Most overrated high priced beers

[Schlenkerla]

Nope still clear. skunkaroonee. Maybe I'll find it on tap someday.

I can't believe people go to great length to make what would otherwise be great quality beer and then bottle it in something what won't preserve the flavor. It totally amazes me.

It might be cheaper if they used saran wrap and a rubber band to cap the bottle.

 

[Yuri_Rage]

How can you bash Yuengling like that???? I am from originally from PA and it is very very popular.

BMC is also very popular and get bashed constantly around here. Popular doesn't necessarily mean good.

I do kinda like Yuengling, though. It's an American lager, but it's definitely a cut above most of the watery garbage that claims the same style. In my PA hometown, if you say to a bartender, "I'll have a lager," you get a Yuengling draft.

 

[GoatFarmersInternational]

I'm surprised that a couple of people have put rogue down... It is expensive, but not that expensive: buying three of their 22's costs about the same as a six-pack of some other premium beer... It's usually not my first choice either, but I do think that some of their beers are pretty yummy, and I can always use more 22's to put my HB in...

And fat tire? I'll agree that it is far from being a fantastic brew, but (where I am, at least) it costs about the same as bottled budweiser... I don't particularly love fat tire, but it is so much better than bud the two don't even warrant comparison.

 

[Brewsmith]

I'm surprised that a couple of people have put rogue down... It is expensive, but not that expensive: buying three of their 22's costs about the same as a six-pack of some other premium beer...

Where I can find it, Rogue 22's are $4.50 a bottle or more. There's only one grocery store that sells Dead Guy for $2 and change, but nothing else from them.

 

[GoatFarmersInternational]

Where I can find it, Rogue 22's are $4.50 a bottle or more. There's only one grocery store that sells Dead Guy for $2 and change, but nothing else from them.

hmmm... Yeah, I wouldn't pay $4.50 for them either (unless I were in a bar, I guess).
I like Dead Guy, but it certainly isn't their best effort. I think I usually see them for around $3.50 or so, sometimes less.

 

[brewt00l]

How can you bash Yuengling like that???? I am from originally from PA and it is very very popular.

Yuengling? It's the state party/bar/chuck-emptys-at-stop-signs beer and pretty dang cheap too. It is a step above BMC.

For me, while I dig a bunch of the DFH brews, many fall into that overrated, overhyped, overpriced almost undrinkable category.

 

[c.n.budz]

Last Time I saw them they were in clear bottles. Have they switched to brown?

I don't buy beer in clear bottles and make 2nd thoughts when considering beer in green bottles

I bought a Taddy Porter a few weeks ago and it was in a brown bottle

 

[God Emporer BillyBrew]

Nope still clear. skunkaroonee. Maybe I'll find it on tap someday.

I've heard that they were making the switch, though. Their IPA is definitely already in brown bottles.

 

[Brewing Clamper]

Pretty much anything by Jack's Brewing in Fremont, CA. They charge somewhere around $5-6 for a pint of watery, bodiless beer that use high IBUs to hide their mediocrity.

 

[zoebisch01]

I'm surprised that a couple of people have put rogue down... It is expensive, but not that expensive: buying three of their 22's costs about the same as a six-pack of some other premium beer... It's usually not my first choice either, but I do think that some of their beers are pretty yummy, and I can always use more 22's to put my HB in...

I think the 22's are a great deal because it gives me the opportunity to try their offerings without having to buy a 6. It saved me in the case of 'Monk Madness' and the 'Chocolate Porter'. Good beers, but not my taste really. And tbh, that is what 22's go for around here in general so I don't see any difference.

I would like to try Victory's doppelbock but @ $30 something a case no, not when I can get Optimator for $24.

 

[zoebisch01]

I thought the Stone 10th Anniversary ( a friend gave me one) was horrible. So sweet it was near impossible to finish one with help.

 

[Evan!]

Abita. Their Brown/Porter is okay for being relatively inexpensive, but I tried the amber one day, and I promptly returned the entire sixer. Since then, I'll have no part in any of their others, save for the Brown.

Anything by Becks. It all tastes skunky and old.

Kingfisher et al. Trash lagers, no better than BMC, but sold at Indian restaurants at "premium" prices.

Kirin, Sopporo, etc. See above. Not too different from BMC, but sold by various Asian restaurants like it's Liquid Gold.

STELLA. STELLA. STELLA. God help me, this crap is EVERYWHERE. It's not a "bad" beer, but it's not really much better than BMC either. Yet, everywhere I go, they've got it on tap and are charging premium prices for it. Are you kidding me? And to make matters worse, all the doofuses who normally drink BMC or Cali Chard order Stella and they think they're drinking some exotic potion. Their self-satisfaction smells like turds.

Redhook ESB. Again, pushed by many places as premium, but it's not. The winterhook is okay.

Magic Bullsh*t Hat. There's a huge following, but don't ask me why. All their beers taste watered down, like they want to be craft brewery, but can't bring themselves to risk alienating the BMC crowd. Ugh.

Hoegaarden. A good wit, but bland in comparison to real-deal belgian wit done by artisan producers and not an international conglomerate.

Guinness. Nuff said. Oh, it's dark, so it must be mysterious and exotic. Pfft.

Killians. Tastes like Goldfish crackers. Do they salt their brew?

Rolling Cock. The most skunked beer of all the skunky beers. I'll drink a gallon of bud light before I put my lips to a Rolling Rock. And the nerve to actually charge MORE for this tripe? Nas-tay.

I could go on, but I have a meeting in 5 mins.

 

[Evan!]

Oh, and I forgot one very important one: HOFBRAU. Kill me now.

 

[krispy d]

anything from belgium... OK let the flaming begin.

 

[DeathBrewer]

sounds like you need to taste some more brews, my friend.

 

[zoebisch01]

anything from belgium... OK let the flaming begin.

BURN BABY BURN

They are expensive, but not necessarily overpriced. You do get what you pay for there, imo (with what I have sampled).

I consider an overrated, overpriced beer to be something that you say "I wouldn't give you $2 for that" when it is sold for say $7 and everyone else says "Oh you HAVE to try that". Then again it is all linked to personal preference.

But in general, there are so many excellent beers from Belgium I personally have a rough time with blanket statements...that is like trying a Bitburger and saying "man those German beers are BITTER!". :fro:

 

[Pabst Blue Robot]

Stone, Rogue, and Deschutes are probably the big offenders around here. I would disagree about Guinness, it's one of the few brews that I enjoy as much today as I did when I first got into beer. Dry stouts aren't supposed to be heavy bodied or sweet.

 

[Bosh]

Fat Tire
Samuel Adams
Coopers - Dang it's good, but it's ten freaking bucks a sixer here.

Agreed. But here (Korea) the beer selection is so bad that I go to bars specifically to be able to pay $6 for one bottle Coopers. At least Costco has Leffe, without that I'd go insane.

Fat Tire is bleh, Samuel Adams is very good for a mass market lager, but its a mass market lager so that's not saying to much

Noticed nobody is putting down Sierra Nevada. Had it for the first time last year (none in Korea, not popular back home in Maine) and was very very impressed for a beer that mass market. Never had a beer that good for the price.

All Pilsners are overrated.
Especially Stella and Heineken.

I'd make an exception for Pilsner Urquell. Not great, but quite tasty.

Anything by Becks. It all tastes skunky and old.

Becks Dark isn't that bad, beats the hell out of Heinekin Dark. But then Heinekin Dark, Guiness and Becks Dark are the only black beers I've EVER seen in stores in Korea. *cries*

Hoegaarden. A good wit, but bland in comparison to real-deal belgian wit done by artisan producers and not an international conglomerate.

Of course, but its definately the best mass market wheat beer I've had. Not amazing, but quite tasty.

Rolling Cock. The most skunked beer of all the skunky beers. I'll drink a gallon of bud light before I put my lips to a Rolling Rock. And the nerve to actually charge MORE for this tripe? Nas-tay.

STRONGLY agree. Just tastes nasty.

anything from belgium... OK let the flaming begin.

Hmmm, Belgium has some of my favorite mass market beers. Especially Leffe...
Haven't gotten to try any micro Belgian beers, but I'd kill for a chance since if the mass market stuff I good I can only imagine what the micro stuff tastes like.

 

[NateKerx]

Magic Hat- Come on Vermont, you can do better than that! Are the #9, blind faith, and fat angel identical? no not exactly, but close enough. I'd like to see a little creativity outside of their graphics department! maybe risk rocking the boat. all of their sixers are 10 bucks in new york and none you can't find the a porter or a stout.

 

[z987k]

1 dollar domestics the other day at a local bar. Ask the bartender for a lienie's big butt (on tap) and he says that's an import. I was like wtf, it's made in WI. So I asked for a Sierra Nevada pale ale (also on tap), but apparently California is not in the U.S. So I was like fine, give me a blue moon (on tap), nope apparently being made by coors doesn't necessarily make it a domestic. So the only beers that are made in the U.S. to this guy were the basic BMC. Apparently the united states is made of St Louis, parts of WI and one section of a brewery in CO.
WTF?

 

[Cheesefood]

I'll agree with everyone on Guiness and Tire.

I'll also put up... All Italian beers. Sorry, they're skunky lagers. I went to an Italian restaurant and they kept bragging about their Italian beers, like I'm supposed to get excited about a crappy lager.

Sam Adams Boston Lager - just a bitter, maltless concoction.

All fruit beers.

SNCA. Drank it, but I don't get it. What's the Celebration?

Boulevard Wheat. Blech.

 

[the_bird]

I'll also put up... All Italian beers. Sorry, they're skunky lagers. I went to an Italian restaurant and they kept bragging about their Italian beers, like I'm supposed to get excited about a crappy lager.

Try La Rossa, if you can find it. It's either a bock or dopplebock, can't remember which. VERY malty, very full-bodied (almost too full-bodied), sweet. Real nice beer, not something I could drink a lot of, but really nice. The complete opposite of what I was expecting to recieve (we went out to an Italian restaurant for our small work x-mas party, didn't have many good choices).

 

[Bosh]

Sam Adams Boston Lager - just a bitter, maltless concoction.

Well its not a BAD sort of bitterness. I'd take bitter lagers over flavorless lagers ANY day.

 

[c.n.budz]

I'll agree with everyone on Guiness and Tire.

I have to disagree with all the Guinness bashing, though what I have noticed is that their are only certain bars that I'll get Guinness from, the bars that go through it quickly. Old Guinness is absolutely nasty.

I won't drink a few of my favorite beers at the bar because of the price. Orval is usually around $4 a bottle at the store or $10 at the bar

 

[Kayos]

Is Baltika on this list somewhere? It got a huge score at BevMo (I know, I know)and tasted nasty/sugary. I actually could not finish it and had to dump it.

 

[Dude]

I thought the Stone 10th Anniversary ( a friend gave me one) was horrible. So sweet it was near impossible to finish one with help.

<GASPS>

*falls over, clutching chest*

 

[Dude]

SNCA. Drank it, but I don't get it. What's the Celebration?

Well, it is a limited wintertime release, so I guess that is the "celebration" aspect of it. But personally, I think it is a fine beer. I've had many IPAs that come close, but I think SNCA is a really well done beer.

I only have 2 six packs left from the 2 cases I bought in November.

 

[BrewDey]

I don't think Bells is worth what they charge-it's good stuff, but not worth it.
I've also seen Killian's sold as premium/import-that is bogus.
In terms of the Sam Adams arguement-I think it is overpriced, but I still consider it a quality beer and I'm happy that it is widely available...example: went to a bar the other night that sold Newcastle and SA for the same price-the Newcastle was skunked beyond repair and the Boston Lager was crisp and fresh as ever.

 

[Evan!]

Ah, well, I think that just about covers every freakin' beer on the market. Hilarious. "Stone sucks". "Bell's is overpriced". "Belgians are nasty".

Now I see why you all homebrew.

 

[Whelk]

Stella AKA wifebeater ale, Corona (the one beer I truly can't stand), Heineken. I like Guiness quite a bit--and it's untrue that the beer is different from Ireland. They make a number of different beers to export to different markets (including a sorghum version for Nigeria), and so any difference will most likely be from that. Freshness might be a factor, I had some really bad bottles a few months ago. Also, if you're in the UK and drink Carling or Carlsberg, you should have your head checked. It never ceased to amaze me how many pubgoers get Stella/Carling/Carlsberg when you could get a cask ale for LESS money. If all they have is cheap beer, at least get Tetley's!