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Is there a style you can say you do not like?

Discussion in 'General Homebrew Discussion' started by Ryan_PA, Nov 7, 2007.

 

  1. #41
    cd2448

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Nov 8, 2007
    Rauchbier - nasty stuff brewed in Bamberg, Germany and in Home Brew set-ups world wide.

    I'm not crazy about fruit flavoured beer, either.
     
  2. #42
    joejaz

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Nov 8, 2007
    I tried the Leffe Blonde ale last week. Almost $11 for a six pack. It was worth it though, I almost made five gallons of that stuff. I got the same reaction from others, I don't think I could develope a taste for it.
     
  3. #43
    Ó Flannagáin

    Banned

    Posted Nov 8, 2007
    Not big on American Wheats.. but they are ok. That's it though.
     
  4. #44
    Reverend JC

    2500 gallons year to date

    Posted Nov 8, 2007
    Barley Wines, hands down. I hate raisins and thus the raisny taste that is associated with the BWs.

    BUT, try not to discount a beer until you have had it on 2 totally seperate occasions. More than once i have found myself saying "wow, last time i had this it sucked bad" then i think about what i was doing or eating that could have detracted from the taste ie; hot day grilling and a porter or stout do not mix or eating a desert and drinking a rauch beer.

    Rauch beer with ribs or a steak.......................son of a bitch thats good!
     
  5. #45
    niquejim

    Burrowing Owl Brewery  

    Posted Nov 8, 2007
    Quote from Evan
    "Personally...I have yet to find a style that I truly dislike. Even Schlenkerla Rauchbier grew on me."

    When I opened that bottle and could smell the wood smoke I thought I would dump it. Instead I bought more!

    +1 on Barleywine
     
  6. #46
    Ryan_PA

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Nov 8, 2007
    thats the truth. I thought I hated bocks after my first experience with a Double Bock. Turns out, I just hate Sam Adams Double Bock.
     
  7. #47
    The Drizzle

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Nov 8, 2007

    you should try it from the source with a nice plate of sausages and GPS! now that was orgasmic.
     
  8. #48
    craiger_ny

    Active Member

    Posted Nov 8, 2007
    Glad to see all of the votes on wheat beer, now I don't feel so bad. Triples too.

    Oh yeah, anything pasteurized.
     
  9. #49
    mot

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Nov 8, 2007
    haven't had that many barley wines...but haven't found one that i liked yet

    most wheat beers....only one or 2 that I have liked
     
  10. #50
    talleymonster

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Nov 8, 2007
    I don't like spilled beer. :drunk:
     
  11. #51
    mot

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Nov 8, 2007
    belgain's to forgot I haven't had a belgain i liked
     
  12. #52
    Iordz

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Nov 9, 2007
    I like all well made beer no matter what the style, with one exception, light lagers, they make me gag.
     
  13. #53
    McKBrew

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Nov 9, 2007
    I've liked every style I've tried so far, although my experience in sour beers/lambics is very limited and a sour beer is not something I could drink on a daily basis. But, I'm willing to try anything once.
     
  14. #54
    landhoney

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Nov 9, 2007
    Yet you love Pilsners?
    :confused: ;)

    I don't like IPA's that are all bitter and nothing else, light lagers or light anything for that matter.
     
  15. #55
    Klainmeister

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Nov 9, 2007
    I don't like bock beers or barleywines. Too much stuff going on and just not something i'd ever ask for.
     
  16. #56
    HBDrinker008

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Nov 9, 2007
    I don't care for Saisons, Hefes or Bocks in general, of course there are always exceptions to the rule
     
  17. #57
    Ó Flannagáin

    Banned

    Posted Nov 9, 2007
    Dude, you just described my kegerator.
     
  18. #58
    Onescalerguy

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Nov 9, 2007
    Stouts!
    Cheers
     
  19. #59
    Ó Flannagáin

    Banned

    Posted Nov 9, 2007
    What a sad, sad thread :(
     
  20. #60
    Iordz

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Nov 9, 2007
    I don't know why but I thought homebrewers liked all styles!:eek:
    Everyone is different though.
     
  21. #61
    Ol' Grog

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Nov 9, 2007
    Bocks and stouts.
     
  22. #62
    Evan!

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Nov 9, 2007
    you don't like stouts? reaaallly?
     
  23. #63
    Buford

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Nov 9, 2007
    I dislike American wheats, Kolsch, blond ale, and some sour styles like Flanders Red. Also not a fan of oaked or smoked beers, or anything with a bourbon flavor.
     
  24. #64
    Reverend JC

    2500 gallons year to date

    Posted Nov 9, 2007


    Well Played my good man!
     
  25. #65
    srm775

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Nov 10, 2007
    I can't believe 7 pages in and no one's mentioned it ...

    EDMUND FITZGERALD!!

    Can't stand it ... just the thought of it make's me cringe!
     
  26. #66
    jacobyhale

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Nov 10, 2007
    Definitely add me to the list of Barleywine haters. My best friend loves them, so I've been forced to "Try this one....it's great!!". Yet to find one I can finish even half a glass of.
     
  27. #67
    Duffey

    Member

    Posted Nov 12, 2007
    Hefeweizens, including any variance in spelling, are pretty bad to me. If I want a glass of banana I'll whip up a smoothie.
     
  28. #68
    Brew chick

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Nov 12, 2007
    Really cannot drink over carbonated english lager or light lager,make's me shudder to even think about them.
     
  29. #69
    Cheesefood

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Nov 12, 2007
    American Wheat and Scottish. And Blue Moon Winter Ale. And sulphurus lagers.

    Actually, just about all spiced, fruitted beers. Rdwj gave me some cherry wheat that was awesome, but I'm just not into making them. I had a pumpkin beer that tasted like a bottle of pumpkin spice - not good. Not into coffee beers either.
     
  30. #70
    deharris

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Nov 12, 2007
    I don't really like any lagers (no smell) and IPAs. I'm writing my dissertation on Pliny the Elder so I tried Russian River's Pliny the Elder double IPA. I want to like it, but it's way too hoppy.
     
  31. #71
    elkdog

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Nov 12, 2007
    One of my "once I get good at this" brewing goals is to brew a fairly dry barleywine. I like the complexity and maltiness of barleywines, but often find them cloying. I like Old Foghorn, for example, but sometimes even that is too sweet for me. It's situations like that that make me sure I'll keep homebrewing. "I'd like this beer if it didn't have flavor x or if it had less of y in it. Guess I'll make one like that!"
     
  32. #72
    Deacon

    Member

    Posted Nov 12, 2007
    Wheat beers, blond ales, & especially imperial stouts!!
     
  33. #73
    Pabst Blue Robot

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Nov 13, 2007
    American Browns
     
  34. #74
    Mutine Bullfrog

    Bullfrog Brewers  

    Posted Nov 13, 2007
    I stay away form the Belgians. Most tend to be to sweet for my taste
     
  35. #75
    TwoHeartedBrewer

    Member

    Posted Nov 13, 2007
    I'd hate to discount an entire style but I've been trying hefes for years and have yet to find one that I truly enjoy. I can of course appreciate what the brewer is trying to accomplish. I guess I just don't care for all of the banana and clove flavors in my beer. We all have different tastes though and I find it hard to believe that anyone truly enjoys every beer style.
     
  36. #76
    olllllo

    []-O-[]  

    Posted Nov 13, 2007
    <stumpspeech>
    To those of you that say that you do not like Belgians you are painting with a pretty large brush.

    What you might be saying is that you do not like the Abbey/Trappist styles or the Lambic or Sour styles. Or maybe the Golden Ales.

    Perhaps you've had all four of these predominant styles and do not prefer them. Belgium, however supports many styles and there is a wide variation of beeery goodness within each style.

    Here is a partial list od examples.

    LAMBIC ALE
    Gueuze DeNeve
    Timmermans Lambic Doux
    Faro Vieux Foudre
    Lindemans Gueuze
    Boon Faro
    Mort Subite
    Oud Beersel
    Gueuze Vigneronne Cantillon
    Jacobins Framboise
    Cantillon Rose de Gambrinus
    Boon Marriage Parfait
    Hanssens Gueuze
    Vander Linden Frambozenbier

    ABBEY/TRAPPIST ALE
    Urthel Hibernus Quentum Tripel
    Rochefort 10
    Westvleteren 12
    Val-Dieu Triple
    Pater Lieven
    Abbeye de Aulne
    Witkap Pater Single
    Affligem Dobbel
    Westmalle Triple
    St. Sixtus Abt 12
    Ename Tripel
    Chimay Grande Reserve
    Rochefort 8
    Leffe Blonde
    Bornem
    Augustijn
    Orval
    Grimbergen Triple

    WITBIER
    Sara
    Troublette
    Hoegaarden
    Timmermanns Blanche Wit
    Blanche de Neiges
    Blanche de Bruges
    Steendonk
    Joseph Spelt Ale
    Dentergem
    Blanche de Bruxelles
    Blanche de Charleroi
    Titje

    SOUR ALE
    Rodenbach Red
    Rodenbach Grand Cru
    Rodenbach Alexander
    Bellegems Bruin
    Bacchus
    Duchesse de Bourgogne
    Goudenband
    Petrus
    Felix
    Oud Zottegems
    Vichtenaar
    Ichtegem's Old Brown

    BROWN ALE
    Touffe Brune
    Zatte Bie
    Caracole
    Leffe Brune
    Gouden Carolus
    Gildenbier
    Scotch Silly
    Kasteel
    Verboden Vrucht
    Vondel
    Cuvee de Ermitage
    Ciney Bruin
    La Gauloise
    Grottenbier

    AMBER ALE
    Urthel Tonicum Finiboldhus
    Helleketelbier
    Vervifontaine Red
    Vieux Temps
    Artevelde Grand Cru
    Pauwel Kwak
    Speciale Palm
    Houten Kop
    De Koninck
    Bruegel
    Satan Red
    Brunehaut Amber

    GOLDEN ALE
    Hellekapelle
    Saxo
    Den Ostensche
    Duvel
    Deugniet
    Lucifer
    Delirium Tremens
    Hoegaarden Grand Cru
    Julius
    Straffe Hendrick
    Brigand
    La Guillotine

    SAISON
    Saison d'Erezee
    Black Ghost
    Blonde de la pralie
    Dupont Vieille Biere
    Saison de Pipaix
    Vapeur en Folie
    Saison 1900
    Saison Regal
    Silly Saison
    Saison d' Epeautre
    Fantome

    SPECIALTY BEER
    Stille Nacht
    Bush
    Oerbier
    Gulden Draak
    La Chouffe
    Piraat
    Cochonette
    Biere de Miel

    BELGIAN PILS
    Maes Pils
    Stella Artois
    Karibik
    Bel Pils


    There are some beers that I do not like and I challenge myself to identify precisely why I like or do not like it. We are homebrewers and we should take pride in being knowledgeable about beer and more importantly to be able to communicate to others what they should expect when they taste a particular beer that you have had. Believe me. I am not quite there yet, but I pledge to continue drinking until I am!

    I read something in Beer Advocate that I took to heart. Essentially the sentiment was that we as homebrewers should be beer advocates for all beer, not just the ones we like.
    </stumpspeech>


    More info on Belgian Beers here.
    http://www.belgianstyle.com/mmguide/index.html
     
  37. #77
    TexLaw

    Here's Lookin' Atcha!  

    Posted Nov 13, 2007
    It may be the diacetyl you don't like or, if they've used peat smoked malt, it could be that.

    About the only style that really don't reach for are blond ales and cream ales, although there are some that I like (especially a friend's pre-prohibition cream ale). It's not that they are bad or offend my palate. I just find them uninteresting. I'm not a big fan of American wheats, either, but a good, crisp one with a large wheat bill can be very nice at the right time. A good kölsch is excellent and not all that hard to find (at least, around here, you can get Saint Arnold Texas Wheat, and you can get Pyramid Curveball when it's in season).

    About the only other "style" of beer I don't care for are the spin-your-head-around-scrape-IBUs-off-your-tongue-no-malt-balance-high-ABV IIIPAs and other "imperial" styles that rely on shocking the system for any notoriety. Many of those are just bad beers made bigger and hyped.


    TL
     
  38. #78
    niquejim

    Burrowing Owl Brewery  

    Posted Nov 13, 2007
    Which one was it so we can tell you whether to try another with different flavors.
    Also most Scottish yeasts will give a smokey flavor that's why people tend to use peated malt in homebrew versions when it's not really needed
     
  39. #79
    Ryan_PA

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Nov 13, 2007
    I know this was a broad statement, but from my perspective I just wanted to say I will continue to try to continue searching the beers from this country. There are some you had listed that I may have overlooked in my generalized statement.

    I also understand the spirit of the quote above. I cannot say I agree. There is no way you can be an advocate of all beer. You should push craft brew and good beer to those that do not try it, but I will not push something I do not like... maybe it is just me.
     
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