Style you will never brew?

[Bamsdealer]

anything with trappist yeast. I keep trying to come around on it, but just can't.

 

[Majafoo]

American light lagers, If I want a lager I will go for a Pilsner or a Bock.
Rauchbier too probably, I have a deep hatred for smokey flavors in beverages so scotch is right out for me too.

I'm too busy brewing everything else!

 

[d3track]

many people like the way they taste. not everyone likes the taste of sour, but some do. even skittles is on the bandwagon.

I will say this - I love the creativity and willingness to try damn near anything home brewers have.

 

[FarmerTed]

But why all the hate for American lagers? I've made them and loved them. Making a lighter lager is the hardest thing I've ever done in the world of homebrewing. Try making one. You may hate BMC for the companies they are, but you'll gain some respect for what they do. There is no place to hide imperfection, which is easy to do in a stout or IPA. And for summer drinking, can't beat a homebrewed lite American lager.

I personally have no problems with lagers. I can't speak for anyone else, but I do have problems with brewing a beer with either corn or rice in it. I just don't see the point. I definitely understand that it's challenging, but I don't want to ever do it (aside for using corn sugar to prime bottles). I just cannot get into corn or rice beer. Give me barley all day and all night.

 

[befus]

American Light Lager.

 

[jtakacs]

Sours. I just don't get the popularity.

PM me your addy... my sour hating brew buddy just got the first taste of my latest... he's a lager/ipa guy. his comment was "this is a sour? it just makes me want to drink another"... sours don't have to be out of control.

i'll happily send u one.

 

[user 70770]

American Light beer! I can get my water free from the tap without any effort than you very much!
Sour ales. I've started to gain an appreciation for sour ales recently. I like to have them when I go out on a occasion. But I can't imagine ever wanting 5 gallons of it not to mention the time it takes to make one.
It's unlikely I'd ever brew any heavily spiced beers again. I like to have one once in a while, but again the volume is too much and I get sick of it. I use to brew a chocolate mint stout which I liked. But I got sick of it after a few bottles.
Besides that, I can't think of anything I wouldn't try brewing.

Well nix the Sour beers from the list above lol. I now have a Berliner in primary. Will teach me never to say "never" again lol

 

[cheezydemon3]

HA! Another "I'll never" reneger!!!!

Making an american light lager as we speak........DAMMIT! I have developed a slight penchant for Miller Lite with a fresh slice of lime in it.

Long story, but strange coincidences and making the best of bad situations has made me put fresh slices of lime in um......plain tasting beer.

FWIW, if nothing else, NEVER buy corona again. Miller with a lime is better, cheaper.

 

[Malty_Dog]

Not into wheat beers or barleywines. But I'm sure I could be convinced otherwise at some point

 

[Epimetheus]

Anything that takes over 6 months to mature. I do not have patience beyond that point. Like gueuze. Make a lambic, wait 3 years, then blend with a 1 year lambic? Not gonna happen.

 

[roastquake]

I will brew everything except non-alcoholic beer.

It's not really beer, but I don't see myself ever wanting to make kvass

 

[WesleyS]

HA! Another "I'll never" reneger!!!!

Add another one to the list. And I'm the one who started the thread! But since that time, I have fallen in love with IPAs. I've now even brewed a few IPAs and a DIPA. So much for "I'll never."

 

[BrewinHooligan]

Add another one to the list. And I'm the one who started the thread! But since that time, I have fallen in love with IPAs. I've now even brewed a few IPAs and a DIPA. So much for "I'll never."

I'm in the same boat... I said barleywine and RIS, I have already made (and consumed) a killer barleywine that was originally intended to be a IIPA but got too big and have plans for a big RIS that will get coffee and mexican chocolate that I am going to name Super Bean

 

[Clonefan94]

Wheat beer, just not a fan.

Also, anything with fruit in it. I've never had a fruit beer that I've enjoyed.

 

[cheezydemon3]

Wheat beer, just not a fan.

Also, anything with fruit in it. I've never had a fruit beer that I've enjoyed.

Orange ale changed my world.

8lbs 2 row
2 lbs pilsen
1 lb crystal 20

1/2 oz glacier 60 minutes

whole peel of 1 tangerine last 10 minutes of boil

yeast

DELICIOUS.

 

[ArkotRamathorn]

I want to say IPA, but I would lie if I said I didn't have some IPA recipes written down in my little pink leopard print book. I've been trying to get into IPAs and realized that its not something I would want to drink while drinking (so to speak), has some IPAs while eating some greasy delicious pizza and found that the IPA is great for washing it down (like eating a really rich steak dinner and having red wine to wash it all down).

Anyone with experience doing a SMaSH with Brewer's Gold?

 

[Clonefan94]

Orange ale changed my world.

8lbs 2 row
2 lbs pilsen
1 lb crystal 20

1/2 oz glacier 60 minutes

whole peel of 1 tangerine last 10 minutes of boil

yeast

DELICIOUS.

It's not for lack of trying, it's just not my thing. For some reason when I taste fruit in a beer, it just tastes fake to me. Like someone dropped a life saver of that flavor in and let it dissolve.

I'm sure that part of it has to do with my odd palette. The same reason I don't eat pickles on hamburgers or green peppers on pizza. Even one pickle on a hamburger, I might as well throw the beef out and just eat a pickle between two slices of bread. Green pepper does the same thing on pizza to me. And it seems that fruit does it in beer. I assume that's why it tastes fake to me, because it's so overwhelming.

 

[cfonnes]

Gluten free is a style that I will never brew; every sorghum beer that I have tasted was, in my opinion, a drain poor.

 

[roastquake]

Gluten free is a style that I will never brew; every sorghum beer that I have tasted was, in my opinion, a drain poor.

What made them so bad? I'm curious because I have a buttload of sorghum a friend gave me to try out

 

[user 144271]

IDK

I will try anything once.

 

[Trox]

I won't say I'll never brew them, but stouts are at the very bottom of my list to brew. I haven't found a stout I've enjoyed, but it has been about 15 years since I've last tried so might give them another go eventually. If I end up liking them I'll probably brew them; stranger things have happened like I'm now addicted to black licorice.

 

[NathPowe]

Munich SMaSH

 

[firestem4]

Any American style Lager. Light, Standard, etc. I wretch when trying to drink the stuff.

I'm not a big Pilsner fan but I have been enjoying Pilsner Urqell. So maybe one day I'd try making a Bohemian pils. (Assuming I have the equipment for it lol.)

 

[cheezydemon3]

I won't say I'll never brew them, but stouts are at the very bottom of my list to brew. I haven't found a stout I've enjoyed, but it has been about 15 years since I've last tried so might give them another go eventually. If I end up liking them I'll probably brew them; stranger things have happened like I'm now addicted to black licorice.

Most people (unfortunately) use Guinness as the standard

If you like coffee, then you probably like a real stout.

Stay away from nitro taps and try a solid middle of the road one, like schlafly coffe stout or oatmeal stout.

There are a ton of good ones.

 

[firestem4]

Most people (unfortunately) use Guinness as the standard

If you like coffee, then you probably like a real stout.

Stay away from nitro taps and try a solid middle of the road one, like schlafly coffe stout or oatmeal stout.

There are a ton of good ones.

I had an Espresso Stout sampler once. It was on Nitro though. The flavors were pretty good. I'd have to try them side by side to tell the difference between C02 and N02 carbonation.

 

[cheezydemon3]

Nitro dulls all flavor and gives it this creamy under taste and mouthfeel that I HATE.

Got an Old Speckled Hen on draft recently and it was on NITRO for some effing reason. This lovely ale with a little hop bite in Co2, was totally watered down...or should I say "creamed down"?

Very little hops, creamy cascading bubbles, BLECH!


I guess what I am taking from this little experiment of a thread, is that Either you like beer, or you don't.

Hell, I recently had a lambic that was ok!

If you have a style you hate, wait a year and see how you feel.

NEVER SAY NEVER!!!!!

 

[fuzzy2133]

I won't say I'll never brew them, but stouts are at the very bottom of my list to brew. I haven't found a stout I've enjoyed, but it has been about 15 years since I've last tried so might give them another go eventually. If I end up liking them I'll probably brew them; stranger things have happened like I'm now addicted to black licorice.

Most people (unfortunately) use Guinness as the standard

If you like coffee, then you probably like a real stout.

Stay away from nitro taps and try a solid middle of the road one, like schlafly coffe stout or oatmeal stout.

There are a ton of good ones.

I had an Espresso Stout sampler once. It was on Nitro though. The flavors were pretty good. I'd have to try them side by side to tell the difference between C02 and N02 carbonation.

Stouts have a very wide range of flavors that take a few till you find what you like. For me it took a Stone Smoked Porter and Lagunitas Cappuccino Stout to find the flavors I liked.


I my never make a siason/farmhouse and sour beers.

 

[cfonnes]

What made them so bad? I'm curious because I have a buttload of sorghum a friend gave me to try out

I do not like the base flavor. Maybe if it was made into an IPA the aggressive hops would cover it up. Might be worth a try.

 

[Trox]

Most people (unfortunately) use Guinness as the standard

If you like coffee, then you probably like a real stout.

Stay away from nitro taps and try a solid middle of the road one, like schlafly coffe stout or oatmeal stout.

There are a ton of good ones.

Actually Guinness was one of the worst for me; I can't really remember what the others were Guinness stands out because that was every ones go to when trying to get me to try again. The one thing that always stood out was they had an overly strong charcoal taste to them, at least to me at the time.

I'll try them again eventually; I almost never write anything off. Actually have a friend at work that enjoys stouts so might get some advice from him on what to try, and if he tells me Guinness I'll punch him in the nuts.

 

[TrickyDick]

PM me your addy... my sour hating brew buddy just got the first taste of my latest... he's a lager/ipa guy. his comment was "this is a sour? it just makes me want to drink another"... sours don't have to be out of control. i'll happily send u one.

I'll take you up on that! I'm just back from San Diego trip and had some nice sours. Never thought I'd like them, but planing one for my next brew!

I'm also interested in using the Brett Trois for doing an IPA.

I'm probably never going to brew a Baltic porter. Or pulque.