Is this a Recap/Rewax?

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  1. 1beardedbeerdrinker

    1beardedbeerdrinker Initiate (0) Aug 5, 2014 Illinois
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    Buddy convinced me to go halves on a bottle of Murda'd and several other BA FFF stouts in a local deal and he came back with the bottle below.

    I'm 100% convinced this is a very poor rewax but the guy swears he bought it in the end of '13 at FFF cellar cleaning sale and swears it's never been opened. The other bottles were perfect and seemed to back up the story.

    To me it looks like the cap had a bottle opener to it but the wax under the rim of the cap appears to be untouched.

    Thoughts?

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    #1 1beardedbeerdrinker, Jan 15, 2015
  2. evilcatfish

    evilcatfish Pooh-Bah (2,116) May 11, 2012 Missouri
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    I think its legit but appears it hasn't been handled very carefully
     
    #2 evilcatfish, Jan 15, 2015
  3. phishphorce

    phishphorce Savant (1,023) Aug 4, 2011 Pennsylvania
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    That looks ok to me. The waxing on the couple bottles of Murda'd I had were just as poor.
     
    #3 phishphorce, Jan 15, 2015
  4. PatrickInAustinTx

    PatrickInAustinTx Savant (1,088) Nov 16, 2013 Texas
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    Agreed. I have opened one myself and had a buddy open one of his and they both looked like that. I don't think you should sweat it.
     
    #4 PatrickInAustinTx, Jan 15, 2015
  5. ASak10

    ASak10 Initiate (0) Jan 2, 2014 Colorado

    You must not be familiar with FFF quality control. This is like an A- job for them, be thankful the cap is even on!

    (I know I know....I couldn't help myself.)
     
    #5 ASak10, Jan 15, 2015
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  6. ravot

    ravot Initiate (0) Mar 20, 2012 Illinois

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  7. 64vdub

    64vdub Pundit (848) Feb 20, 2014 California
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    All my FFF wax has looked exactly like that.
     
    #7 64vdub, Jan 15, 2015
  8. Hendrick24

    Hendrick24 Pooh-Bah (1,949) Sep 6, 2013 Wisconsin
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    The real question is, is the label straight or crooked and falling off? If its the latter, you've got the genuine FFF article :wink:
     
    #8 Hendrick24, Jan 15, 2015
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  9. 1beardedbeerdrinker

    1beardedbeerdrinker Initiate (0) Aug 5, 2014 Illinois
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    Thanks to all for your thoughts on this. We picked it up for a bottle share this weekend, so I'll report back on Sunday.
     
    #9 1beardedbeerdrinker, Jan 15, 2015
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  10. dazedandconfused

    dazedandconfused Initiate (0) Dec 11, 2008 New Jersey

    Looks like it just ran a little thin on top.
     
    #10 dazedandconfused, Jan 15, 2015
  11. JavaNoire

    JavaNoire Savant (1,163) Dec 4, 2010 Iowa

    I've seen a couple of lousy 2012 wax jobs. I had a DL I was actually very suspicious of pre-Herb but one taste hit me with that a rush of the 2012 FFF 'trademark' green apple & I knew it was (regrettably) genuine.

    I've been told the ba variants don't have the green apple flavor but I've had 2 bottles of 2012 regular DL in the last year & it's still there. Bleh.
     
    #11 JavaNoire, Jan 17, 2015
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  12. Kramerbarthomer

    Kramerbarthomer Pooh-Bah (2,116) Mar 22, 2012 Colorado
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    ^^^ I think you just coined a new phrase!
     
    #12 Kramerbarthomer, Jan 17, 2015
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  13. BMBCLT

    BMBCLT Grand Pooh-Bah (3,427) May 9, 2014 South Carolina
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    '14 DL was delicious!
     
    #13 BMBCLT, Jan 17, 2015
  14. Irrenarzt

    Irrenarzt Initiate (0) Mar 1, 2009 New Mexico

    This is legit wax
     
    #14 Irrenarzt, Jan 17, 2015
  15. MasterPenguins

    MasterPenguins Pundit (985) May 16, 2014 North Carolina

    Pretty much all the 2012 (Red) FFF waxed beers I have seen look exactly like that. You can see the edges of the cap on all of them.
     
    #15 MasterPenguins, Jan 17, 2015
  16. 1beardedbeerdrinker

    1beardedbeerdrinker Initiate (0) Aug 5, 2014 Illinois
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    ***UPDATE***

    Cracked in on Saturday and all is well. It was the hit of the bottle share.

    Thanks everyone for talking me off the ledge.
     
    #16 1beardedbeerdrinker, Jan 19, 2015
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