01-10-2018, 02:19 PM
Sure, it is possible. All others have said they are great and the pictures have fresh look in their beers. Some random cans may of course be oxidized or gone otherwise bad, bottles more rarely. You have some really shitty luck with these beers! This is like the counter-effect of the almond in the pice pudding.
Which one did you have? I haven't opened any of this month's beers yet, but I have to try that same beer now. If it was of the IPA/NEIPA style, was it of the regular IPA color or light orange/yellowish NEIPA color? If it was greyish, it most likely was bad. IPAs usually have a grey haze if they go bad. These however are fresh batches and customers have made no complaints either. I've seen a hazy light orange NEIPA gone greyish in one of the pictures posted by the MBC people. That had clearly gone bad and he got a replacement in the following box. All others had good ones.
The main rule with beers is that if it looks and tastes weird, it very possibly has gone bad for one reason or another and you should pour it down the drain. Of course it depends on the style too. Some smell weird because of the style, some look hazy or have a weird colour because of the style or additional ingredients used, some look awful but are such on purpose. My wife often comments especially on my lambics, sours and goses that they smell awful, like they've been soaked in horse dung or something, haha Half of those do smell very pungent. Then again, I hate the smell of most cheeses, but most of them still taste fantastic - just like the beers.
I've had to throw away only three beers well before the best before date in the last 15 years, and many stronger ones should get even better a few years after the BBD. All were by different breweries and, surprisingly, all were bottled beers.
Which one did you have? I haven't opened any of this month's beers yet, but I have to try that same beer now. If it was of the IPA/NEIPA style, was it of the regular IPA color or light orange/yellowish NEIPA color? If it was greyish, it most likely was bad. IPAs usually have a grey haze if they go bad. These however are fresh batches and customers have made no complaints either. I've seen a hazy light orange NEIPA gone greyish in one of the pictures posted by the MBC people. That had clearly gone bad and he got a replacement in the following box. All others had good ones.
The main rule with beers is that if it looks and tastes weird, it very possibly has gone bad for one reason or another and you should pour it down the drain. Of course it depends on the style too. Some smell weird because of the style, some look hazy or have a weird colour because of the style or additional ingredients used, some look awful but are such on purpose. My wife often comments especially on my lambics, sours and goses that they smell awful, like they've been soaked in horse dung or something, haha Half of those do smell very pungent. Then again, I hate the smell of most cheeses, but most of them still taste fantastic - just like the beers.
I've had to throw away only three beers well before the best before date in the last 15 years, and many stronger ones should get even better a few years after the BBD. All were by different breweries and, surprisingly, all were bottled beers.
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