3 Brothers - bottle explosion

Man, this is really unfortunate. I've seen pictures of 22 oz bottles of their Daylight Cravings having exploded on here. Apparently 3 Bros is having all sorts of carbonation issues. Too much pressure in DC (and now Elementary), and nothing in the Fut Note bottles. IIRC 3 Brothers is going to force carbonate bottles to remedy this sometime soon, but definitely still a bummer.

 

Yikes. were any other bottles in the 'cellar' destroyed as a result?

 

Do you have a picture?

 

This is the first I've heard of elementary.. Hmm

 

Only in beer brewed by ISIS...

Sorry for the loss of the Beer... Always a shame.

 

I'm in a va face book group and this seems like it's starting to become common problem with their delight craving bottles

 

Had a similar thing happen to a bottle of Contortoise back on NYE. Hell of a mess. Sounded like a bomb exploded. Luckily, no other bottles damaged. Hearing about other bottles now makes me want to rush down and quarantine every 3 Brothers beer and never buy another one again.

 

"and never buy another one again."

You should do that, it will leave more for the rest of us.

 

At some point you have to stop giving 3 Brothers a pass, and start acknowledging their shortcomings. Resolute Day was a dumpster fire, Horizon Society website issues, Horizon Society deleting orders weeks after being purchased, flat Fut Note bottles, DC bottles exploding, now Elementary bottles exploding?

All that being said I am a Horizon Society member, and hope things turn around for them, as it would be great for the VA beer scene.

 

I agree, but I am not at that point yet. For me, that point likely won't come until it appears that they don't care or aren't actively trying to improve and solve problems. They have been very open and willing to communicate about everything that has happened, accept criticism, make things right with their customers, and assure us that they do care about these issues and are working to improve. I have confidence that as long as they continue to have that attitude, things will work out and they will develop into a strong and consistent brewery.

 

Have they offered any type of refund or a way to make up for people who have had exploding beers or under carbed beers? I purchased one of the daylight cravings in NOVA that gushed on me. Thankfully I did not try to cellar it. I have beers waiting on me at the brewery that I am not excited about picking up knowing that they are probably under carbed. The one that was part of the membership whatever. One flat beer not a big deal. But the extras I ordered I am a little pissed about.
Also had someone tell me their friend picked up a lot of diacetyl from one of the fut notes. That is the first I have heard of it so take it with a grain of salt but with all of the other issues I would not be surprised.

The most disappointing thing to me is they are allowing people to leave their brewery with beer that is either not ready or never will be. I would not have someone leave my brewery with a beer knowing that it is not ready to drink. The daylight cravings I doubt the knowingly sent out infected or overcarbed. But the fut notes they should offer refunds and take the hit. It's going to hurt them but it is the right thing to do.

 

The Fut Note under carb issue has all been explained by this point. Someone recently opened one and it had carbonation, not a lot, but it was there. Perfectly fine for the style. Give them time and they should be even more carbed, at least I hope. Harrisonburg (most of the country actually) went through a really cold spell around the time before release. Unfortunately, it may have slowed things down when they had the bay doors opened when loading kegs/dumping mash/unloading bottles and cans etc. Adam said that could have played a hand in it, so it might be best to hold onto the FN's for a while.

DC's, I can't really say, I mean I've heard the probable reason they are over carbed, but I don't know the details. That too has also been answered as well as telling everyone to put them in the fridge to slow it down. I was victim of an exploding bottle myself, but it was sort of my fault for procrastinating and leaving it in the cabinet after I knew it could happen. I stuck one in the fridge though and have yet to open.

Elementary, first I heard of that with them.

Website issues, out of their hands as stated by the many emails that were sent out.

I'm not even going to drag "Resolute" Day back up because, well, dead horse, beating.

 

The brewery has responded and asked that anyone who had an issue with DC to send them an email directly and they will make it right. They have bent over backwards and are doing the right things to correct the issues and accommodate customers who have had a bad experience recently with their bottles.

 

Is this true? I sent them an email about my DC bottle and got no response.

 

If you think they have had website issues I hope for your sake you aren't an el catador member

 

I bought a sixer of Elementary a few weeks ago. Everyone I tried was a gusher. Still have a few in the fridge. Too bad because it really takes away from what I think would be a solid beer.

 

Id liked to know if this is true also, I have pics posted in the Horizon Society thread about the bottle of mine that exploded. I sure hope the other 10 bottles I have of DC stay intact.

 

One of the brothers has been very active with responding to the Daylight Cravings issue on several of the local fb pages. The Elementary Issue is apparently a new one. Not sure about the Fut Note but in either case, their response ends with them asking people to shoot the brewery an email and they would take care of you. I do not know any email other than [email protected] so would assume that's the best path.