Ballistic Beer Company: ‘Exploding’ Twang Brambleberry Sour cans recalled

A beer company has been forced to recall a bunch of its stock because of the risk of “exploding cans” and excessive alcohol content.

Beer cans have been pulled from the shelves because they risk exploding.

Ballistic Beer Company has been forced to recall its Twang Brambleberry Sour 375ml Cans and Kegs from all stores immediately because they “may be affected by refermentation in the can which could result in exploding cans”.

The kegs pose no safety issue but the company said their quality may be impacted by the refermentation issue.

Food Standards Australia said the recall was due to potential for excessive alcohol content.

*PRODUCT RECALL NOTICE*Please see the notice below regarding the recall of our most recent batch of Twang...

Posted by Ballistic Beer on Sunday, 26 July 2020

The recall impacts products packed on July 10 and 13 with best before dates of April next year.

The Ballistic Beer Company said the source of this issue was still being investigated.

“In the interest of customers’ safety and product quality Ballistic Beer Co. has decided to immediately recall all cans and kegs from the affected batch,” it said in a statement on its website.

“Consumers with recalled cans can either return them to their retailer for a full refund or they can email a picture of the bottom of the can/s together with their name and postal address to [e-mail] and the Ballistic team will send them a replacement can/s of our next seasonal beer release when it is released in 4-6 weeks.”

It said representatives were proactively contacting retailers and venues to ensure that all impacted product was removed from sale and stock credited in full.

“Ballistic Beer Co. has an extensive on-site and off-site quality program already in place and once our investigations are completed we will be implementing any changes required to prevent this issue from re-occurring in the future,” it said.

“Ballistic Beer Co. apologises to retail customers and consumers for any inconvenience caused by this recall.

“We thank our loyal customers and consumers for purchasing our beers and we will be working hard to ensure our future beers meet the high standards you have come to expect from Ballistic Beer Co.”