Rare Dos Infection (latest batch)

Also had 2 drain pours

 

It didn't used to be bad manners to reply in the offer thread that some are reported infected.

 

So far no one has had issues with the rareR. They havnt said explicitly yet, but there's been mention of replacing growlers of rare with another brew.

 

We have one coming up from Florida on a trade. We are crossing our fingers.

 

i got one as an extra hope its not infected also

 

No dogs in this fight, but how are they handling this for you?

 

I got 4 growlers...hoping for the best, though it's nice to hear they are handling the situation as best they can.

 

I have only had the RARER DOS and it was infected. The person who sent it says that when they opened theirs the majority were infected too.

 

Technically, if an infection is random from growler to growler, how can someone "withhold" any info? I picked up 6 rare, 5 nooners and 2 rareR directly from Pegs. Have either drank and or traded all but 1 rare and haven't had one infected growler.

 

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If you know a beer has a reasonable chance of being infected, it's poor form to put it up in ISO:FT without at least mentioning that fact. You may have not experienced it, and it's highly possible you may not have known there is an issue when you traded them, but now you do know.

Some unscrupulous people will absolutely try to pawn off beers with infection issues on unsuspecting traders.

 

Just cracked open 2 growlers and both were infected. At first, the infection was barely noticeable but after a few minutes, tart cherries became completely dominant. Hope one of my last two from a different trader differ, but am expecting the same results. What a shame.

 

I wish you were wrong but you are right. I have seen some Rare DOS growlers up for trade in the FT:ISO forum in the past few days with no disclosures. Some from people who regulary comment in the South Atlantic forum. I found out about potential issues last Thursday/Friday and spent the next couple of days contacting all my trading partners that I sent one to notifying them there *could* be a problem. Hopefully others are doing the same. Some reported back all was well, others had problems but didnt know there was a program put in place. The reason notifying your trading partners is so important is that Peg's/Cycle Brewing has established a cutoff date of August 21st to notify them of bad growlers. Some people are under the misconception that these growlers can be aged for more than a month when they really can't/shouldn't. If they sit on these and miss the cutoff they run the risk of Peg's/Cycle Brewing not doing anything for them.

Here is some more info directly from Peg's:

http://beeradvocate.com/community/threads/rare-dos.103382/page-3#post-1576313

 

Raises hand, had a bad RareR here. All purchased direct from Peg's and stored in a proper environment. Opened two RareR's this past week and the difference between the good and bad was night and day. 4 out of 6 Rares ended up bad for me, 1 out of two RareR's I've opened and I'm gonna be dipping into Nooner this week.

 

I have had an issue with RareR

 

From this most recent batch? What was the issue?

 

when was the most recent one. I stopped paying attention to the release after my heart break of that infected bottle. It was one of my most anticipated beers, as I love rum, and had never tried this or the base beer. I drank mine in March, and I know it had at least a month of age on it. I know they say drink fresh, I drank it as soon as I received it, but I have saved growler fills of beers for much longer with no issue. Also, the person who sent it to me (as a gift, not a trade), said they had a high percentage of similar results, even when fresh, he was hoping mine would be a good one.

 

Oh yeah, that's not this most recent batch. You had me concerned there for a second!