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There are those days. You open a bottle of beer and it is sour. Happened to me with a Hiisi with its best before date still some days to go. (happens to me with other bottled beers from micro breweries rather often actually). While the Hiisi was still spilling its content by itself and me being very frustrated I opened another beer, the Mochaccino Messiah, and let the Hiisi drain itself into limbo. 3,5 € gone. Lesson learned.
For Christmas I got a nice package of different beers from the Nürnberg Area. In November I went there and shopped at the Bierothek, a bottle shop. I had a very nice discussion with their sales person about the KBS and left the shop with 6 beers.
The first one from the Christmas package I opened was Altstadthof's Rotbier. I liked their rustic style and so I gave it a try.
As you might remember I had an IPA from the Mustan Virran Panimo some time ago. It wasn't that good and as I had another one from them in my stash I opened it and.
Holy shit, same thing again. Total harsh bitterness, the body gone, thin, watery. The beer that probably was still there was gone when I tasted it.
Some months ago I had Mustan Virran Panimo's Grand Cru, which I liked. I thought it was time for another one. I looked into my stash (which had grown again) and got their IPA. Due date was still in range. I was very enthusiastic.
Ok, I keep this review brief and short this time. If you have read my review of the Rock Kivi Lager you might remember that I had problems with its best before date. On this one the best before date really needs to be moved one or even two month down. This beer was sour and bitter. There was no ale taste anymore left. It had just gone bad. There were still 3 days left before the best before date. If I would be able to give this one back and reclaim my money I would immediately do that. But how to prove that this beer just went bad? Probably impossible.
On my trip to Savonlinna I also stopped for two days in Kuopio. There I bought some of the local produced beers, especially the Rock Kivi (Lager), which according to the bottle label is a dry-hopped lager, which I was intrigued to buy because of the funny label. Best before date was still 5 days due. So I thought it would be a good time to give it a try.
Disguising beers from industry scale brewers as „craft beer“ has been an industry standard for years. When the craft beer wave hit Europe lots of industry players hopped on that train. The train is still moving and is probably still far away from its final destination.
