Couverteur contamination?

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  1. SDReaper

    SDReaper Pooh-Bah (2,174) Aug 15, 2013 California
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    Anybody open up one of these from Bruery and find it to basically be a sour instead of a nice dubbel?

    Emailed Bruery about it to see if there were any other complaints but curious if anybody on here has experienced the same.

    Always interesting to have it at the tasting room, pick up your allocations, then open one up the day after to find something entirely different.
     
    #1 SDReaper, Jun 16, 2014
  2. the_trystero

    the_trystero Initiate (0) Mar 19, 2013 California

    I only picked up one, I'd try it tonight but I can't drink for another week due to the antibiotics I'm on.
     
    #2 the_trystero, Jun 16, 2014
  3. SDReaper

    SDReaper Pooh-Bah (2,174) Aug 15, 2013 California
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    Yeah I only ordered 2 originally and after trying it bought the other 2 to finish off my allocation limit. I can only hope this one bottle was a fluke and my other 3 should taste the way it should.

    The cloudy pour I got originally set off some alarms but it smelled perfectly fine. Go to taste and wham! huge surprise, and not one I enjoyed. The beer found its way into the drain and was immediately replaced with a jamaican blue speedway.
     
    #3 SDReaper, Jun 16, 2014
  4. UCLABrewN84

    UCLABrewN84 Initiate (0) Mar 18, 2010 California

    Ruh roh.
     
    #4 UCLABrewN84, Jun 16, 2014
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  5. Saxmusik45

    Saxmusik45 Initiate (0) Nov 18, 2011 California

    The bottle I opened was just fine. Wasn't the best dubbel out there compared to some easily accessible Belgians, but it certainly didn't taste as though there were any off flavors to it that were unadvertised.
     
    #5 Saxmusik45, Jun 16, 2014
  6. Xul

    Xul Pooh-Bah (2,139) May 18, 2008 California
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    Can you describe "sour" in a bit more detail? Did it taste like one of the other infected beers they've released? Green apple? Vinegar? Something else?
     
    #6 Xul, Jun 16, 2014
  7. SDReaper

    SDReaper Pooh-Bah (2,174) Aug 15, 2013 California
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    I wouldn't say vinegar nor green apple. The best description I could think of would be a petrus oud bruin that sat out and opened for about a day.

    Basically it lacked all sense of any additional flavor when compared to what I drank in the tasting room. I wish I had a better description of it.

    Fortunately for me but unfortunately for this instance of comparison I never had one of the other infected beers.
     
    #7 SDReaper, Jun 16, 2014
  8. theLostWizard

    theLostWizard Devotee (317) Feb 13, 2014 California

    Haven't opened mine yet, but this doesn't surprise me.
     
    #8 theLostWizard, Jun 16, 2014
  9. Xul

    Xul Pooh-Bah (2,139) May 18, 2008 California
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    Wow, lovely. I'm pretty curious to hear if anyone else has experienced this, as much as the Bruery has lost the benefit of the doubt on reports of infections, I would be surprised and disappointed if they let another infected batch get past QC.
     
    #9 Xul, Jun 16, 2014
  10. JohnCassillo

    JohnCassillo Initiate (0) Mar 29, 2013 California

    Shit... hoping this ends up being isolated (though sorry to the OP that you have to deal with that). Had been looking forward to picking mine up in a few weeks.
     
    #10 JohnCassillo, Jun 16, 2014
  11. SDReaper

    SDReaper Pooh-Bah (2,174) Aug 15, 2013 California
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    From what I am hearing from other friends they have not opened up anything like what I experienced. Oddly enough one of my sisters still liked it, of course when I poured her the speedway she cringed....so something is obviously not right with her. =P

    I got 3 more bottles to test. The bottle that I opened that was bad was pulled from the shelf there in the tasting room if that makes a difference at all.
     
    #11 SDReaper, Jun 16, 2014
  12. mattolesh

    mattolesh Initiate (0) Sep 30, 2007 California

    Hello!

    I apologize for the poor experience you had with your bottle of Couverteur. This is the first/only incident we've heard about the beer. Our lab analysis prior to release shows the beer to be completely stable with no traces of bacterial or wild yeast contamination. It sounds like this a random isolated incident, but we'll track and pass the info on to lab to be sure.

    I see that you're already in communication with the Society desk. They'll be able to resolve the situation for you.

    Cheers,
    Matt Olesh
    The Bruery
     
    #12 mattolesh, Jun 16, 2014
  13. SDReaper

    SDReaper Pooh-Bah (2,174) Aug 15, 2013 California
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    Yes, I will be providing the information they requested when I get home from the office today. I hope for everyone else it was isolated because it was a rather fine brew when I got it off tap.
     
    #13 SDReaper, Jun 16, 2014
  14. m34josh

    m34josh Zealot (508) Oct 19, 2009 California
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    The one I have opened so far was not contaminated. Not a great beer either, but definitely not infected
     
    #14 m34josh, Jun 16, 2014
  15. Retsinis

    Retsinis Pooh-Bah (1,622) Sep 25, 2009 Arizona
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    OP, your description almost sounds like Oude Tart to me...crazy theory (complete conjecture, and highly unlikely) but by some crazy circumstance, perhaps the wrong label got put on that bottle? Would be a mix up by the Bruery if that were the case too (but far better then another infection imho), but only the Bruery would know by the bottle code I think. I really hope this is not yet another infection issue, and just some wacky isolated incident. Sounds like it's being taken care of either way, so that's good.
     
    #15 Retsinis, Jun 16, 2014
  16. SDReaper

    SDReaper Pooh-Bah (2,174) Aug 15, 2013 California
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    Darker color pour than an Oude Tart plus the bottle itself still smelled of chocolate but only when beer was in it. Once beer was poured into the glass the scent disappeared. Once I emptied the bottle...scent also disappeared (which obviously as it should since there was no beer left, but I would have expected there to be some hints remaining).

    It made Father's Day interesting though.

    Bottle code on the way to Bruery in about an hour, longest work day...ever!


    Edit: I also now need to watch V for Vendetta this evening...so thanks for that.
     
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  17. FrogOut69

    FrogOut69 Initiate (0) Sep 24, 2013 California
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    This beer tasted fine to me on draft, but glad I didn't buy any bottles.
     
    #17 FrogOut69, Jun 16, 2014
  18. CommanderOfAwesome

    CommanderOfAwesome Initiate (0) Aug 30, 2012 California

    Mine was just fine.
     
    #18 CommanderOfAwesome, Jun 17, 2014
  19. Purpleman

    Purpleman Initiate (0) Jan 2, 2014 California

    Same here.
     
    #19 Purpleman, Jun 18, 2014
  20. ryno09

    ryno09 Pundit (835) May 1, 2010 California

    Probably a leaky cap on that bottle.
     
    #20 ryno09, Jun 18, 2014
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