Most over rated craft beers

[MaxStout]

1) Any beer for which you must show up on a certain date/time, stand in line and to pay an exorbitant price for a limited quantity is overrated in my book, when there are plenty of more available beers that are probably just as good, if not better.
2) Any beer that's $10-plus for a 22 oz. bomber.
3) Any beer that's embraced by a "hipster" crowd.

 

[SDbrewerJake]

Just had a Pliny the elder and it was good. Just feel the hype was too much and I was expecting something special to happen. I would drink a sculpin over pte any day.

 

[BargainMugs]

Speaking of outrageously priced beers, has anyone tried FiftyFifty Brewing's Eclipse Stout series? My local beer store is selling them for an absurd $30.99 a bottle.

 

[el_horno]

Hopslam. Highly overrated.

 

[user 157712]

Wow, a lot of hate on the hopslam. I guess I missed the memo on that one. If I did have to bust my ass to get it I would say it's over rated too...but I do enjoy it over most other examples.

 

[Homercidal]

Wow, a lot of hate on the hopslam. I guess I missed the memo on that one. If I did have to bust my ass to get it I would say it's over rated too...but I do enjoy it over most other examples.

I'm sure a lot of people don't like it because it's a DIPA and it doesn't have that face melting dry bitterness that most hopheads crave. When it's fresh and especially on tap, it's complex, well balanced and smooth.

 

[christopherrburns]

An over hyped beer is not necessarily a bad beer. Just one that does not match the mass hysteria that surrounds it.

 

[TNGabe]

Some possible better titles for this thread:

"Beers I don't like as much as other people"

"Beers that used to be hyped, but have faded into semi-obscurity, that I still want to complain about"

"Beers I wish I didn't cost so much"

"Any hype is too much hype."

Seriously though, Hopslam? Hasn't that horse been beat enough?
120? If there was any hype about this beer, it was when it came out, what 10 yrs ago?
Oberon? Oberon? Hype? Oberon Hype? What???? It's a grocery store beer available in 18 states.

 

[Clann]

I'm on the anything that costs more than $9 a sixer is overrated.
you would think that some of these brewerys yeast piss gold instead of alcohol

 

[mtnagel]

I had some friends go to dark lord day and it sounds like a cluster f, Pay to get in wait hours in line for your opportunity to buy three bottles instead of the usual 4, did not tell anyone the allotment was 3 until the morning of, pay the same price for three that they did for 4 the year before and then if they are lucky they may win yet another opportunity to purchase more bottles of a super special dark lord. No thanks will just buy a nice bottle of a different imperial stout and save my self about 200 dollars and 8 hours of headache.

Hard for me to disagree. I got tickets on a whim without really knowing what I was getting myself into. I had a great weekend (hung out in Indy Friday night and had some awesome beer and a great time) and Dark Lord Day was something to experience, so I don't regret going, but I probably wouldn't go again. And you are discounting the festival part. There was some amazing beer to be had and heavy metal music (if you are into that).

 

[user 157712]

An over hyped beer is not necessarily a bad beer. Just one that does not match the mass hysteria that surrounds it.

I hear ya. Except for what I read here, I'm pretty much alone when it comes to good craft beer. Friends and family that do drink beer stick to BMC mostly. So I guess I don't hear much of the hype myself..

 

[SavoryChef]

Sculpin
Green Flash West Coast IPA
Rogue dry Hopped Red
And our only local pale ale in the bottle, Icky from Great Basin

 

[Brewbien]

Feinbera, i'm not sure i understand your logic ... Pliny the younger is overrated because it is damn good and you yearn for the day when they produce more of it?

I agree with him. Its a great beer but it is over-hyped. Its "get it every time if it was available all the time good", but not "wait 2 hours in line in the hopes you get to taste it good".

 

[christopherrburns]

Some possible better titles for this thread:

"Beers I don't like as much as other people"

"Beers that used to be hyped, but have faded into semi-obscurity, that I still want to complain about"

"Beers I wish I didn't cost so much"

"Any hype is too much hype."

Seriously though, Hopslam? Hasn't that horse been beat enough?
120? If there was any hype about this beer, it was when it came out, what 10 yrs ago?
Oberon? Oberon? Hype? Oberon Hype? What???? It's a grocery store beer available in 18 states.

Perhaps things are a bit different in your parts but the release of hopslam is still a huge event here in illinois, you have to get on a wait list and pay the 20 for a six pack. If a bar has it on tap they typically sell out in a night or two. Oberon is not as big of a deal as hopslam but still get some folks wound up when it comes out. Therefore in my opinion both are overrated. Not sure what it matters if "that horse has been beat", it's still true regardless of how long ago it was said or how often. As for your thread title suggestion they don't really make sense. It's been stated quite often overrated does not mean bad, most of the beers mentioned here are ones that are really good. Don't think any of the beers noted have faded to semi-obscurity, maybe a few but that;s the minority. Cost of a beer has little to do with something being overrated, just a byproduct of demand exceeding supply. Cigar city is a grocery store beer and not expensive and I find them overrated. Some hype is fine with me. I like to know what beers are new and have a favorable reputation, but the have to get it now mentality associated with most of the beers mentions are too much.

 

[ForrestWoods]

Some possible better titles for this thread:

"Beers I don't like as much as other people"

"Beers that used to be hyped, but have faded into semi-obscurity, that I still want to complain about"

"Beers I wish I didn't cost so much"

"Any hype is too much hype."

Seriously though, Hopslam? Hasn't that horse been beat enough?
120? If there was any hype about this beer, it was when it came out, what 10 yrs ago?
Oberon? Oberon? Hype? Oberon Hype? What???? It's a grocery store beer available in 18 states.

This guy, I like him

 

[McBrewskie]

Mikkeller. Anything I've ever had by Mikkeller. They should be ashamed by their prices.

 

[christopherrburns]

Bump

 

[lumpher]

not a fan of fat tire

 

[TNGabe]

Mikkeller. Anything I've ever had by Mikkeller. They should be ashamed by their prices.

Maybe you should be ashamed of paying that much, but he should be proud of himself for making so much money.

 

[gratus fermentatio]

This may be a post floating around already but thought I'd put it out there. What's the 5 most over rated craft beers in your opinion. Mine in no particular order are

Jai alai by cigar city
Oberon by bells
Dark lord Three floyds
Dogfish head 120
New Glarus Wisconsin cherry red.
For the record I like most of the above beers. Just think the hype exceeds the product.

I think anything by Sierra Nevada is highly overrated. So is anything by Kettle House or Bayern Brewing. They all have a nasty aftertaste and/or a funky flavour (unpleasant) to them. Each is unique, but all are just nasty IMHO. I know there are a lot of people out there who love these brews, but I think they're highly overrated.
Just my 2 cents worth. Regards, GF.

 

[SDbrewerJake]

I think anything by Sierra Nevada is highly overrated. So is anything by Kettle House or Bayern Brewing. They all have a nasty aftertaste and/or a funky flavour (unpleasant) to them. Each is unique, but all are just nasty IMHO. I know there are a lot of people out there who love these brews, but I think they're highly overrated.
Just my 2 cents worth. Regards, GF.

As a hop head..... What about the hoptimum???