Backing out when finding a beer could be a infected?

FWIW, I have had two bottles and they were both god awful. I cannot imagine there seriously being any "good" bottles out there... Proceed with caution indeed.

 

Hmm, flat nail polish beer?

 

have you had uplands kiwi? along those lines or something else?

 

Yes, and I actually liked it. Having had it with someone who has had other batches of Upland Kiwi, we had a "good" bottle. The sourness was, point-blank, not extreme. Not sure which batch of Kiwi it was though.

CoP I finished my pour of my first bottle (because I stood in line and paid for it, damn it!), but the second time around, every single person drain poured. That bottle was even worse off. Very disappointed.

 

Thanks.. And for the record i loved the upland kiwi too….

 

This is a bummer for sure. My thought is this: the simple click of a button (accept trade) is symbolic of a completed deal, BUT there are circumstances (like the one here), that should mitigate the forcing of a trade partner to ship beer. Sounds like you got fleeced, and sounds like your trade partner took advantage. This is not the kind of trade partner I'm looking for.

Kudos for following through I suppose, but in my opinion, you should not have been forced into that situation.

 

I think the answer is yes. Forcing people to trade is not in conformity with beer advocacy. My opinion stands, this is not the kind of trade partner I'm interested in working with.

 

I don't think you did anything wrong, and perchance I don't know enough details to judge the other guy. BUT, my goal in trading is not to acquire beer at all costs. My goal is to exchange good beer for good beer and make sure everyone is happy. I don't ever want my trade partner to think "I won't deal that guy again." What you did was noble, but you left the deal with an unfortunate feeling. Because of that, I wouldn't call the trade "successful" under my (overly optimistic and kumbayah) criteria.

 

Somebody wants it!!

http://www.beeradvocate.com/communi...t-head-hunter-good-vibes.296546/#post-3691125

 

Drank one on Saturday with a friend and we finished the bottle, but it took a bit of effort. Bottle was 220/408 if there is any correlation of off flavors with numbers.

For the record, I really enjoyed Upland Kiwi.

CoP was thicker in the body and a bit oily, but definitely less sour overall. I went in with no reference for what the fruit ought to taste like, so I can't comment on the level of fruit, but it wasn't obvious to me. It was not a great beer, but it was not undrinkable, either. I wouldn't trade for it at what that brewery's bottles command, and the experience makes me very hesitant to consider trading for other offerings from them, given what the bottles command. That said, I didn't get any acetone, and definitely didn't get any "garbage" flavors. Either the bottles vary wildly or there are people out there looking to jump on a popular negative opinion and pile on... but that would never happen on the internet...

As for the trade, I think it's settled that you should do your "due diligence." If I commit to a trade, that's on me. At the same time, I want both parties to be happy, so if I was on the other side, I'd do what was necessary to make sure that happens.

 

Oh okay, this is an Upland sour that we're talking about. In that case I doubt it's infected, they're just gross like that.

Kinda just kidding, but really I have not enjoyed the few sours I've had from them.

 

I can see this going both ways. I agree with the due diligence part, but at the end of the day, the point is both sides to be happy, not "win the trade." If it was the case the person knew how crappy the beer was and traded it to you anyway, then that's a completely different story I feel. I actually had a deal to trade away my CoP to @Jaybeer13 who actually asked for the CoP to be included, but then saw the reviews and this forum and told him that we could take that part of the trade out, unless he really wanted to drink....which obviously he didn't ha.

 

OP if I was in your shoes, I would have backed out, and honestly, not even thought twice about it.

And if I was your trading partner, I would have called off the trade, told you it was totally cool, and no worries at all. If you hit the trade accept button, I expect you not to ditch me for a better deal, but I would never give someone a hard time for backing out before anything is shipped for a legitimate reason (changed their mind due to infection, family issue, etc.)