Infected Quadruple Big Bad Baptist

Nope. Beer is released by breweries to be consumed. If you choose not to consume it that's fine. But dont bitch about it. Cellaring is ALWAYS a risk, you even acknowledge that yourself regarding oxidation. If a brewery had their shit together DO would be so minimal the beer shouldn't oxidize right? Pft. Beer is literally produced by creating an environment that allows for bacterial and fungal growth.

 

Always good to have a cellar denier around!

Just to be clear all, if you have any bottles or cans in your fridges, you're doing it wrong. Beer is a living organism that must be consumed immediately upon reaching your home. If you put it in the fridge for four days & it tastes like warm garbage, that's on you. Certainly not the brewery for having crappy QA standards that have been discussed & documented for years. /s

 

So silly. If it can happen to Budweiser who arguably has better quality control than anyone out there it can happen to anyone. You can bitch and moan about it all you want, however the science behind spoilage is on my side fellas. Get over it.

 

So where exactly in this 'science' is the cut-off? Four days? Fifteen days? Two months? Six months? Fifteen years? Please let us know how long we can keep beer based on your 'scientific' research.

And yes, pointing out that Epic has had shitty QA standards forever sure is 'silly'.

 

Does Epic market these beers as intended to be aged? Otherwise, as long as the beer comes out as intended not sure I see the issue.

Personally, not sure I can think of (off the top of my head) any additive/adjunct heavy beer that does not get worse with age. Not sure I have ever waited over a year to try an additive/adjunct heavy beer to see how far they might deteriorate, but I am not surprised to learn they could get really bad. And I am sure there is a wide range of drop off depending on a number of variables with these beers, some of which is the brewery.

But if Epic is not marketing these beers as designed to be aged and cellared, I agree with @SFACRKnight, that you made a gamble and it did not pay off. Not sure its a fair expectation that every barrel aged beer is intended to be cellared, especially adjunct/additive heavy ones.

Admittedly, I have not drank Big Bad Baptist in years, since moving out of their distribution zone, so I have no idea how Epic is marketing these beers. If they post on their bottles that its intended to be aged, putting a Best By date that these quality issues are presenting within in.....than, yes, everyone definitely has a right to complain and Epic needs to be called out for their poor response.

 

I suspect two years is pretty excessive. Do you drink two year old ipa? Epic does not suggest aging their beers. Show me on the label where they do and I will shut up. Until then quit complaining that you made a poor decision and get over it.

 

Bottling a beer that has an infecting bacteria in it and accepting that as OK is shitty QC and shitty business. I know infections happen but most brewers do everything they can to make it right and try to avoid it in the future. In fact most breweries send their barrel aged beer for lab tests to make sure there is no infection before they release packaged beers. Epic has just released more of the 2018 QBBBB in the last 4 months and they have had known issues with QC. To each their own but I am done with Epic!

 

Look at inbev. They had an I faction involving a contaminant that has never been known as a spoiling agent. Look at left hand who had an infection from the yeast purchased from white labs. I suspect that no QC program goes so far to check genetic materials which is what white labs had to do to learn their yeast was contaminated after with a strain of sacc serv that was diastaticus.

 

Asked & not answered. Again.

 

Goes both ways.

 

So this thread got me wondering about the 2018 quadruple I have. Popped it open earlier tonight and am happy to report it was all coconut and chocolate. No hint of tart cherries, no off flavors. It wasn't thin, over carbonated or ropey. Sorry about everyone's bad luck but I guess that's the breaks...

 

Just opened my 2017 Triple (batch #3) after reading this thread. It is infected ,and over carbonated. Two sips and down the drain.

 

@SFACRKnight .. this dude has been crying for 6 months. He won’t listen to you now, just like he couldn’t comprehend this last year lol