Laurel
Well-Known Member
HWMBO and I had Jubelale on tap at two separate restaurants. We enjoyed the caramel malt flavor that came through, the hop flavor and bitterness, the slight smokey character, etc.
Imagine my elation at finding it bottled at the local supermarket. I picked up a 6 pack and made myself ready to enjoy a delicious, interesting, flavorful, well-crafted commercial beer in my own home. HWMBO cracked open a bottle and poured a glass as I looked on in anticipation. The beautiful red color showed that they had used a great deal of caramel malts, the head looked seraphic, and I watched him take the first sip.
"Uhhhhh. This is WAY better on tap."
The malt character in this beer doesn't come out, the hop aroma and bitterness are almost nonexistent, it merely tastes like a smoked porter, boring and mundane. After a great deal of excitement leading up to the consumption of this beer, it was all we could do to finish the single glass collectively in a couple hours. Hoping that the single bottle that we opened was a lemon, I opened and poured another the following day. It tasted the same.
Has anyone else experienced this?
Imagine my elation at finding it bottled at the local supermarket. I picked up a 6 pack and made myself ready to enjoy a delicious, interesting, flavorful, well-crafted commercial beer in my own home. HWMBO cracked open a bottle and poured a glass as I looked on in anticipation. The beautiful red color showed that they had used a great deal of caramel malts, the head looked seraphic, and I watched him take the first sip.
"Uhhhhh. This is WAY better on tap."
The malt character in this beer doesn't come out, the hop aroma and bitterness are almost nonexistent, it merely tastes like a smoked porter, boring and mundane. After a great deal of excitement leading up to the consumption of this beer, it was all we could do to finish the single glass collectively in a couple hours. Hoping that the single bottle that we opened was a lemon, I opened and poured another the following day. It tasted the same.
Has anyone else experienced this?