Beer with the wrong label?

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  1. BurgeoningBrewhead

    BurgeoningBrewhead Initiate (0) Jul 18, 2012 Pennsylvania

    I just poured an Otter Creek Black IPA, and it's so off for the style that I would almost believe they put the wrong label on one of their porters.

    Have you ever had a beer so off-style that you thought it was in the wrong bottle?
     
    #1 BurgeoningBrewhead, Jul 30, 2013
  2. JamesShoemaker

    JamesShoemaker Initiate (0) Sep 21, 2012 Michigan

    Nope, but I did have that beer yesterday and it tasted more like a Porter than an IPA.
     
    #2 JamesShoemaker, Jul 30, 2013
  3. BurgeoningBrewhead

    BurgeoningBrewhead Initiate (0) Jul 18, 2012 Pennsylvania

    My thoughts exactly. I mean, the "American Black Ale" style that BA lumps Black IPAs under is a bit broad, but something calling itself a Black IPA should have a good bit more hop flavor than this has.
     
    #3 BurgeoningBrewhead, Jul 30, 2013
  4. fritts211

    fritts211 Initiate (0) Feb 19, 2011 Tennessee

    Date? Could be past it's prime maybe.
     
    #4 fritts211, Jul 30, 2013
  5. VictorWisc

    VictorWisc Maven (1,379) Jan 2, 2013 Massachusetts

    I'd avoid LT and OT, with a few very specific exceptions. Was it from a mixed case?
     
    #5 VictorWisc, Jul 30, 2013
  6. BurgeoningBrewhead

    BurgeoningBrewhead Initiate (0) Jul 18, 2012 Pennsylvania

    5/22/13, so could be. IPAs can fade pretty badly, but it still should have had SOME hop flavor.
     
    #6 BurgeoningBrewhead, Jul 30, 2013
  7. BurgeoningBrewhead

    BurgeoningBrewhead Initiate (0) Jul 18, 2012 Pennsylvania

    Not sure what it was originally part of; got it in a mix-a-six.
     
    #7 BurgeoningBrewhead, Jul 30, 2013
  8. fritts211

    fritts211 Initiate (0) Feb 19, 2011 Tennessee

    Should still I'd imagine. Never had that particular beer, but I'd wager lightly hopped black ipa+fade as more likely than mislabeled. Just my 2 cents though, could be wrong.
     
    #8 fritts211, Jul 30, 2013
  9. BurgeoningBrewhead

    BurgeoningBrewhead Initiate (0) Jul 18, 2012 Pennsylvania


    Probably; I don't really think it was literally mislabeled, as that's very improbable. The "wrong label" thing is mostly exaggeration.
     
    #9 BurgeoningBrewhead, Jul 30, 2013
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  10. fritts211

    fritts211 Initiate (0) Feb 19, 2011 Tennessee

    Ah, got it. Reading comprehension ftw.

    Had a beer recently in Knoxville from saw works brewery that they swore was a double ipa that tasted like water was passed through a hop filled Randall once, only thing I can think of that comes close to what you were talking about :slight_smile: .

    Edit: And a scotch ale from smokey mountain brewery that tasted like nail polish remover/brown ale hybrid. I hate I'm moving back there dammit. :slight_frown:
     
    #10 fritts211, Jul 30, 2013
  11. Ispeakforthetrees

    Ispeakforthetrees Initiate (0) Apr 2, 2012 Colorado

    When I opened this thread I thought this to be different.

    More like.

    "I opened up nice BA ____ (Instert BA stout easily available in your distro) and instead of being jet black, it appeared to look and smell like a Bud Light"
     
    #11 Ispeakforthetrees, Jul 30, 2013
  12. dap325

    dap325 Initiate (0) Apr 2, 2009 New York

    I bought an Emelisse Espresso Stout recently that had the description of their Double IPA on the back of the bottle. The beer was good and what I had expected (not mislabeled as far as the beer that was actually in the bottle). It was just a misprint as far as the description on the label goes.
     
    #12 dap325, Jul 30, 2013
  13. Orca

    Orca Grand Pooh-Bah (4,710) Sep 18, 2010 Washington
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    How do you know it wasn't the right label but the wrong beer?
     
    #13 Orca, Jul 30, 2013
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  14. GardenWaters

    GardenWaters Initiate (0) Jan 8, 2012 Illinois

    I drank some really fresh Storm King a while back. If I didn't know any better, I would have sworn I was drinking a black IPA because it was so hoppy. I did enjoy it though.
     
    #14 GardenWaters, Jul 30, 2013
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  15. BurgeoningBrewhead

    BurgeoningBrewhead Initiate (0) Jul 18, 2012 Pennsylvania


    I guess we should have switched beers.
     
    #15 BurgeoningBrewhead, Jul 30, 2013
  16. BurgeoningBrewhead

    BurgeoningBrewhead Initiate (0) Jul 18, 2012 Pennsylvania


    Well, because...wait...
     
    #16 BurgeoningBrewhead, Jul 30, 2013
  17. Alexmc2

    Alexmc2 Pundit (808) Jul 29, 2006 New Hampshire

    When I worked on a bottling line I once put a stack of labels upside down. The rest of my day consisted of removing them and relabeling. That sucked.
     
    #17 Alexmc2, Jul 30, 2013
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  18. 5thOhio

    5thOhio Pooh-Bah (1,571) May 13, 2007 South Carolina
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    The whole "Black IPA" or whatever you want to call it is silly to me. With maybe one or two exceptions, most that I've had just taste like hopped-up porters.
     
    #18 5thOhio, Jul 30, 2013
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  19. spicoli00

    spicoli00 Pooh-Bah (2,305) Jul 6, 2005 Indiana
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    I prefer cascadian dark ale
     
    #19 spicoli00, Jul 30, 2013
  20. paulys55

    paulys55 Initiate (0) Aug 2, 2010 Pennsylvania

    I was once given a sip of hooker vomit that was mistakenly labeled "Bud Chelada".
     
    #20 paulys55, Jul 30, 2013
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