Styles of Beer You Just Can't Stand

[orionol73]

Chile beer - a novelty to try but I couldn't do more than the sample in the flight I got.

Bacon beer - tasted like drinking a rotten slim jim.

Scotch Ale - I've only ever had Oskar Blues Old Chub but that was enough to make me not want to try another one. I like scotch and I like ale but this one together literally made me feel like I was going to spew.

Try Founders Dirty Bastard one time before you write scotch ales off!

 

[mrdauber64]

Spiced beers and Pepper beers are the two that I can't drink.

 

[MyCarHasAbs]

Try Founders Dirty Bastard one time before you write scotch ales off!

Gotta try Scotty Karate if you haven't already.

 

[brewbama]

Sours. Just not for me.

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

Try Founders Dirty Bastard one time before you write scotch ales off!

Gotta try Scotty Karate if you haven't already.

"I like scotch and I like ale but this one together literally made me feel like I was going to spew."

First, I think he needs to abandon the connection between the the beer and the spirit. "Scotch Ale" does not mean it is fortified with scotch, nor does it mean it has been aged in barrels containing the spirit. Old Chub has no Scotch in it, nor was it aged in any barrel containing scotch. The bourbon barrel aged version is labelled "Chubourbon".

"Scotch" refers to Scotland.

Beyond that, I'd recommend Belhaven Scottish Ale. Unless you just do not care for malt forward styles with smoked malt nuances.

 

[filthyastronaut]

I pretty much can't stand heffeweizens. Banana esters can be nice as a component of the yeast profile in Belgians, but not as a dominant flavor.

 

[mxstar21]

Belgian witte. Can't stand coriander.

 

[seatazzz]

Tried a Gose a while back. Remember back in the day when you learned that if you sprinkled salt on your beer you would get a huge head? Tasted like that, only hoppier and worse.

 

[DoctorMemory]

Belgians

Me too! Even the few I don't mind so much (e.g. Piraat) I can't drink more than one of in a sitting. I do like saisons, but dubbels/tripels/quads, bleargh!

 

[tim_c7]

I can't stand non-alcoholic beers.

 

[beernutz]

Sours. I keep trying them, but not something I enjoy yet.

Unfortunately I agree. Orval, classic lambics, brett-infused anything...I've tried many of them over a 40+ year drinking span and so far no thanks.

 

[Konadog]

I don't like sours either, they just taste like an infected beer, or beer that's gone bad.

 

[MyCarHasAbs]

I have to partially agree with the sours trend here. I had one from Dogfish a couple months ago and it's just something I have to be in the mood for. Otherwise, it tastes like bad hard cider.

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

I have to partially agree with the sours trend here. I had one from Dogfish a couple months ago and it's just something I have to be in the mood for. Otherwise, it tastes like bad hard cider.

I used to love sours. Especially flanders. Was never crazy about Lambic alcopop, but could tolerate it. Couldn't stomach Orval.

When I began to appreciate them there were few options to choose from. Now, it seems everyone has an offering and most that I have tried do not compare.

I suspect it has to do with kettle souring vs more traditional techniques but have never cared to delve into each breweries methods.

 

[brewcat]

Maple beers. Fruit beers.

 

[day_trippr]

"Pumpkin".
Cannot abide...

Cheers! ("Bleh!")

 

[dallasdb]

"I like scotch and I like ale but this one together literally made me feel like I was going to spew."

First, I think he needs to abandon the connection between the the beer and the spirit.

I'm aware there isn't scotch (liquor) in the Scotch Ale... was just making a funny.

 

[TurnipGreen]

Anyone remember ten - fifteen years ago when all the Christmas beers were brown, sweet and over spiced?

All of those. Gross.

I've avoided all holiday beers up until last year. I don't know when brewer wised up that beer is not supposed to taste like an elf pooped out a pumpkin pie and wiped with a spruce cone, but I'm glad they wised up.

 

[scottywags]

Am I the only one here that actually loves belgian beers? I just got back into brewing and just about everything I want to brew is some sort of belgian!
I do not have a beer "style" that I don't like, I really want to like Sam Adams stuff just cause their packaging is so pretty but every time I buy a 6'er of anything I end up dumping it.
I can typically drink 4,5,6 different types of beers in one sitting (Fruit, stout, Belgium, porters etc) and some times I even mix..i.e. Smithwicks and cider are awesome together!

 

[olotti]

For me on the rare it'd be sours, I've tried to get into them but just can't and then porters, they're just to thin for what I want in that dark style of beer I'd much rather have an Irish stout or even a slightly higher say breakfast or oatmeal stout. Oh and any beer that has adjuncts like vanilla especially that tastes like they used fake vanilla extract to where it so overpowers the beers is really off putting.

 

[RWC]

Can't stand hefeweizen or almost any wheat beer. Certain Belgian strains of yeast create undrinkable beers.

 

[C-Rider]

Top of the list is most Belgian beers.
Second is most lagers. Pretty much tasteless. Yea darker lagers have more flavor but can't match a good ale.

That said I'm crazy about most of the ales around. Minus the Belgian's of course. LOL

 

[foam_top]

I can find beers in most styles I enjoy but there are plenty of flavors/ingredients I dislike...

Obviously most of the macro lagers (BMC)

• 
  tin/metallic
  sulfur
  green apple
  skunk

Herbal English ales

• 
  lemon-grass
  black pepper
  tea

Anything that tastes like cheap fruit extract (SA Cherry Wheat)
Anything where the yeast is more noticeable than hops or malts

 

[akthor]

American Pilsners for the most part.

And any and all overhopped sludge people try to call beer.

 

[Hanglow]

I don't hate any , but I've never had a wit that I liked much. I'm also at a loss for the current trend of adding fruit juices/purees/fruits to pale ales and IPAs. I've never had one that wouldn't have tasted better without the addition. Beers tend to taste better if they taste of beer, rather than mango juice. Similarly I think mango juice tastes better on its own rather than hoying some beer into it

 

[mattsearle]

Had a Raspberry Rye Berliner Weisse last night that I was excited about, but could barely finish the bottle. Was so sour it made my jaw clamp up, with just a tiny aftertaste to give any indication I was even a beer! In general terms I dislike IPAs who's bitterness goes over the 'sweet spot' (that is my own personal preference) and becomes harsh/ overpowering. Also Belgians that are overly sweet/ estery!

 

[csurowiec]

I'm not a huge fan of spices in my beer. I generally avoid beers brewed with coriander and any of the pumpkin spice beers. Some of those pumpkin ones taste like they were brewed in a potpourri factory. Yuck!

 

[20grit]

I just have one thing to ask you now.

But that isn't what this thread is about. Can't reveal everything to you on our first date. There wouldn't be any mystery

 

[littletommy]

I don't care for many of the fruit infused beers, unless the fruit happens to be grapefruit, then I can usually enjoy it. I will generally avoid pumpkin beers as well, even the more highly rated ones are just too syrupy for me.
But yeah, jumping on the bandwagon here, I would say belgians are my least favorite, I'll sometimes try one if I'm somewhere that offers flights, but I won't buy one at the bottle shop, or intentionally order a pint.

 

[worlddivides]

Am I the only one here that actually loves belgian beers? I just got back into brewing and just about everything I want to brew is some sort of belgian!
I do not have a beer "style" that I don't like, I really want to like Sam Adams stuff just cause their packaging is so pretty but every time I buy a 6'er of anything I end up dumping it.
I can typically drink 4,5,6 different types of beers in one sitting (Fruit, stout, Belgium, porters etc) and some times I even mix..i.e. Smithwicks and cider are awesome together!

There are tons of people on this forum who absolutely adore Belgian beers. In fact, there isn't a style of Belgian beer that I don't like. Belgian sours are my favorite kinds of beers in the world (Lambics, Oude Bruins, Flemish red ales, Gueuzes, etc.).

But this thread is about what people can't stand, not what they like. And Belgian beers are, as I'm sure you know, full of character. And anything that has a strong character is going to have a lot of people who both love and hate it. Same thing with anything. Drinks, food, music, books, movies, etc.