Infected IPA?

Does this quality remind you of artificial butter? It's very likely diacetyl, and that's the way it'll come across.

 

Although hops are supposed to inhibit bacteria I suppose an IPA can become infected from wild yeast. I've never seen one that is, so I'd first guess that this is a poorly brewed beer.

Any great amount of sediment at the bottom of the can that might hint that your cans were filled at the end of the run?

 

It sounds to me like it might be a packaging problem. Perhaps the line wasn't completely emptied of sanitizer before they started to fill the bowl. I don't know. Odd.

 

Contact the brewer.

 

@Amendm wins the gold star for his post above.

Based upon the details provided so far it would be difficult for any of us BAs to accurately troubleshoot this situation.

Cheers!

 

If you grew up in nyc you should know that nothing good comes from the bronx.. Only jennifer lopez cheers

 

I would contact brewery and give them any info you have so they can look into this. Maybe you can score a free pack etc or nice glass for your efforts, sorry to hear you got a bummer batch of beer.
Cheers and let us know what happens and if they work out something for you or tell you what the issue was?

 

But no explanation or request to send them the "bad" beer?

Why refuse an offer to replace/refund a defective product? And why "probably"? Did the brewery say or imply that?

Seems like, given that this is now a thread on a popular beer website, the brewery would want to make it right by you publicly and with an explanation. I know I'd probably pass on any Bronx Brewery product, regardless of the beer, in the future.

 

Fine - you don't care about the bad beer (other than making a thread about it ) or the money. But I would hope the brewery does.

Which was ____?

I don't know, I just find it strange how so many people just say "Bad batch" and move on. That doesn't happen to companies that put out defective products in a lot of other industries I'm guessing.

 

There are an infinite universe of things that can go wrong from the time a brewer conceives of a beer and it ends up in a glass in front of you, ready to drink. Without more information on what was wrong with the beer other than it tasted bad it is hard to diagnose the problem. It might help to start with the Beer Judge Certification Program Beer Fault list to try to characterize the problem. Look for it here: https://www.bjcp.org/docs/Beer_faults.pdf. This helps people here give better advice and helps the brewer address the problem. It is also important to know if the problem is something the brewer should have caught before the beer left the brewery or if the problem is something that happened between the brewery and your glass. Was the entire variety pack bad or was just one style bad or was it just one bottle or can? If it was a bottle, was it clear, green or brown? Was the packaging damaged?

 

Sorry but how is it settled? Is the brewery calling out for recalls of this infected batch or is it carry on as usual? A sucker's gots to know.

 

I’ve only had trouble with one ipa and it happened to be a Two Hearted Ale I was having at the Pub. I was about ready to pour it and there was a large mass of white goo floating inside the beer. It looked like someone had rubbed one off into my beer. I showed the bartender, she shrugged and replaced it. No idea there.