re appropriated beers

Talk Discussion in 'BeerAdvocate Talk' started by watermelonman, May 22, 2013.

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  1. watermelonman

    watermelonman Initiate (0) Feb 14, 2004 California

    I recently had a crazy beer from a brewery everyone has heard of. It started off a little off kilter, being some kind of Belgian quadruple affair, but where it got crazy was when they lost a single keg for several years, sold out of all they had, found this one random keg, discovered it had soured a bit, decided it was still tasty, and sold glasses on location only.

    Does this merit a different beer listing, or even a review? I enjoyed it and would like to jot that down somewhere, however it is so far from what they originally intended and what the vast majority of other reviewers encountered. Still, seeing that they were selling it on site tells me that they saw fit to put their name on it and release it as its own little monster. On the other hand, no one else has reviewed it in this fashion, few people would have encountered it, and it will never be made again.
     
    #1 watermelonman, May 22, 2013
  2. olfolxholme

    olfolxholme Initiate (0) Feb 13, 2011 California

    seems like a new beer, to me

    but, this reminds me - i wish that we could leave comments on a beer's page. it wouldn't have to be front and center, but just make a comments tab where something like this could go, and it wouldn't have to be tied to a rating or a review.
     
    #2 olfolxholme, May 22, 2013
  3. BigJim5021

    BigJim5021 Savant (1,227) Sep 2, 2007 Indiana

    I'd say that if you give a little background info (say, what you just typed here) then it's perfectly cool to post a review under the listing for it. Your exposition is enough to let people know that they shouldn't expect any other batch of the beer to be similar to what you experienced.
     
    #3 BigJim5021, May 22, 2013
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  4. UCLABrewN84

    UCLABrewN84 Initiate (0) Mar 18, 2010 California

    New beer listing - no. Review - sure, but make sure you indicate the situation.

    What beer was it by the way?
     
    #4 UCLABrewN84, May 22, 2013
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