Contaminated commercial craft beer?

Sat Jan 22, 2011 7:15 pm

Every bottle out of a sixer of Drake's 1300 Pale Ale (drunk over the course of a week or so) did this when opened:

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Looks like a contamination issue to me. Your thoughts?
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Re: Contaminated commercial craft beer?

Sat Jan 22, 2011 7:25 pm

certainly looks that way or severely over-carbonated. how'd it taste?
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Re: Contaminated commercial craft beer?

Sat Jan 22, 2011 7:30 pm

beltbuckle wrote:certainly looks that way or severely over-carbonated. how'd it taste?

First time for me, but it wasn't bad. Nothing that would make think there was something wrong with it.
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Re: Contaminated commercial craft beer?

Sat Jan 22, 2011 8:11 pm

I had an Avery IPA that did that once. Normally that is a great beer. Something must have crawled into that one bottle or someone sneezed in the bottle capper.

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Re: Contaminated commercial craft beer?

Sat Jan 22, 2011 8:52 pm

you are not supposed to shake them before you open them ;) :pop
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