Tophat665

Evidently Samuel Adams turned up a few quality problems in some of the bottles from one of their five bottle suppliers and has initiated a voluntary recall of the affected batches. It's possible that there will be small grains of glass in the beer.

Here's the blog posting from whence the info: http://www.realbeer.com/blog/?p=788

And here's the direct link to the customer service page Boston Beer set up to handle this: http://consumerinfo.samadams.com/cidefault.htm

No one should have a bad experience with beer that doesn't involve drinking to great excess.

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SSJTWIZTA

i love my sam adams, but ill be sure to stay away for a bit. well, that is, unless i get in the seasonal ale mood again.

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Fly

fuck it......drink it through a sieve.....



thanks for the heads up Top

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The week I just happen to start drinking sam adams..

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Good thing you still have those Heinekens I left for you.

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Tophat665

While I can't recommend drinking glass, they're a really small number of bottles, so if you just check the serial numbers on the cases,you should be fine. That's what I'm advocating here. Certainly not switching to Heinekin.

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I almost never drink sam adams but i bought a pack 2 weeks ago. No problems so far, but I think I'll throw the rest out.

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SSJTWIZTA

Sam Adams>Heineken

if you ever mention Heineken in a Sam Adams thread again, ill be forced to jump through this monitor, crawl through cyber space, pop out of your disk drive, and rip your face off.

just a friendly warning

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MSD

Or you could just put the bottle codes into the form they link to and not waste good beer.

SSJTWIZTA

the dangers of Sam adams:


okay this photo was taken when i was 19 but still...alcohol will kill ya!

now someone give me a sam adams white ale!

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echo5delta

All it can do is up the percentage of my "service-connected" disability.

In 8 or 10 years when I retire, I mean.

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Randle2I

Killians>Sam Adams. I know that many people enjoy Sam Adams but I've never seen the appeal. I tried their multi-pack thing once & didn't like a single bottle, so I donated them to random neighbors

SSJTWIZTA

petes wicked ale>killians

ohh that beer is soo damn goooddddd.


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n/m

Randle2I

There's a few places in Columbus that sell beer like that. Every Blue Moon we'll go out and buy a bunch of random ones, but they're so hit-or-miss. I'll have to give it a try next time we're out.

Fly

dude........send it my way and i'll drink it through a sieve....

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I drink my Heineken!!! *slurp* I drink it up!!!

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m0rpheus

As someone who works in the beer industry, I will guarantee that you have in the past drank small grains of glass in your beer and never noticed. It happens all the time.
A small grain of glass will be swallowed, digested and leave your body without you even noticing.
Now if they are large chunks of glass thats a different story all together. If that is the case I'm surprised that Sam Adams didn't detect the problem earlier and hold the run to be checked for quality.

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Tophat665

And so Morpeus has brought us back to Earth.

If you're uncomfortable, check the serial numbers of the bottles. If you aren't worried, enjoy your beer.

Meanwhile, I need to check any of my newer empties before reusing. Grains of glass is one thing. Having a full bottle of homebrew explode on capping is entirely another. (I know this. It's happened. Not fun.)

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BadNick

Thanks for the headsup, Tophat. I still have 1/2 case of Sam Adams Summer Ale at home so I'll check those bottle numbers tonight before drinking a few more. I do have a very fine sieve if needed.

Punk.of.Ages

I got in a car accident once and swallowed quite a few small chunks of glass. Didn't do anything to me.

As far as my beer goes, it'll take me a lot more than a few chunks of glass to make me switch to heineken! Blech!

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I'm sorry but I believe the correct order of greatness goes something of the sort:

Samuel Jacksons >>> Sam Adams or Heineken

dirtyrascal7

Good thing I buy my Sam Adams in canned form.


Seriously though, if the glass is granular... the worst it could do is cut your throat a bit on the way down and allow the alcohol to seep directly into your bloodstream, much like Goldschlager. They should charge a premium for these "recalled" beers!

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Damn, i just checked the remaining bottles from a sampler I bought in Colorado (I live in Utah) earlier this week. They are recalled.... I guess they are going to send me a reimbursement check but I wanted to drink the beer!

Ok so now the question is do I drink this beer anyway or toss it?

Punk.of.Ages

Haha, you gotta buy from Colorado (or any other close state) here in Utah if you don't want water, or to pay an arm and a leg at the liquor store!

I reiterate, it's just a little glass, and if you're real worried take Fly's advice: poor it into a glass through a sieve. No need to make another long trip.

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Psycho Dad

Meh... Mine are of the series being recalled and have been quite empty since shortly after their purchase. The only complaint I have is that the SA was not the best brown ale or honey porter I've ever had. They are rinsed, look fine and will one day hold a hefe that I'm getting ready to brew.

I got a recall letter for hamburger a while back too. Couldn't send it back as it had been consumed as well. BTW, apparently Sam's Club records what you purchase from them.

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World's King

I'm drinking a Sam Adams right now and I feel...


OH GOD!!!

Someone call 911...

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This just in: Sieve sales at all time record high. Sieve owners at all time record high.

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ktspktsp

I guess that's a pretty big batch they're recalling..

I don't drink much Sam Adams, but I bought this the other day:


And here is a close up of the serial number:


That's the bad batch. I doubt the practicality of a refund to Iceland.

However, to paraphrase Sideways... I am not drinking any fucking Heineken!
Except if it's free, of course.

Psycho Dad

I think they would mail the refund about anywhere, even Iceland. I'd rather just drink the beer.

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Tophat665

An oldie but a goodie. Even better if you mix it half and half with Moxie and add a dash of bitters.

All kidding aside, that's a beer I wish were available easily anymore.

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BadNick

The Sam Adams bottles I have are not from the recall lot, so I have two less. They went quite well with my medium-rare porterhouse.


But I was thinking, we don't need no stinkin' bottles. We need mini kegs:

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abaya

Dude, looks like you were also our neighbor, up until we moved to Iceland a year ago. (We lived in West Chester, and ktspktsp worked in Exton.)

What, no Yuengling on the list?!

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BadNick

Welcome ...former neighbor...unless I consider this with a more global perspective, in which case Iceland is just past the horizon off the Jersey shore. Keep an eye out for lost Ocean City NJ lifeguards washing up on your shores using a minikeg floatation device.

Do you think this "fly" suit would get thru airline security? I could load up on Yuengling next time I fly to Iceland:

whatever1

Hey, there is always butt monkey beer.....

http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/butt-mo...ler-ale/62661/

BadNick

thanks for the "heads up" on butt monkey. After reading those reviews I wouldn't order that without first taking a taste.

That reminds me. Now that many bars have such a variety of beers, I'm finding it very common that the bartender will give you a little taste if you say you are not familiar with a beer. This pleasant trend makes it much less likely that you'll order some crap you don't like, plus ...it's free beer!

Tophat665

Corney Kegs! Those are the kegs homebrewers use. I know from experience you can fit 4 of them plus a CO2 canister in a standard fridge. Just about the size of a standard homebrewed batch too, at 5 gallons.

Also, Black Butte, Entire Butt, and Dogfishhead Golden Shower Imperial Pilsner (They did make them change the name after it had been out a year.)

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Psycho Dad

They are different from cornies in that they have regular keg couplers. Cornies are old soda kegs with ball or pin lock couplers with separate gas in and liquid out connections. However they are roughly the same size as cornies and one could easily get three or four in a kegerator made from an old fridge or two in most of the mini-fridge style store bought kegerators.

One drawback to the sixtels IMHO is price. They are a bit more expensive than half or quarter barrels. Or at least in my area they are.

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