I don't hide the fact I hate Three Floyds Zombie dust.
Guess I am not alone as I have seen 6 packs on the bottom shelf getting dusty at the liquor store.
Munster, IN is a 3 hour drive and I have no intentions to making a pilgrimage for any of there brews. I would rather go to SunKing in Indy.
Christmas beers are the WORST. I just dodge them altogether. I have also quite successfully avoided pumpkin beer.
In defense of ABInbev, they do employ a lot of people who rely on that job for income.
You guys are all too picky. Aside from MillerCoors/inBev crap, I've never had a Craft Beer that I absolutely despised with the exception of a single Gose I had on tap once that tasted like Bile. I don't recall who made the Gose, but I now know this particular one was brewed incorrectly as that is considered an off-flavour coming from improper souring techniques. I've since had several Gose's that are quite good.
The only other beers I didn't like or couldn't finish were either examples that were spoiled or skunked, which is just improper storage in most cases. Obviously some beers are certainly better than others and everyone has their right to their favorites, but I'm not a fan of grilling a single beer as being undrinkable or terrible for such reasons, and I've drank a lot of beer over the years, dozens of examples of every style at this point (Part-Time Alcoholic In-Progress).
that makes me wonder if the Voodoo Doughnut was actually carbonated with my pickled egg gas. pickled eggs is the only thing my wife has ever banned me from anything to do with. and for good reason. I had to leave the bathroom in the middle of my shower once because of pickled eggs.
Agree with the Magic Hat dislike. Never understood what the hype was all about.
Never even heard of them. They sound like a$$hats so I guess if I ever do see anything from them I will avoid it.
Overall I think they have the most "hate" votes so far.
That's the most hipster thing I've read so far in this entire thread.
Meh. Hype leads to increased expectations, so you go out of your way to acquire it and get all giddy when you actually have the product in hand, and in the end it's just another beer. Hipsters create hype. Sane people resist it.
That may be but you missing the whole reason to hate large corps like them. They take mom and pop businesses and run them out so you are left with little choice in where you work or who you purchase products from. They also drive down prices until mom and pops ore gone and then are able to screw over the consumer. Just remember that mom and pop businesses employ people also and usually you will be treated like a person instead of a number. Most businesses that are small and fall into specialty catagories (like brewing) have a vested interest in the advancement of said employees.
If there was no inbev think of how many more brewers we would have to choose from. And be ready for more consolidation and loss of your favorite brews to the devil. http://finance.yahoo.com/news/craft...n-as-americans-drink-less-beer-132101300.html
Just finished off a SN Celebration sixer last weekend. It was good but now that its been mention, it did taste somewhat different. I enjoyed it but it didn't quite have the flavor of previous years.
I feel like the nostalgia of Winter and Christmas keeps more loyal to the same beers for the season. Other seasonals I am more likely to sample different breweries offerings. Winter beers I stick to my traditional lineup even if some have faded in quality over the years.
Also for Pumking. I had a bottle of last year's batch sit in my fridge for a year and even some of my brew club buddies who hated the 2013 said the age worked miracles on it
This is interesting - had a guy in our club, when I brewed my first ever punkin, say, "just drink it up over the holidays as fruit/vegetable beers don't age well." Not sure if he was dealing with fact, myth, or truth, but I have always had it in the back of my mind that you don't want them sitting around.
Heady Topper.
I think they are wet-hopping now (says "fresh-hopped" on the label or some such)--I liked it better when it was dry-hopped. Probably at least 2-3 years ago.
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