Sales of NZ-made beer Aro Noir, by Wellington-based brewery Garage Project, ended on the same day the product was launched, because some cans exploded.
Garage Project looked into the issue and confirmed that it was limited to two 'over carbonated batches of Aro Noir, accounting for only 0.6 percent of the can stock sold this year, “with no evidence of problems in any other beers.”
The beer was safe to drink, but over-carbonation caused the seam to fail, resulting in beer spraying from the can. The company has therefore launched a voluntary product withdrawal across NZ and Australia, and the MPI case has been closed.
