. I believe the name is eppydumace. It can also be introduced at consumption.
     
    #29 Bobbyearl, Oct 21, 2014
  10. ReTag

    ReTag Initiate (0) Apr 5, 2012 Minnesota

    I drank mine with Bubble Yum in my mouf, absolutely outstanding. Didnt have grape, went with the regular and it gave it an outstanding flavor.
     
    #30 ReTag, Oct 21, 2014
  11. Kurmaraja

    Kurmaraja Initiate (0) May 21, 2013 California
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    Not a bad trader but, c'mon - is "fuck off" the best response? So many of these threads about bad traders emphasize "it's all about communication" and "fuck off" isn't very communicative. Or, rather, it is communicative ... and what it says is "I got mine and as for you ... HA HA HA."

    How about something like "That sucks that the bottle wasn't how you remembered it. But I did store it properly since release and, you know, sometimes age doesn't treat a beer well regardless of how it's stored. That's part of the risk of trading for older beers. Regardless, I don't have another to replace it with. That said, it still sucks and I feel bad sending people beers that aren't good. If we trade again, I'd be happy to throw in a nice extra to make up for it."

    Just sorta goes with my motto ... empathize and try not to be a jerk.
     
    #31 Kurmaraja, Oct 21, 2014
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  12. MykelJH

    MykelJH Initiate (0) Aug 3, 2011 California

    was fuck off the first immeadiate response? how was the fucks given? this makes a lot of difference
     
    #32 MykelJH, Oct 22, 2014
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  13. Bobbyearl

    Bobbyearl Initiate (0) Jan 17, 2011 Florida

    Yeah. Fuck etiquette is very important. Could you pass a long more details of how many fucks were used and how many fucks were given? What was the exact Fuck vernacular used?
     
    #33 Bobbyearl, Oct 22, 2014
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  14. mxracercam

    mxracercam Initiate (0) Jan 14, 2014 Pennsylvania
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    i wish we knew what the fuck we were talking about here
     
    #34 mxracercam, Oct 22, 2014
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