black donkey sheep stealer farmhouse ale

[JimmyM]

Anyone else had this?
Bought this in tesco the other day to try it out (amongst a few of the other beers they had)

Some type of infection in it - huge tcp notes

It went down the sink and in its stead i actually had a bottle of smithwicks winter warmer i found in the back of the press which had expired sometime in 2014 It was a hell of a lot better!

[AJ_Rowley]

That is one of my favorite Irish ales at the mo. Whenever I grab a few bottles this tends to be one of them. I haven't had anything else by them. But when I saw farmhouse ale on it the first time I grabbed a bottle and loved it.

Must have been a bad bottle or batch. Shame as when people get bad bottles it puts them trying it again.

[Bubbles]

I had a bottle about 5 months ago and thought it was lovely, almost as good as Dupont. Almost...

As is often discussed on the forum, consistency seems to be an issue for a lot of the Irish micros. It's a pity.

I'm disappointed to see Black Donkey producing something of a poor standard - to me they're one Irish micro that is doing something a little bit different apart from the usual pale ale/red/stout.

I'd give them another go, perhaps from a different supplier? Maybe the bottle was sitting on the shelf for a while, and some bugs got a chance to grow.

[JimmyM]

Fair enough - I'll try it again another time based on that.
Got it from tesco in ballybrack if any one passing, with a trained pallet and 2.99 wants to invest in some market research.

[fishjam45 (Colin)]

I tried 2 of their brews a while back and both were well overcarbed sadly.

[mcgrath]

They would probably appreciate the feedback and batch number from the bottle..

[Oh Crap]

They would probably appreciate the feedback and batch number from the bottle..

I'll be heading over to their brewery on wed, put up the batch no. And I'll pass it on with the feedback

[JimmyM]

Grand - should be still in the wheely bin.

[imark]

I tried 2 of their brews a while back and both were well overcarbed sadly.

Was it a gusher? The style is quite highly  carbed so over caring it would almost guarantee a bottle bomb.

[JimmyM]

heres a pic of my label

[Oh Crap]

heres a pic of my label

I'll let him know

[garciaBernal]

A friend of mine heard an explosion in his press today. It was a Sheep Stealer. Not sure what temp he had it at. I asked him to send me on a few pics.

[garciaBernal]

Another.

[dcalnan]

I remember when I was considering whether to keg or bottle my saison, that the standard 500ml bottles aren't cut out for saison strength co2 volumes of 3+

[Bubbles]

I've done at least 3.5 vol in regular bottles with no issues.

The above problem is due either to bacterial or wild yeast infection, or if wild yeasts are used intentionally, not letting the beer finish.

I don't remember anything funky or wild about the black donkey product, so I'd have to assume it's picked up a few wild strays along the way. Worrying for them.