Most overrated high priced beers

[Parker36]

Its too bad this thread rapidly degenerated into a which beer do you like/not like thread. It was a good idea while it lasted

 

[ChuckMoney]

While I agree that DFH is generally overpriced, they are making expensive beers. Stuff like Theobroma/Fort/etc. isn't exactly cheap to make. Other than the 60 min, Shelter Pale Ale, Indian Brown Ale, and Raison D'Etre, I consider DFH to be a novelty brewery. Its cool to have one or two really strong beers here and there, but if I got in the habit of drinking a 4pk of 90 min (8-10$ depending where I get it) every day then that could be an expensive habit.

After they took rolling rock from pennsylvania it went downhill, so thats too expensive for what i'm getting.

I am generally opposed to all forms of magic hat, I've never had one that didn't either taste like soap or was completely flat when I poured it.

There are only a few good varieties of sam adams, I remember paying 28 dollars for a sampler case that I only liked 4 bottles from.

Tommyknocker variety pack was absolute ****.

Ithaca brewing was alright but definetly not worth the 33(after tax)

Stone/Rogue - When I can find their stuff on draught its awesome, but if not, I'm stuck paying like 3$ a bottle for a 12 ounce stone IPA (not even ruination) and 4.50 for Dead Guy.

 

[rockout]

I think this thread can be summed up nicely here:

Better tasting beers tend to cost more at bars, whether they're imports or not. Any non-BMC beer will cost more than a BMC, and some are worth the price while some aren't.

Any beer I like is better than any beer you like and I don't.

Does that about take care of it?

Good, I can go back to the InBev thread! :cross:

 

[Anbrew]

Completely different from the stuff in Ireland and again from the stuff I used to drink in Scotland. The American version is way too watery. You should almost be able to chew it down in big gulps!

I had it on tap at St. James Gate...I didn't think it was very different at all. It was served slightly warmer, that's about it.

 

[Anbrew]

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.

When I saw this thread, the FIRST thing that came to mind was Stella Artois! I agree with your other picks as well.

I'd add Samuel Smith beers. They're decent, but INCREDIBLY expensive. Their porter is skunky and their imperial stout is pretty cloying IMHO.

 

[ExMachina]

For example, the Palo Santo that DFH just released was awesome. It just is. Whether or not you personally like something has no affect on whether or not it is actually good (or well done). That is like the garbage grade-school teachers spew to kids that poetry is about whatever you think it is about.... WRONG! It is about what the poet was writing about. Same with beer, just because you don't "get" a beer, doesn't mean it is overpriced.

DFH pushes the brewing boundaries. It is what they do, and they are very good at it. I don't like all their beers either, but they are all "good".

If you don't like experimenting with beer, don't buy new ones

Here, here

Sure, I don't like some DFH beers but I cannot deny the quality of their brews nor the sincerity of their ambition. I love how they refuse to hew to the style guidelines that too many other brewers take as license to be just "good enough"--honestly, how many super-hopped ales can we have to choose from until we realize that their most varied aspect is not the beer but the label?!

DFH is perhaps the ONE, nationally-distributed micro that I would argue is NOT hyped enough!

 

[goodbyebluesky82]

I can't figure out how people even finish a Sam Adams Boston Lager. Their Hefe and Obtoberfest are two of the only drinkable beers I've had from them, and I bought a sampler once and tried their standards. I still have to try their Winter and Spring seasonals though.

Samuel Smith is so friggin expensive, $9 for 4 bottles?! But I can't call them overpriced, just out of my league most days.

Redhook's ESB is a bit bland to be considered a microbrew bitter thus making it overpriced to me. I saw a clone kit of it at my LHBS and thought "why?"

But what kills me is what people will pay for some beers at bars. I'm drinking a pint of Yuengling for 2 or 3 bucks, and someone comes in and pays the same 3 bucks for a Coors Light in a bottle. That's overpriced. Or even the guy paying 3 bucks for Bud Lights. Geez, after drinking 3 you just paid for a 12-pack buddy.

Or when I was with a buddy and he paid 5 bucks for a girl to pour a 16 oz can of Guinness into a glass for him.

 

[Hammy71]

I live in Northern MD so getting Yingling back in the 90s wasn't a big deal....It wasn't available in MD but I'm like 5 min from the PA line...Easy to get. Anyway.... they started distributing it in MD and I was at the Outback restaruant...they were out of Fosters (go figure) so I noticed that Yingling was on tap....I'll have one of those....The barmaid tried to charge me 2.00 more than the Fosters.... I inquired?....Answer "It's an import". I calmly explained that it is was made just one state away...maybe 40-50 miles in Pottstown Pa. She insisted that I was miskaken and I asked to speak to a manager. Said the same thing....except he added it was imported from China!!!! WTF!?!

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[Elpiochnb4]

I am going to have to say "Beer 30". It was only $9.99 for a thirty pack but after we were into it a ways we decided even that was to much money. I am a man who likes cheap beers but I guess even I have a limit.

 

[humann_brewing]

I can't figure out how people even finish a Sam Adams Boston Lager. Their Hefe and Obtoberfest are two of the only drinkable beers I've had from them, and I bought a sampler once and tried their standards. I still have to try their Winter and Spring seasonals though.

Samuel Smith is so friggin expensive, $9 for 4 bottles?! But I can't call them overpriced, just out of my league most days.

Redhook's ESB is a bit bland to be considered a microbrew bitter thus making it overpriced to me. I saw a clone kit of it at my LHBS and thought "why?"

But what kills me is what people will pay for some beers at bars. I'm drinking a pint of Yuengling for 2 or 3 bucks, and someone comes in and pays the same 3 bucks for a Coors Light in a bottle. That's overpriced. Or even the guy paying 3 bucks for Bud Lights. Geez, after drinking 3 you just paid for a 12-pack buddy.

Or when I was with a buddy and he paid 5 bucks for a girl to pour a 16 oz can of Guinness into a glass for him.

Just picked up a sixer of Redhook ESB for $5.49, even though it is not my favorite beers or even in my top 20, at that price it is better than bud light.

 

[AndyC]

Other than some of the ones mentioned that I do agree with, I would have to add anything from Blue moon, Post Road and a re-post of Magic Hat. I wanted to like the Magic hat, and kept trying to get into it, but it was a craft beer, but dialed way back IMHO.

I have to stick up for Guinness, Victory (how can you not like hop devil???) and Sam Adams. All three are on my order list at a bar when the selection of good beer is limited.

I'm a noob in the brew world (I've made two batches so far-- and so good), and I've been reading on here for a while before I signed up, and this thread caught my eye.

Definitely agree with above. Magic hat and Blue Moon are completely overrated. All my friends from VT rave about Magic Hat-- not my cup of tea. Sam Adams has always been a great choice for me (then again-- I did grow up in Boston, which always helps ).

 

[Hammy71]

Celebration....it's just another IPA...I just don't get it.... (Course I buy a sixer every fall...) They should just make it all year long....why is it a seasonal???? It's surely not Chistmassy (or Hannakkee or Quansaee....)

 

[wstandis]

without reading the whole thread i would say Dogfish is overpriced over hopped bung

 

[BrewinJack]

i dont drink much beer but i would say that guiness is definatly over priced and most american guiness is just budwiser with food coloring... I had a cream stout a month back or so which was horrid, and cost major... oh wait that was my friends home brew hich he made with a total home bre kit which cost 200 bucks (three extracts, two buckets, 0 12oz bottles, racking cane, bottling buckett, and yeast) and it was ****e beer... i dont think that counts... had some Dogfish once, didnt pay for it though... i hate to say this but i have to... i love Woodchucks (draft cider, i know its not beer but its a regualr for me) and it tends to be over priced.... Miller highlife.... aslo over piced for stuff that doesnt evenrate as beer

Cheers

 

[sithspitt]

purple haze tastes like crap but you know whats good ? Anything Stone Brewery makes !

 

[sithspitt]

Your a crackhead if you think guinness tastes anything like that AB would make. EVER!

 

[Baja_Brewer]

I seriously doubt its been mentioned, but John Labatt's Classic-Extra Special Aged... It came in a wooden case and all sorts of things to make you think it was fancy, but that fact of the matter is that it sucked so badly my roommates Dad gave it to us thinking college kids drink anything, we passed it off on my friends because my beer is better, and we have found NO ONE that will drink it. Its been dubbed 'soy sauce beer'

 

[Tenchiro]

Your a crackhead if you think guinness tastes anything like that AB would make. EVER!

technically they do taste different, which is weird for two things that have very little flavor at all.

 

[TerapinChef]

I dumped out my first ever commercial craft beer a few weeks ago. I bought a DFH Immort Ale for about $5 (12oz). It was cloyingly sweet and near undrinkable. But I don't hate them for it. And I'm backing Yngling on this one. Not craft, but drinkable. This from a long time Labatt Blue drinker. (It's not really an import here in MI, often cheaper than BMC)

 

[Nyxator]

i dont drink much beer but i would say that guiness is definatly over priced and most american guiness is just budwiser with food coloring... I had a cream stout a month back or so which was horrid, and cost major... oh wait that was my friends home brew hich he made with a total home bre kit which cost 200 bucks (three extracts, two buckets, 0 12oz bottles, racking cane, bottling buckett, and yeast) and it was ****e beer... i dont think that counts... had some Dogfish once, didnt pay for it though... i hate to say this but i have to... i love Woodchucks (draft cider, i know its not beer but its a regualr for me) and it tends to be over priced.... Miller highlife.... aslo over piced for stuff that doesnt evenrate as beer

Cheers

Sigh. Here we are again with the Guinness. Having recently had Guinness on tap at the Guinness Storehouse in Dublin, it's not even a little bit different from the Guinness you get on tap here in the States. This is probably one of the most perpetuated beer myths I know. It's either that or that Guinness is supposed to taste 'thick'.

Now on to my WTF moment of the day:

i dont drink much beer but i would say

Dude, your posting on a beer forum! (at least a sub-forum dedicated to Commercial Beer).

 

[Boerderij_Kabouter]

This thread never ceases to get me pissed off.......

Let me get this straight..... You hate Guinness and can't tell it apart from BMC with food coloring, you don't like homebrewed cream stouts and ridicule your friends for getting into the hobby, love woodchuck, but think High Life is overpriced.......

wow..... I need to find a corner to cry into. Maybe my tears will appease my torn soul.

 

[farmbrewernw]

i dont drink much beer but
Cheers

And so you fail, especially when you criticize homebrewing. The thing about Guinness it's not supposed to taste full and "thick". It's a Irish Stout not a RIS, I had a guy at the home brew club we have in town (fist and last time I ever went to a meeting) that told me that my spot on Guinness clone tasted weak after he had just drank someones RIS. To this day I still shake my head when I hear people say that about Guinness.

 

[BeezBrew]

Sigh. Here we are again with the Guinness. Having recently had Guinness on tap at the Guinness Storehouse in Dublin, it's not even a little bit different from the Guinness you get on tap here in the States. This is probably one of the most perpetuated beer myths I know. It's either that or that Guinness is supposed to taste 'thick'.

Just to clarify, there is two different types of Guinness. Guinness draught and Guinness extra stout. The draught isn't that good, in my opinion. This may be what he was referring too. The extra stout which i believe is the original recipe from Ireland is the good stuff. That should clear that up.

 

[McKBrew]

So is it wrong to like stouts and not like Guiness? Seriously, there are several craft and micro stouts I enjoy, but I can't stand Guiness. Not saying it doesn't have flavor either, but it doesn't have a flavor I like.

 

[beerjunky828]

Heineken, Newcastle, any mexican beer, sam dams, red hook are overpriced beers. living in n.c. rogue does not come cheap. not to say that rogue is **** quality but $11.99 for a 6er of dead guy? come on!!

i disagree to some extent with dogfish head haters. some of it is overpriced but its quality beer.
-likewise with bells (ex. $13.99 for a 6er of cherry stout). quality product though.

sierra nevada is overrated at 8.99 a 6er

i find around here that Sweetwater is a good deal ($7.99 a sixer).

 

[thedude123]

I don't really understand peoples problem with prices. A six pack of bud is going to run you 5-6 dollars maybe more. So why is it bad to pay 9 for something that is good?

 

[CBBaron]

So this thread is a bunch of people stating which beers they don't like.
OOOOKay.

Yes it is OK to like big stouts but not like dry stouts (Guinness). They are very different beers. Its like comparing a Pilsner to a Bock.

AB does make a stout similar to Guinness called Bare Knuckle Stout. I had a sample of it at Sea World. As most AB products it is very light on flavor to try to appeal to a wider audience.

Dogfish head makes off the wall beers, most of which are expensive to make. They are priced accordingly. If you don't like them then buy something safer.

Magic Hat goes off in a different direction. You may not like them either.

I recently purchased a bottle of Cantillon Gueze for about $14. About 5% ABV, sour, light and refreshing. At that price I can't afford to buy many but it was well worth the cost.

Now the fact that they can sell Corona and Stella for more than Bud or Miller is all marketing. It does cost more to get it to the bar because they import it versus brewing it regionally but I can't see that they are much different.

Craig

 

[CadizKyDryCountyBeerLover]

In my opinion, perception is the biggest part of the price structure of most things. Brewers have learned all the nasty ploys of the wine producers. If it's expensive, it must be good. Yeah, right!

No marketing ploy but a beer with a small but outspoken following is Three Floyds Brewery out of Munster, IN. I mean, i've tried a few of the brews, but at $10-plus for a 22 ounce bottle of mystery beer just doesn't do it for me. I've found a small liquor store in Munster that sells Bells (Expedition Stout, etc.), Stone (Bastard, IPA, etc.), Victory (HopDevil and Hop Wallop), as well as a good selection of Three Floyds, and I asked the guy behind the counter if they plan on selling Schlitz Gusto (the stuff in bottles, the old Schlitz recipe) because a Floyds at $10 or a Goose Island Bourbon Stout at $18 for a four-pack is a bit extreme even for a guy who drinks maybe 1 or 2 beers a day, or a sixer over a week.

 

[DelftBlue]

Just to clarify, there is two different types of Guinness. Guinness draught and Guinness extra stout. The draught isn't that good, in my opinion. This may be what he was referring too. The extra stout which i believe is the original recipe from Ireland is the good stuff. That should clear that up.

There are more than those two types of Guinness! There's also foreign extra stout and Guinness Red for example. Here in the Netherlands, you can also find "special export stout".

I think it's the foreign extra stout and special export stout that are closer to the original version of Guinness.

 

[jezter6]

I hate when living 1 state away - Yuengling is listed as "Premium" or "Micro" status and is a buck more a bottle. I grew up in PA on 75c Yueng happy hours, $1.50 regular price bottles.

And it's not all that good. I thought it was before I found real beer, but Premium?? I don't think so.

Personally, Guiness/Harp/etc is like the euro equivalent of BMC and shouldn't be in the super premium category. I like Guiness, but I think it's way overpriced considering it's easy availability.

And Corona - that's basically BMC and should not be "premium import" either. Again, I like Corona, this isn't about beer i don't like...this is about beer I will drink when it's the right price.