Is something wrong with Loose Cannon?

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  1. Hokies

    Hokies Initiate (0) Dec 17, 2007 Rhode Island

    Just cracked what I believe is a fresh Loose Cannon (no longer with the best by notches on the bottom of the label plus store just got it in) and there is no hop aroma to speak of with a biscuit aroma. Taste follows with only a slight grassy bitterness. I know they have had problems keeping up with production. Just poured a second one and their is a definite problem. Not sure if they rushed this batch of Loose Cannon or if they poured the wrong beer into Loose Cannon bottles.
     
    #1 Hokies, Jul 14, 2012
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  2. FTowne

    FTowne Initiate (0) Jan 27, 2012 Missouri

    Oh man, thoughts and prayers.
     
    #2 FTowne, Jul 14, 2012
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  3. Bonis

    Bonis Initiate (0) Jul 28, 2010 Ohio

    Haha gotta expect the immediate asshole comment... I've had Loose Cannon a few times. Never thought it was special, it is a solid IPA though. Probably just an off batch.
     
    #3 Bonis, Jul 14, 2012
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  4. FTowne

    FTowne Initiate (0) Jan 27, 2012 Missouri

    Not meant as an assholish comment. I've received one as part of a trade and thought it was A-OK.
     
    #4 FTowne, Jul 14, 2012
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  5. Bonis

    Bonis Initiate (0) Jul 28, 2010 Ohio

    My bad.. So much trolling and snobbery on here nowadays. It's hard to tell when people are being serious.

    Heavy Seas doesn't distribute to Mizzou? Kinda surprised, I figured they were all over the place.
     
    #5 Bonis, Jul 14, 2012
  6. FTowne

    FTowne Initiate (0) Jan 27, 2012 Missouri

    Nope, not here. And I agree about the snobbery but that ain't me! I'm just here for a good time!

    Cheers!
     
    #6 FTowne, Jul 14, 2012
  7. chefkevlar

    chefkevlar Initiate (0) Apr 17, 2010 South Carolina

    Just because the store just got it doesn't mean it's fresh, I've received cases from distributors that were out of date when they were delivered.
     
    #7 chefkevlar, Jul 14, 2012
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  8. mwrecording

    mwrecording Crusader (481) Nov 14, 2009 Maryland

    Yeah, here in MD the last 2 times my shop actually got it in(they tell us its been out of stock for 3 weeks...) it was already 3 weeks old.

    And to your point, almost everything we get from Cali is already a month, sometimes 2 months old. I'd love to enjoy some Stone beers...
     
    #8 mwrecording, Jul 14, 2012
  9. Hokies

    Hokies Initiate (0) Dec 17, 2007 Rhode Island

    No it was fresh. Rhode Island had been out of stock for a few weeks and just got a shipment in the last two weeks. Unless it was pulled from another market. It tasted like 6 month old Loose Cannon, that's how muted the hops where.
     
    #9 Hokies, Jul 14, 2012
  10. otispdriftwood

    otispdriftwood Initiate (0) Dec 9, 2011 Colorado

    Well if it tasted like 6 month old, perhaps it was pulled from another market where it wasn't selling so well.
     
    #10 otispdriftwood, Jul 14, 2012
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  11. ShanePB

    ShanePB Initiate (0) Sep 6, 2010 Pennsylvania

    Contact Clipper City, seriously. I had a old/bad case of Small Craft Warning and they sent a fresh case to my local distributor for me to pick up.
     
    #11 ShanePB, Jul 14, 2012
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  12. JackHorzempa

    JackHorzempa Grand Pooh-Bah (3,375) Dec 15, 2005 Pennsylvania
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    You just gotta love it when breweries truly want beer consumers to obtain quality product.

    Cheers to Clipper City!
     
    #12 JackHorzempa, Jul 14, 2012
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  13. jzeilinger

    jzeilinger Grand High Pooh-Bah (8,847) Dec 4, 2004 Pennsylvania
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    It's been hit or miss with me on the Cannon and I don't remember ever getting much aroma from it.
     
    #13 jzeilinger, Jul 15, 2012
  14. Hokies

    Hokies Initiate (0) Dec 17, 2007 Rhode Island

    read the side of the bottle and is seems to be brewed in Utica now. So I guess Saranac is doing some contract brewing for them. I guess that would explain the bad batch.
     
    #14 Hokies, Jul 24, 2012
  15. nc41

    nc41 Initiate (0) Sep 25, 2008 North Carolina
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    A decent brew for sure, if you drink it often , and if it's off you'll know. I'd bring it back to the retailer, a good retailer will stand behind his stuff.
     
    #15 nc41, Jul 24, 2012
  16. Jason

    Jason Founder (0) Aug 23, 1996 Massachusetts

    Feel free to post a pic ...
     
    #16 Jason, Jul 24, 2012
  17. jacksback

    jacksback Initiate (0) Jul 20, 2011 Massachusetts

    The correct answer to this thread is...


    Yes.
     
    #17 jacksback, Jul 24, 2012
  18. jesskidden

    jesskidden Grand Pooh-Bah (3,145) Aug 10, 2005 New Jersey
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    Looks like it's the case, contract-brewed at F.X. Matt-

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    Blaming a contract brewery for a "bad batch" always rubs me the wrong way. The label says "Clipper City Brewing Co." and that's where the buck should stop. If the owner of that company approves of the beer and allows it to be sold, it's their responsibility.

    Also, Matt typically dates their beers directly on the glass at the neck - any discussion of an "off" beer should include the bottling or "best by" date code.
     
    #18 jesskidden, Jul 24, 2012
  19. Longstaff

    Longstaff Initiate (0) May 23, 2002 Massachusetts

    Yes, needs more bitterness to be drinkable. Love the flavor, but by the middle of the pint the lack of balance gets annoying to me.
     
    #19 Longstaff, Jul 24, 2012
  20. Hokies

    Hokies Initiate (0) Dec 17, 2007 Rhode Island

    not saying anything bad against fx matt just saying sometimes it is tough to get the beer to taste the same at a different brewery.
     
    #20 Hokies, Jul 25, 2012
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