Alpine, you have a problem

Discussion in 'Pacific' started by OTB, Aug 12, 2012.

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  1. saru96

    saru96 Initiate (0) Sep 24, 2011 California

    We have traced the source of the under carbonated bottles of Pure Hoppiness to the power failure we experienced on July 31st. We tried our best to recover by alternate means after our carbonating stone got plugged up. We thought we had slightly low carbonation at the worst but it appears people feel otherwise. We will be trying to re-distribute bottles back to all the retail stores so they can handle exchanges. Bottles purchased in the brewery can be exchanged as long as supplies last. Sorry for any inconvenience.

    From alpine blog
     
    #41 saru96, Aug 13, 2012
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  2. heesu

    heesu Initiate (0) Jul 2, 2012 Michigan

    Just opened a bottle of duet purchased from bine & vine late last week, and it's all good FWIW.
     
    #42 heesu, Aug 13, 2012
  3. grandmeaulnes

    grandmeaulnes Initiate (0) Oct 18, 2010 Ohio

    Skinny or fat bottle?
     
    #43 grandmeaulnes, Aug 13, 2012
  4. heesu

    heesu Initiate (0) Jul 2, 2012 Michigan

    No clue - looks like a fairly normal bomber to me. Don't have a comparison to base it on (only recently moved to SD, so I'm a newbie to Alpine.)
     
    #44 heesu, Aug 13, 2012
  5. grandmeaulnes

    grandmeaulnes Initiate (0) Oct 18, 2010 Ohio

    The fat ones are extra tall, heavier and fatter at the lip.
     
    #45 grandmeaulnes, Aug 13, 2012
  6. heesu

    heesu Initiate (0) Jul 2, 2012 Michigan

    Looks like a fattie then...
     
    #46 heesu, Aug 13, 2012
  7. APreacher

    APreacher Initiate (0) Jun 6, 2012 California

    doh..i wish i saved the old bottles. ohh well, i have one full skinny left & i will take in on tue. glad that they recognized the problem and willing to return them.
     
    #47 APreacher, Aug 13, 2012
  8. OTB

    OTB Pooh-Bah (1,803) Sep 2, 2011 California
    Pooh-Bah

    Not so man, opened a " skinny " bottles of Pure tonight, absolutely undrinkable.

    Cheers....
     
    #48 OTB, Aug 13, 2012
  9. OTB

    OTB Pooh-Bah (1,803) Sep 2, 2011 California
    Pooh-Bah

    I speak of only my expieience as stated, plain and simple. If you had a different expieience I feel badly for you.

    Cheers....
     
    #49 OTB, Aug 13, 2012
  10. TheJollyHop

    TheJollyHop Initiate (0) Sep 2, 2009 California

    Tried some Duet recently...Turned out to be an absolute drain-pour with the normally awesome hop flavor supplanted by cardboard and wet paper. On the positive, it was carbonated :wink:
     
    #50 TheJollyHop, Aug 13, 2012
  11. grandmeaulnes

    grandmeaulnes Initiate (0) Oct 18, 2010 Ohio

    Ah that sucks.
     
    #51 grandmeaulnes, Aug 13, 2012
  12. OTB

    OTB Pooh-Bah (1,803) Sep 2, 2011 California
    Pooh-Bah


    I liked your detective work though buddy........sounded good to me cuz there is a bottle size difference.

    Cheers.....
     
    #52 OTB, Aug 13, 2012
  13. ChazMania

    ChazMania Savant (1,040) Jun 13, 2006 California

    I had 2 bombers of PH I bought from Whole Foods Pasadena...opened them both the week of Aug 3rd and both were bad. I was extremely disappointed as I was on vacation and it was my first experience with a bad beer from Alpine.
     
    #53 ChazMania, Aug 15, 2012
  14. pmarlowe

    pmarlowe Pooh-Bah (2,005) Nov 27, 2010 Virginia
    Pooh-Bah

    WF Pasadena has Alpine??
     
    #54 pmarlowe, Aug 15, 2012
  15. bigsippin

    bigsippin Initiate (0) Feb 9, 2012 California

    Good thing you haven't tried -BA token, BA Odins raven, or chez monieux.
     
    #55 bigsippin, Aug 15, 2012
  16. DovaliHops

    DovaliHops Initiate (0) Nov 16, 2009 California

    They must have put all of their efforts into making Double Nelson taste AMAZING!
     
    #56 DovaliHops, Aug 15, 2012
  17. Retsinis

    Retsinis Pooh-Bah (1,622) Sep 25, 2009 Arizona
    Pooh-Bah

    "We thought we had slightly low carbonation at the worst but it appears people feel otherwise." Is it just me, or is this sort of a half admission of an issue, followed a slight tinge of placing blame on the public for feeling differently then they do? Perhaps I'm just cynical. :astonished:
     
    #57 Retsinis, Aug 15, 2012
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  18. grandmeaulnes

    grandmeaulnes Initiate (0) Oct 18, 2010 Ohio

    Who cares as long as they're making good on replacing them?
     
    #58 grandmeaulnes, Aug 15, 2012
  19. Brewzer1010

    Brewzer1010 Crusader (480) Feb 17, 2010 New Jersey
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    Did anyone else who is a subscriber to Alpine's blog not receive this post via email? (not looking for tech support, just curious if I am the only one).
     
    #59 Brewzer1010, Aug 15, 2012
  20. Vanlingleipa

    Vanlingleipa Maven (1,480) May 19, 2011 California
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    Just got the main blog on Thursday - never saw the update referred to above
     
    #60 Vanlingleipa, Aug 15, 2012
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