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Title: Real Ale Sisyphus Barleywine (non BB)
Post by: EmirOfSchmoe on March 27, 2008, 11:33:06 am: I bought a couple of 6 packs of Sisyphus Barleywine while they had it at Spec's downtown but some of them seemed spoiled. I was wondering if any of our beer guys/gals had the same experience?
Title: Re: Real Ale Sisyphus Barleywine (non BB)
Post by: Astroholic on March 27, 2008, 12:27:26 pm: Quote from: EmirOfSchmoe on March 27, 2008, 11:33:06 am
I bought a couple of 6 packs of Sisyphus Barleywine while they had it at Spec's downtown but some of them seemed spoiled. I was wondering if any of our beer guys/gals had the same experience?

I try to stay away from that Sisyphus err Syphilis ooohhh nevermind.
Title: Re: Real Ale Sisyphus Barleywine (non BB)
Post by: Frobie on March 27, 2008, 01:38:17 pm: Spoiled how? Soured? Oxidized (sherry/cardboard taste)? Other?

Have you tasted it previously?

Bad bottles of commercial beer do happen, but they are (thankfully!) pretty rare in my experience.
Title: Re: Real Ale Sisyphus Barleywine (non BB)
Post by: Colt 45 on March 27, 2008, 01:59:37 pm: Barley wine tastes funky, I'll pass.
Title: Re: Real Ale Sisyphus Barleywine (non BB)
Post by: Ty in Tampa on March 27, 2008, 02:01:06 pm: Quote from: Colt 45 on March 27, 2008, 01:59:37 pm
Barley wine tastes funky, I'll pass.

You more of a....malt liquor fan?
Title: Re: Real Ale Sisyphus Barleywine (non BB)
Post by: Colt 45 on March 27, 2008, 03:16:31 pm: Hop head
Title: Re: Real Ale Sisyphus Barleywine (non BB)
Post by: austro on March 27, 2008, 03:22:57 pm: Quote from: Colt 45 on March 27, 2008, 03:16:31 pm
Hop head

I think he was suggesting an alternative interpretation of your username.
Title: Re: Real Ale Sisyphus Barleywine (non BB)
Post by: EmirOfSchmoe on March 27, 2008, 03:45:39 pm: Quote from: Frobie on March 27, 2008, 01:38:17 pm
Spoiled how? Soured? Oxidized (sherry/cardboard taste)? Other?

Have you tasted it previously?

Bad bottles of commercial beer do happen, but they are (thankfully!) pretty rare in my experience.

I drank one on a previous day from the same lot and it was fine but the next one I had was very sour. The bad one had some sediment at the bottom but being a homebrewer I usually dismiss such things. These guys are a bit pricey to have bad ones in the bunch.
Title: Re: Real Ale Sisyphus Barleywine (non BB)
Post by: Frobie on March 27, 2008, 04:03:19 pm: Ah, apologies, I didn't know you were a homebrewer. Sometimes when people on the internets talk about beer, anything that doesn't taste like what they are used to is of concern. I haven't brewed for a few years. Even though I was pretty decent at it, the occasional infected or oxidized bottle would turn up. So if you are anything like I was, you definitely know a bad bottle when you taste one.

Anyhoo, I can only recall one sixer I've ever had that was soured. It was Rahr's Ugly Pug last fall. If I were you I'd shoot Real Ale an email and see what they say.
Title: Re: Real Ale Sisyphus Barleywine (non BB)
Post by: Colt 45 on March 27, 2008, 07:37:47 pm: Quote from: austro on March 27, 2008, 03:22:57 pm
I think he was suggesting an alternative interpretation of your username.

You think ?
Title: Re: Real Ale Sisyphus Barleywine (non BB)
Post by: austro on March 27, 2008, 08:06:50 pm: Quote from: Colt 45 on March 27, 2008, 07:37:47 pm
You think ?

My bad. It was a nice effort, and I thought it might have gone unnoticed.