Horrible heady topper experience

Are you sure you are not getting a sinus issue? Same thing happened to me one night at Russian River drinking Pliny the Elder. I thought the beer had changed, my wife said no it has plenty of aroma. The next morning when I blew my nose it was technicolor. You sense of smell can be blocked, just leaving the 5 basic tastes, and bitter is one of those.

 

He doesn't seem to be very active on Twitter, perhaps try a Facebook message or [email protected]

 

Write the brewery. They should have tasting panel records on the beer. Edit - save some to send to them.

 

Sorry to hear that. The Alchemist is definitely held to a pretty high standard, so hopefully you get this settled quickly.

 

How sure are you that it was kept cold the whole time?

 

Do you know where this case was purchased? Is it possible that it's old?

 

which stores are notorious for selling old cans , I've definitely gotten some off cans before , but everyone just attributed it to my palate changing and not being as blown away anymore, but if there are indeed stores that always sell old product it would be nice to put their info out for the public as to avoid. thanks.

 

Interesting. The only time I have ever encountered what you describe in an IPA is when they are old. How old? My guess would be 8 months and on depending on storage conditions. Is there a date on the can?

 

maybe the stores mishandled the beer? doubt they did (every store knows the deal with HT and FB), and doubt that a little mishandling would cause this big of an issue, but it is a possibilty.

 

and the problem is that HT has to be REALLLLLLY old to have this happen.

OP @jncastillo87: I'm referencing the video of Kimmich popping and drinking an 8 month old Heady and it still being big and aromatic. i really doubt the store you purchased from was holding onto cans for longer than 8 months. were there dust on the tops of the cans?

@TriggerFingers: no dates on their cans either, at least not on the 2 I got from a friend a few months ago.

 

I once had a bottle of Port Wipeout that was a year old. It didn't even taste like an IPA. I wonder if they got it from a store or at the brewery?

 

Weird I had a heady last night and it was fucking awesome.