Bridge Burner Special Reserve Ale

Discussion in 'Cellaring / Aging Beer' started by Derranged, Sep 15, 2012.

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  1. Derranged

    Derranged Initiate (0) Mar 7, 2010 New York

    Bought a bottle because Strong Ale is one of me favorite styles. I noticed at the bottom of the bottle their appears to be a lot of sediment/chunks which indicates it may be old. What say you? Drinkable or not?

    Freshness date not indicated, of course.
     
    #1 Derranged, Sep 15, 2012
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    Derranged Initiate (0) Mar 7, 2010 New York

    **There appears. Dumb spelling error.
     
    #2 Derranged, Sep 15, 2012
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    hopsputin Grand Pooh-Bah (4,403) Apr 1, 2012 New Jersey
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    I'd say drinkable. Of the reviews that mentioned the chunks, none of them were particularly negative. I'd go for it
     
    #3 hopsputin, Sep 15, 2012
  4. Derranged

    Derranged Initiate (0) Mar 7, 2010 New York

    Boy, do I feel like a horse's pa-toot.

    Had I bothered reading the reviews carefully, I would have noticed that other people mentioned that there were floaters in it and said it was good, which means your prediction is probably correct. Thanks.
     
    #4 Derranged, Sep 15, 2012
  5. hopsputin

    hopsputin Grand Pooh-Bah (4,403) Apr 1, 2012 New Jersey
    Pooh-Bah

    Cheers
     
    #5 hopsputin, Sep 15, 2012
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    Derranged Initiate (0) Mar 7, 2010 New York

    Btw are floaters yeast? If the beer isnt old and there are floaters is it bc the filtering process went wrong? I recall an issue like with this same brewery's IPA (Lakefront). The beer tasted fine and was clearly fresh but there were floaters like crazy.
     
    #6 Derranged, Sep 15, 2012
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    UCLABrewN84 Initiate (0) Mar 18, 2010 California

    Yes, most likely yeast.
     
    #7 UCLABrewN84, Sep 17, 2012
  8. Derranged

    Derranged Initiate (0) Mar 7, 2010 New York

    I drank it yesterday. The floaters were a non-issue. Good beer, very similar to Eye of the Hawk only the flavor was a tad more mellow.
     
    #8 Derranged, Sep 17, 2012
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