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Revolution Brewing Letting Customers Exchange Recalled Beer Starting Today

By Mina Bloom | October 19, 2016 6:33am
 A mug of Revolution beer at Revolution Brewing.
A mug of Revolution beer at Revolution Brewing.
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AVONDALE — Anyone who has Revolution Brewing beer affected in the brewery's massive recall can exchange it for fresh beer starting today. 

The popular Chicago-based brewery recalled about 10,000 barrels of beer this week due to a quality issue. That includes batches of Anti Hero IPA, Fist City Pale Ale, Cross of Gold Ale, Mosaic Hero IPA, Eugene Porter and Unsessionable Imperial IPA. 

The following package dates (found on the bottom of cans, on the labels of bottles and printed on kegs) are affected:

• Anti Hero IPA: 8-5-16 to 10-11-16

• Fist City Pale Ale: 8-11-16 to 9-26-16

• Cross of Gold Ale: 8-23-16

• Mosaic Hero IPA: 8-16-16 to 9-8-16

• Eugene Porter: 8-3-16 to 10-6-16

• Unsessionable Imperial IPA: 9-27-16 to 10-7-16

The recall does not affect any Oktoberfest, Rev Pils, Citra Hero, Rosa Hibiscus Ale, and Bottom Up Wit beers.

"The affected beers exhibit ester or phenolic flavors, which are more characteristic of Belgian-style ales, and which should not be present in our standard American ales," the brewery said in a prepared statement. "We believe these off-flavors were produced by a wild yeast that has gotten worse over time and was not identified in time by our quality control methods."

The brewery sad there was no health or safety issues associated with drinking the beer.

The brewery encourages any customers with affected beer to exchange for fresh beer at Revolution's tap room, 3340 N. Kedzie Ave., beginning at 2 p.m. Wednesday. But the brewery estimates much of the affected beer has already been consumed.

Founder Josh Deth told the Tribune the recall was like "a death in the family."

"No one likes to deal with it, but you deal with it the best you can. And it brings people together and refocuses you on what really matters, which for us is the quality of our beer," Deth told the Tribune.

The brewery has since re-propagated its house ale yeast.

"All beer now being packaged at the brewery meets our standards for taste and flavor," the brewery wrote in its statement.

A spokeswoman for the brewery did not say how the affected beer would be destroyed.

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