Bought one of these bottles in Obriens - 9 yoyo 's I think its a 75cl - was looking forward to being smacked in the face with hop flavour and aroma - opened to be greeted with abysmal hop aroma - checked the packaged date which was 28/04/2014 arrgh !
I had the same experience. Even with that bottling date I'd have expected better. I had a 2013 bottle on the day of the FA Cup final and even that had more hop flavour.
Had it on draft in May or June, wasn't anything particularly special at the time I thought.
Will have my own fresh hopped nugget ipa in a couple of weeks , hopefully it will pack a lot more punch !
Southern harvest is always a disappointing one. Am i right that ther are a series of SHs this year? So maybe we aren't all talking about the same beer
Southern Hemisphere is brewed to coincide with the NZ harvest i.e. it's a spring seasonal.
Six-month-old IPA is never a good thing.
Yeah kinda didnt read the bottle other than it was 2014 harvest thought the harvests weren't 6 months apart - had remainder of it last night - sweet sugary bitter mess ....
I'd say if the majority of US imports had their bottling date printed we'd realise we almost never get fresh bottles.
Is say its nigh on impossible to get a fresh American beer here, especially from pacific coast , how long would it take to ship? 2- 3 weeks ? How long would it be sitting in distributors wa ehouse on bith sides ? You are probably looking at 3 weeks
Quote from: Qs on September 14, 2014, 04:21:10 PM
I'd say if the majority of US imports had their bottling date printed we'd realise we almost never get fresh bottles.
Many do, you just need to know how to read Julian dating (http://www.beeroftomorrow.com/sierra-nevada-date-code/).
Quote from: barkar on September 14, 2014, 04:38:48 PM
Is say its nigh on impossible to get a fresh American beer here, especially from pacific coast , how long would it take to ship? 2- 3 weeks ? How long would it be sitting in distributors wa ehouse on bith sides ? You are probably looking at 3 weeks
The quickest I've seen is 58 days from bottling and I've seen that more than once so that seems to be a minimum.
Don't forgot, it needs to
sit in Dublin Port clear Customs & Excise once it gets here.
Was in against the grain last night and they have the Northern Hemisphere Harvest Ale on tap.