Ever regretted a "craft" beer purchase? Why?

[m3n00b]

Same here. Only okfest from now on from them.

 

[Milan37]

Never liked anything from Shipyard. They all taste 'off' to me.

 

[MaxStout]

Bought a couple sixers of Furthermore: Knotstock (infused with cracked pepper) and Oscura (coffee lager). I was hoping for subtlety, but unfortunately, the Knotstock's flavor was completely dominated by the pepper. It was as if someone emptied a peppermill into a pale ale (which I couldn't tell was a pale ale due to all the pepper).
The Oscura tasted like yesterday's leftover coffee, mixed with some beer.

Their creed for additions must be "if a little's good, more is better."

 

[finsfan]

Sierra Nevada Summerfest, I didn't read the label to see the style. It's not a bad beer by any means, but when I'm shelling out 8 bucks a 6-pack I generally want something more flavorful than a pilsner.

I agree, I was really Disappointed in that one. Another one is Schlafly's hefeweizen. It tasted like a normal wheat beet but bland. No fruity esters at all!

 

[LovesIPA]

Next time anyone buys Rampant IPA and doesn't like it, ship it to me. One of my favorites.

I agree that Sam Adams just gets worse as I get older. I bought a case of some of their IPA's at Costco. I think it was called "Hopology". They were all gross. Someone from Sam's needs to come out to the west coast and see what a real IPA tastes like.

The worst craft beer was one SWMBO bought. Leinenkugel's Imperial IPA. I think they used 100% crystal malts. It tastes like a bottle of fermented caramel. Absolutely disgusting.

 

[EoinMag]

Tokyo Imperial Stout from Brewdog, it was an instant drainpour beer, first time I've ever done it and it cost me 18 Euros, which is about $22-23

Horrible perfumed crap is the simple reason.

 

[eltorrente]

Sam Adams sucks. Back in the mid-nineties, I used to drink quite a bit of Boston Lager, and often is was fresh and tasted great. Every time I try one these days, they are old and taste like crap. Octoberfest is pretty good though - I buy maybe 1 sixpack a year of that - but otherwise I steer clear of them.

They aren't the brewery I used to support and respect - now they're just pumping out all sorts of crap. There's so many good beers to choose from, so there's no need to waste money on them.

 

[Spartan1979]

SA Infinium. Sucked and way expensive. I let the beer manager at the store talk me into that.

 

[TheSmithsEra]

Celis Grand Cru. That was disgusting and also any flavored stout, like blueberry or whatever. Siick

 

[ktblunden]

Tokyo Imperial Stout from Brewdog, it was an instant drainpour beer, first time I've ever done it and it cost me 18 Euros, which is about $22-23

Horrible perfumed crap is the simple reason.

Yes!! Amazingly I paid way less than that in California, but I also dumped it immediately. Cloyingly sweet cough syrup mixed with grain alcohol.

 

[FuzzeWuzze]

We were in the grocery store while on vacation and saw this

Of course we were drawn to it, i mean Rogue makes some amazing beers.

Its not that this wasnt amazing, it was more that we didnt look at the price and it was i think $16 for the 22. Didnt even realize it until we looked at the receipt later. We did regret it. Not that great of a beer, especially for so much money.

 

[glick]

For me it is Dogfish head's Midas Touch. Sickeningly sweet.

 

[Johnnyhitch1]

Regret it everytime i make a purchase and dont check bottle dates...
Ive come to the point of not purchasing hoppy brews unless it was just released or has a visible BOD.
To much good beer to drink old oxidized crapola.

 

[Crito]

Regret it everytime i make a purchase and dont check bottle dates...
Ive come to the point of not purchasing hoppy brews unless it was just released or has a visible BOD.
To much good beer to drink old oxidized crapola.

+1. Had a few of those.

Worst one was a spice beer I think it was Maui breadfruit. Too much spice. Then a pecan porter that I could not taste the pecan, only the spices (why add hot peppery spices to pecans?)

 

[firerat]

Regret buying beer? No. Disappointment? Certainly.

Way too many to list.

 

[Pugnax88]

Regret it everytime i make a purchase and dont check bottle dates...
Ive come to the point of not purchasing hoppy brews unless it was just released or has a visible BOD.
To much good beer to drink old oxidized crapola.

Just happened to me for the first time last week. That is the biggest let-down ever. Had myself what I was hoping to be a nice IIPA, turned out to.be almost a year old. No hop flavor or aroma to speak of. So sad...

 

[allenH]

Weird. It's great stuff. Cigar city guava grove....

Yuck! I love sours. This wasn't too sour it was too everything else...

Guava Grove isn't a sour, it's a Saison. There was an accidental sour batch a couple of years ago, if you happen to come across one of those, they are worth big $$. It's popularity lead to them making an intentional sour version this year, which hasn't been released in bottles yet. Guava Grove is one of my favorites, but everyone has different tastes.

 

[allenH]

Full Sail Imperial Porter Bourbon Barrel Aged. Overwhelming smell of bourbon, it tasted like a porter boilermaker. The bar I was at has 2-4-1 bottles before 7pm, I had to tell them to keep the other one.

 

[Mike37]

Penn Pilsner. Bought a sixer for my wife nearly two years ago because she had it on tap once and flipped out about how good it was for some reason. Opened a couple bottles of hers and it was very much like way over carbonated BMC.

Why did I mention it was two years ago? I just found three remaining bottles in the beer fridge last week.

 

[DannPM]

Wow, I just bought a bottle of this the other day, and now you've scared me!

Ah that was only my experience! Don't be scared. Just don't be afraid of calling out a popular beer burgeoning on the edge of a current trend (big beers, huge flavors, etc) if you don't like it.

 

[hadabar]

Guava Grove isn't a sour, it's a Saison. There was an accidental sour batch a couple of years ago, if you happen to come across one of those, they are worth big $$. It's popularity lead to them making an intentional sour version this year, which hasn't been released in bottles yet. Guava Grove is one of my favorites, but everyone has different tastes.

Well aware. ...

I starting the fact that I like sours. ..and this sucked. ..whatever style it was trying to be. ..and yes it was from that batch a few years ago. ..horrible

 

[glick]

I have regretted every Dogfish Head purchase except their punkin ale. I hate their beer.

 

[brucewayne10000]

I regret any beer where the label is a b!7(# to get off!

 

[campbelldm1]

Agreed. I usually like 2 or 3 of the varieties, but the remaining few are not good to me at all.

They always sneak in boston lager. Not that I mind the beer, but I can buy it separately much cheaper.

 

[mcmeador]

Man, there's a lot of Sam Adams hate here. That's my favorite brewery, but I will admit that my most disappointing craft beer purchase was Sam Adams Imperial White. Way too sweet and the alcohol flavor was overwhelming.

 

[Afghanvet_2x]

I just bought a Game of Thrones beer Take the Black Stout. It is horrible

 

[DrunkleJon]

I saw it at the bottle shop on Friday. Didn't buy it but someone did and I got a sample that night. Woodchuck Pumpkin Spice Cider. Ick

 

[45thparallelhopper]

Bought a New Holland holiday pack, and although the pack was decent, that Icabod beer was so horrible I took one sip and poured it out. Still the only craft beer I've ever donated to the sewer gods

 

[blaster_54738]

I'm sure I'll catch crap for this one but the only craft beer I've purchased and haven't been able to finish...Pumking. I love Southern Tier beers but I couldn't finish Pumking. My buddy brewed a pumpkin beer last year and I thought it was good so I figure with how highly Pumking is talked about and the reviews on BA I'd try it...couldn't do it.

 

[LovesIPA]

I bought a sixer of a pumpkin cider the other day. It's actually quite good.