(Chicago, IL) – Goose Island Beer Co. made an announcement on its website today…
…but nothing on Twitter or Facebook yet…hmm. Below is the full text.
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Goose Island Drinkers,
Goose Island has decided to withdraw three batches of bottled Sofie Belgian Style Ale from the marketplace, packaged on 2/11/2011, 3/8/2011, 4/20/2011. The 2/11/2011 batch is 650ml bottles, the 3/8/2011 and 4/20/2011 batches are 4 packs.
During a routine tasting at our brewery we discovered a bottle of Sofie that had flavor attributes that were different than expected. We found the flavors associated with these samples could be variable from bottle to bottle within these 3 production batches. Some of the bottles in each batch are outside of our desired taste profile.
Brewing Sofie is a complex process that blends barrel aged beer with fresh beer. We have found the root cause of the flavor variation. It was from some of the aging barrels and we have implemented a method of controlling this variation in the future. The beer is perfectly safe to drink, but it doesn’t meet our strict quality standards and requirements for taste.
We deeply appreciate the trust you put into Goose Island and we thank you for your support.
Sincerely,
Brett Porter
Brewmaster
Goose Island Beer Company
Geez, now even the macrobrews are having consistency problems. Well I never!
Still waiting for a Brett Porter, Brett.
Not that this problem could be attributed to the Macrobrew overlord that is Budweiser, I think not. That said, as a long time supporter of Goose Island, I am a chicago native and happened to love their beers, I will never again purchase them simply because they are owned by Budweiser, and I am not alone. Three Floyd’s is a far better alt. and well, for the time being it’s still a microbrew.
Yep to busy planning how to spend that money!
Of course I have one in my fridge right now. Brought it back from Colorado to Florida, a non-GI state. Damn my luck.
This is how many recalls by GI in 2 years. This has to be the third or fourth!
Chicagoland beer drinkers have some excellent alternatives to GI beers like Half Acre, Wild Onion, Revolution & now Finch Beers. Oh yes, most are also available in the perfect container -CANS.
At least it’s not due to Greg Hall’s urine in the bottle, amirite amirite?
When will InBev start brewing Goose Island in England for the UK market?