Has Zombie Dust gotten worse?

Discussion in 'Great Lakes' started by TCJ0100, Dec 17, 2014.

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  1. fredmugs

    fredmugs Initiate (0) Aug 11, 2012 Indiana

    I mostly agree with this. We can get a whopping 2 bottles a week and it is not at the level it used to be. I've always considered this a near 5 beer and in the last month it's above a 4 at best.
     
  2. HugePrnceFan1999

    HugePrnceFan1999 Initiate (0) Nov 30, 2011 Indiana

    I'd say 3.8, even.
     
  3. Vav

    Vav Savant (1,049) Jul 27, 2008 Illinois

    The answer is no. It's the same as it's always been: A lovely pale ale.
     
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  4. warpig372

    warpig372 Initiate (0) Oct 10, 2013 Indiana

    Had some on tap a few weeks ago and I can only wonder if the tap line wasn't cleaned right. I am only sticking to bottles from now on.
     
  5. Mitchell57

    Mitchell57 Zealot (626) Jan 8, 2013 Wisconsin

    I've had the good fortune of trying it a few times this year, all with less than a month or 3 weeks of it being bottled. It's been an excellent pale ale (session ipa, whatever) every time. As others have said, you have probably just had other similar beers, or other better beers since first trying it. There is less reason to chase this if Pseudo Sue is readily on the shelves with some frequency now. I just much prefer a 6 pack to a bomber.
     
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  6. AOD77

    AOD77 Initiate (0) Jul 13, 2014 Illinois

    I don think it has "fallen off" necessarily. It seems like every 3-4 batches there's something different (nothing too off...but off) but then it snaps right back to the delicious delicious beer that it is.
     
  7. ganked86

    ganked86 Initiate (0) May 8, 2014 Indiana

    I drink it all the time, I live a few miles from the brewery. It has changed, it does not pack the citrus punch it once did.
     
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  8. Hopopotamus53

    Hopopotamus53 Devotee (312) May 16, 2011 Illinois
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    Consistency and quality control don't seem to be a priority.... Or quality control judging by some of the infected barrel aged $30 bombers they pump out
     
  9. Ri0

    Ri0 Initiate (0) Jul 1, 2012 Wisconsin

    Just had one that was bottled on Dec 4. Tasted great. I suppose if I was drinking a case of it every month or so, it would seem to be off after a while. I get 1-2 bottles every 6 months or so.
     
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  10. aasher

    aasher Grand Pooh-Bah (4,557) Jan 27, 2010 Indiana
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    It falls off in the first ten days. There is nothing new to see here folks...
     
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  11. michman

    michman Pundit (751) Oct 14, 2005 Illinois

    and on to the next overhyped hoppy beer...hey ZD tell Pliny we said hello
     
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  12. chazmcbro

    chazmcbro Initiate (0) Sep 7, 2010 Wisconsin

    These threads are my favorite and its opposite day.
     
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  13. BeerMeBro720

    BeerMeBro720 Initiate (0) May 2, 2013 Ohio

    Just thoroughly enjoyed a bottle marked (11/25/14). Blasphemy :grimacing:
     
  14. theburden

    theburden Devotee (377) Dec 17, 2002 Illinois

    Please tell me you aren't being serious.
     
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  15. BeerGreg

    BeerGreg Savant (1,159) May 17, 2013 Illinois

    Shirley, he's being serious.
     
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  16. Prager62

    Prager62 Grand Pooh-Bah (4,292) May 7, 2010 Colorado
    Pooh-Bah Trader

    It was better when it was called Cenotaph. :wink:
     
  17. ojgio

    ojgio Initiate (0) Jan 23, 2014 Michigan

  18. angrywolf

    angrywolf Initiate (0) Feb 22, 2010 Illinois

    I was wondering if this was the case as well. I recently purchased a 6-pack of Gumballhead that was almost three months old, and the hop profile was noticeably faded and not as an enjoyable anymore.
     
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  19. 5thOhio

    5thOhio Pooh-Bah (1,571) May 13, 2007 South Carolina
    Pooh-Bah

    Of course it has. All beers were better last year.
     
  20. BigSpeen3436

    BigSpeen3436 Pundit (827) Oct 23, 2013 Ohio

    I think it has gotten better. The harder the beer is to find, the better it tastes.
     
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