The Bruery - Autumn Maple infected

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  1. riotontheroad

    riotontheroad Savant (1,211) Apr 7, 2010 California
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    Just found a bottle of this in the back of the cellar (my wife is a big fan). Opened it this weekend and was hit with a surprise sour. Yep, another infected batch. All of the spice qualities were pretty much gone or buried in the sourness. Not half bad imo, but definitely interesting. Anyone else crack a bottle recently and experience this?
     
    #1 riotontheroad, Jun 3, 2015
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  2. atpca

    atpca Pooh-Bah (1,652) Jun 10, 2013 California
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    Yeah. Dude brought one to a bottle share as a "super special" bottle. Quite tart, not very good IMO. Still on the shelves around here too (SF East Bay).
     
    #2 atpca, Jun 3, 2015
  3. RDMII

    RDMII Initiate (0) Apr 11, 2010 Georgia

    I wouldn't say a couple bottles is an entire batch.
     
    #3 RDMII, Jun 3, 2015
  4. atpca

    atpca Pooh-Bah (1,652) Jun 10, 2013 California
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    Source: http://www.thebruery.com/cleaning-the-slate-beer-issues-from-2013/
     
    #4 atpca, Jun 4, 2015
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  5. skelliott

    skelliott Zealot (569) Jul 2, 2013 Texas

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  6. MisterKilderkin

    MisterKilderkin Initiate (0) Aug 24, 2011 California

    Am I correct in assuming that this wasn't a recent bottle release? I had a vertical (of my own bottles) a few months ago stretching lots of years. One of them was most definitly infected. Completely sour, not even a hit at the beer that used to be there. Like what you said, it was still somewhat plesent, I am a sour fan, but definitly not what Autumn Maple should taste like.
     
    #6 MisterKilderkin, Jun 4, 2015
  7. riotontheroad

    riotontheroad Savant (1,211) Apr 7, 2010 California
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    Just checked, and it was last years batch (bottled 6/2014)
     
    #7 riotontheroad, Jun 4, 2015
  8. MisterKilderkin

    MisterKilderkin Initiate (0) Aug 24, 2011 California

    My sour bottle was from 2011. Had a 2014 that night too and it was fine, but it was quite fresh at the time. However, I wont be buying any more Autumn Maple, not really one of my go-to styles, and it obviously can't hold up to being aged.
     
    #8 MisterKilderkin, Jun 4, 2015
  9. RDMII

    RDMII Initiate (0) Apr 11, 2010 Georgia

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  10. riotontheroad

    riotontheroad Savant (1,211) Apr 7, 2010 California
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    Unfortunately, this is/was a constant issue for The Bruery. Many batches. This is the primary reason they formed Terreux and separated their sours from the rest of their brews. They are currently building a new tasting room for Terreux, and fortunately for me, I live within a couple miles of each :slight_smile:
     
    #10 riotontheroad, Jun 5, 2015
  11. RDMII

    RDMII Initiate (0) Apr 11, 2010 Georgia

    Yes, I know this. I'm a Reserve Society member, and have access to this thing called the Internet.
     
    #11 RDMII, Jun 6, 2015
  12. riotontheroad

    riotontheroad Savant (1,211) Apr 7, 2010 California
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    wow, real cool.
    just letting people know who might have a bottle of this lying around whats going on with it.
     
    #12 riotontheroad, Jun 6, 2015
  13. Schexybeard

    Schexybeard Initiate (0) Jul 9, 2014 North Carolina

    I had a 4 month old autumn maple earlier this year and it was intensely sour, but in a good way. I love sours, and it tasted like an extremely tart Flanders. The spice and maple was also still detectable. It was so good that I figured it was supposed to be sour and that they had just made a kick ass pumpkin spice and maple sour.
     
    #13 Schexybeard, Jun 13, 2015
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