bnmir
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Just finished an Avery Kaiser imperial oktoberfest. Carb was low, very thick and cloyingly sweet. I was disappointed and have never had a bad specialty avery before.
bnmir said:Just finished an Avery Kaiser imperial oktoberfest. Carb was low, very thick and cloyingly sweet. I was disappointed and have never had a bad specialty avery before.
Festina Peche is what vaulted the significant other back into beer drinking so I can't hate on it even if its not my taste. DFH calls it a neo-berliner weiss, in reality it taste like a highly carbed fruit syrup soda to me.
I brew berliner's sans fruit and buy lambics for the Saturday/Sunday soccer/football events in place of buying wine. I was surprised by the number of woman who said they didn't like beer, but drink both of the aformentioned in copious amounts. I was even more surpised by the number of men who "only" drink stouts and imperial ipa's fall back to the berliner weiss when they think no one is looking.
In terms of underwhlemed beers, I'd also have to add Elysian Night Owl on tap this year. One of my favorite pumpkin beers but I always get bottles. Had it on tap on Sunday and was sadly underwhlemed. Taste was harsh and had some bitter notes at the end, similar to when spices are added to the boil and not the whirlpool or primary.
Just finished an Avery Kaiser imperial oktoberfest. Carb was low, very thick and cloyingly sweet. I was disappointed and have never had a bad specialty avery before.
Magic hat hasnt impressed me.
Fat tire was okay.
Ommegang i think is pretty awful in general, but thats my own opinion.
Had an abita vanilla double something or another and it sucked.
Rogue dead guy. Everyone I talked to love it. I just thought it tasted like stale burnt cedar.
Rogue Dead Guy.
If you think those are bad try Brother Thelonius.
ubenumber2 said:North Coast Old Rasputin , North Coast PranQster and North Coast Old Stock Ale , I read the hype , heard how everyone loved them , tried all 3 and just didnt enjoy them , maybe my palate isnt very sophisticated
Guiness. Remains the most overrated overhyped beer I know. Every twentysomething with the faintest hint of irish blood in him or a cousin that went to notre dame for a semester or who hangs out at the "I-whish" bar has to wax poetic over and over about this one. Every once in a great while I try it again trying to maintain the most open mind about it and everytime... It still sucks.
ubenumber2 said:That was actually on my list of beers to try until the other three let me down
Special Hops said:Stella Atrois - When they forst started selling it everyine raved about it. Doen;t do anything for me.
Most anything Belgian - just don't care for the style
Pretty much everything I've ever had from New Belgium, esp Fat Tire.
Magic Hat was exactly what I had in mind coming into this thread. #9 was one of those beers I had heard people rave about for the longest time, but upon trying it, I couldn't stand. I don't like the tangy, sour aftertaste contributed by the apricots, and the mouthfeel seems too syrupy for a pale ale. I thought maybe I just had a pint from a dirty tap line at first, but the couple times I've given it a chance since then haven't been any better. I give them credit for what they're doing, it just doesn't do it for me.
Fat Tire is decent, but maybe a little overrated. I'd classify it with stuff like Shiner Bock and S.A. Boston Lager as "gateway beers" for people starting to get into craft beer.
You bite your tongue about Ommegang though!
I had very high hopes when I brought home a bottle of this beer today.
Boy was I disappointed.
About the only thing remotely Belgian about this beer was the bottle format.
Maybe it's the cumin (something I would reserve exclusively for cooking).
Reminiscent of an English bitter gone terribly awry.
I'm a bit sad because I really like what these folks are doing up there, but they won't be around long brewing beer like this.
morticus said:I'd have to say Arrogant Bastard, and most everything by Stone. Don't really understand the hype, not impressed by their beers. But I do like their business model.
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