Got a sixer of IPA from a local brewery and had it in the fridge for a couple of days. Cracked one open tonight and poured it in a pint glass. Looked and smelled great until about 1 ounce left in the bottle, and then bam- giant slug of yeast sludge comes out.
I was just reminded why I don't buy more local beer in bottles
#1
Posted 26 November 2017 - 09:49 PM
#2
Posted 26 November 2017 - 10:45 PM
Got a sixer of IPA from a local brewery and had it in the fridge for a couple of days. Cracked one open tonight and poured it in a pint glass. Looked and smelled great until about 1 ounce left in the bottle, and then bam- giant slug of yeast sludge comes out.
rookie mistake!
#3
Posted 26 November 2017 - 10:47 PM
Well, I poured carefully on the second one and it still looks like pond water. Oh well...
#4
Posted 26 November 2017 - 10:58 PM
I think it also has a good bit of DMS. Something is definitely not worth $10 a sixer.
#5
Posted 27 November 2017 - 12:07 AM
#6
Posted 27 November 2017 - 07:33 AM
#7
Posted 27 November 2017 - 07:38 AM
sometimes the stuff that has settled out is hop material. sometimes it's yeast.
#8
Posted 27 November 2017 - 07:50 AM
#9
Posted 27 November 2017 - 08:38 AM
I even remember picking up some Bell's Amber Ale which is quite good. I was with a bunch of buds playing cards and I got my bottle of beer and started pouring it into a glass and it was pretty hazy. The other swill-drinking guys were just looking at it as I poured. Then at the end there was some sludge. It wasn't solid like a plop but it was quite a bit of ultra-yeasty beer that went into the glass and really looked unappetizing. Everyone just kind of winced at it. It's one reason I try to get things clear. When someone here is tapping beers and they're not used to it... when the keg is empty and a shot of yeasty beer comes out of the faucet they hold up their glass to me and they're all, OMG! WHA HAPEEEN!!
I don't worry too much about the last pint
#10
Posted 27 November 2017 - 09:16 AM
Me neither. I toss it out. If I know the keg is close to empty and I tap a beer from that keg, I pay close attention... when I see cloudy beer I stop so I can drink whatever made it into the glass. But the uninitiated won't know so they end up with a glass of sludge and then ask me what they did wrong. My first order of business in those cases is to say, "Here, gimme that". Then I tell them they drained the keg and then I hook up a new one.I don't worry too much about the last pint
#11
Posted 08 December 2017 - 04:45 PM
Update- it wasn't the brewery's fault.
When I cleared the remaining bottles out of the fridge, I saw that the best by date on the beer was in January 2017. The store (and distributor) allowed a six pack to sit there for 10 months out of date. Now I feel sorry for the brewer!
I finally got around to taking them back, and the store swapped it for a different beer from the same brewery, no problem. They were very apologetic- apparently the distributor is responsible for checking the dates, but they still apologized for not catching it.
I got cans this time, with a good date on the bottom.
#12
Posted 08 December 2017 - 04:52 PM
Update- it wasn't the brewery's fault.
When I cleared the remaining bottles out of the fridge, I saw that the best by date on the beer was in January 2017. The store (and distributor) allowed a six pack to sit there for 10 months out of date. Now I feel sorry for the brewer!
I finally got around to taking them back, and the store swapped it for a different beer from the same brewery, no problem. They were very apologetic- apparently the distributor is responsible for checking the dates, but they still apologized for not catching it.
I got cans this time, with a good date on the bottom.
I got burned by that one time, now I check all my dates!
#13
Posted 08 December 2017 - 05:01 PM
I got burned by that one time, now I check all my dates!
Same here; been burned before, and I refuse to pay good money for beer that's long out of freshness.
#14
Posted 08 December 2017 - 05:28 PM
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