Bad beer luck last night (CSB warning)

Discussion in 'Beer Talk' started by leedorham, Apr 19, 2013.

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  1. leedorham

    leedorham Initiate (0) Apr 27, 2006 Washington

    So last night I was looking forward to reducing my inventory a bit and trying some new beer. Things didn't go as planned.

    First up - Stout Hearted from Justice Brewing. It's not even in the database and I can't add it because I didn't end up drinking any of it. It gushed like a ************ as soon as I opened it, sprayed yeasty sludge across my kitchen, and proceeded to empty itself in my sink. Maybe this was the last bottle on the line and it got the dregs from the end? It seemed to be about half yeast half beer.

    Second attempt at new beer - Pikop Andropov's Rushin' Imperial Stout. This one didn't gush, but it sure didn't taste very good. Something was clearly wrong. All sorts of sour fruit and smoke, and not in a good way. Had to drain pour it after about 1/3 of the glass. Infected? There are certainly some other reviews that suggest that. I have two more bottles too. Oh well.

    So I decided to stay upstairs for the rest of the night and settled in for a Lagunitas Sucks and some homebrew. Shit could be worse.
     
    #1 leedorham, Apr 19, 2013
  2. TheSixthRing

    TheSixthRing Grand Pooh-Bah (3,269) Sep 24, 2008 California
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    The first time I had Alesmith Speedway, I found a significant amount of sourness for the first 5-10 minutes, and I suspected it might have been infected, too... but as it warmed, the sourness went away, replaced by the roastiness and all of the other character I expected from the beer. Maybe you didn't let the Pikop breathe long enough?
     
    #2 TheSixthRing, Apr 19, 2013
  3. leedorham

    leedorham Initiate (0) Apr 27, 2006 Washington

    I attempted it for a solid half hour. It was also straight from the cellar, currently ~52 degrees.
     
    #3 leedorham, Apr 19, 2013
  4. TheSixthRing

    TheSixthRing Grand Pooh-Bah (3,269) Sep 24, 2008 California
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    Did a word search on all the Pikop reviews, and 'sour' and 'sour green apple' popped up several times going back 10 years and 53 reviews, so you definitely aren't alone in what you experienced. Based on that, I'd think it's just a characteristic of the beer, rather than a case of infection.
     
    #4 TheSixthRing, Apr 19, 2013
  5. RyanCave

    RyanCave Initiate (0) Apr 13, 2011 Oregon

    aww man that sucks.. I had a similar experience recently and was equally disappointed.
     
    #5 RyanCave, Apr 19, 2013
  6. leedorham

    leedorham Initiate (0) Apr 27, 2006 Washington

    Yeah, I saw that as well. Two more bottles in my cellar. I'm (morbidly) curious to see if they're all like that.
     
    #6 leedorham, Apr 19, 2013
  7. Hanzo

    Hanzo Initiate (0) Feb 27, 2012 Virginia

    What is CSB?
     
    #7 Hanzo, Apr 19, 2013
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  8. RichardMNixon

    RichardMNixon Maven (1,431) Jun 24, 2012 Pennsylvania

    Took me a while to find, it's anticipating a reply of "Cool story, Bro"
     
    #8 RichardMNixon, Apr 19, 2013
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  9. Hanzo

    Hanzo Initiate (0) Feb 27, 2012 Virginia

    Ah, thanks.
     
    #9 Hanzo, Apr 19, 2013
  10. maximum12

    maximum12 Grand Pooh-Bah (4,686) Jan 21, 2008 Minnesota
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    I actually enjoy nights like these.

    If I start out accidentally with a terrible &/or infected beer, I'll often go diving into the back of the fridge cellar for things I've been loathe to drink becauase I hate the brewery, it was a 9 month old pale sent as an extra, it's reported infected, etc. I've found those nights extremely enjoyable, especially when something is unexpectedly good, & if not, inventory is indeed reduced (& my sink gets a workout, too).
     
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  11. mborden

    mborden Zealot (653) Jan 28, 2009 New York

    or like the OP, when you can relax with some homebrew and think, "shit, at least what I make is better than all THAT!"
     
    #11 mborden, Apr 19, 2013
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