2017 Rum King.. gone sour?!

Right, I'm not arguing that. But if you're not getting a refund anyway, may as well drink it if it's drinkable. It sounds like most people were dumping it. I was just curious as to the flavor. A homebrewer friend of mine has had some sanitation issues with his gear, but has ended up producing a couple of damn fine unintentional sours.

 

Soo after reading everyones comments I thought I better go check the 2 cans that I have. Turns out they are pretty bulged on the top and rock hard. Guessing theres a bit of activity going on.

 

Lol those last two sentences taken out of context

 

Ha I noticed that too, I went to edit it then thought let's see where this goes...lol

 

Rum king has drastically decreased in quality over the years. The original batch (maybe first two batches) was aged in appleton estate barrels (if I recall correctly) and now they source some cheap barrels and mass produce it. Barrels make a difference and even when fresh and non-infected the new batches are no where near as good as the first couple years. Sure it cost less in the cans vs the bombers, but cost is irrelevant when I can't even finish half a can. All that being said, my cans were definitely infected and I dumped them. These were 2016 cans, but it said on the bottom they can be cellared up to two years. That was a mistake. 2016 fresh was drinkable. 2017 fresh was a drain pour. Sorry I can't add anything to the 2017 infection issue, but based off 2016, I don't think rum king is meant to be aged