Beer Nightmares

[phirleh]

After a brew day that wasn't so much a nightmare, but a constant reminder of Murphy's Law, I was curious about other's beer nightmares.

I started late, low propane led to a long slow boil, temperature went to 0 outside so hose was frozen, then at the end of the day a plastic fermenter "trub bumb" fell off the vibrating washing machine in the basement adding to the cleanup.

Have you ever had a party at the cottage only to wake up seeing the prized Cantillon you trecked across Belgium sitting on the outside deck all night and your brother in-law saying he tried one of your beers and it tasted sour?

What's your beer nightmare?

[Belgian]

That Cantillon would still taste about the same, no?

[phirleh]

That Cantillon would still taste about the same, no?

Just an example, I've never tried one, but I did come home from being away and my brother had come over to my house and put a dent in a few Grand River bottles, but luckily he never did get to any older stuff I was saving.

[Cale]

GLUTEN INTOLERANCE.

[Tapsucker]

- Project X bottles available, but I'm out of town.
- Announcements of great beer nights at bars that require a car to get to.
- A wife that likes good beer as much as I do (nothing is safe in this house)

And my all time worst:

Remember the big blackout several years back? Well, no beer at home, zip, empty fridge.

[TheSevenDuffs]

Remember the big blackout several years back? Well, no beer at home, zip, empty fridge.

Given that the beer wouldn't be cold for long, I think a cellar full of RISs would be more fitting for a blackout (maybe some Great Lakes Blackout Stout?)

[Derek]

While in Madison I picked up some rare Brewers Gone Wild from Tyranena.

On the short flight to Chicago, the twin prop flew right through a storm and 3 of the 4 bottles blew their cap off. I remember one was an Imprial Stout and another was an IPA.

My luggage STUNK and I never did get to try them!

[BooBoo]

The standard issue for someone living in the sticks. See something I really want in the LCBO system, call my local store to see if I can get some ordered in and for whatever reason they can't. The St. Ambroise RIS was a recent example of this.

[Ukie]

I put up a post called "Happy Tail Ale" under random talk. That could be a beer nightmare all on its own if you kept it in the fridge and friends helped themselves.

[carguy]

Searching through a cooler full of Canadian and Coors Light, looking for my last bottle of DFH 60 Minute, and then see my Father-in-Law pouring it out after one drink saying "who brought this shit!"

I now bring my own cooler........

[probstk]

I've had some bad luck with beer trades. No major beer nightmares, thankfully.

Theoretical nightmares: Trafalgar somehow monopolizes the Ontario beer scene and The Clocktower "brewpub" in Ottawa starts franchising.

[phirleh]

I've had some bad luck with beer trades. No major beer nightmares, thankfully.

A few years ago my wife bought a 6 pack of westvleteren 12 on ebay as a Christmas gift for me. It got seized by the border agency and was sent to the office of undeliverable mail at the beginning of a Canada post strike. I managed to get some of the money back from the seller since he was kind of foolish to use Usps (and i had no knowledge of beer shipping issues at the time) and a friend in Chicago sent me a westvleteren 12 for new years for a few bottles from me. So it wasn't a complete loss.

[kona]

I discovered recently that the bottle of Goudenband I had been cellaring for 5 years was actually a Jan van Gent. The wrapper fooled me.

[TheSevenDuffs]

I've had some bad luck with beer trades. No major beer nightmares, thankfully.

A few years ago my wife bought a 6 pack of westvleteren 12 on ebay as a Christmas gift for me. It got seized by the border agency and was sent to the office of undeliverable mail at the beginning of a Canada post strike. I managed to get some of the money back from the seller since he was kind of foolish to use Usps (and i had no knowledge of beer shipping issues at the time) and a friend in Chicago sent me a westvleteren 12 for new years for a few bottles from me. So it wasn't a complete loss.

I had a box arrive in the mail the other day. When it left California it has two Westy 12s in it. Unfortunately, only 1 survived the trip.

[icemachine]

Had a bottle of 1979 Thomas Hardy's sent from England 3 weeks ago, still no sign of it...