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BrewDog – Layer Cake (pastry stout)

Overly sweet, tastes absolutely artificial. After the first sip, I wasn't sure if it was gross or "weird but good" (like pancakes with bacon and maple syrup). I waited a bit, took a second sip, then dumped the rest down the drain and rinsed my mouth.
I've had the same experience with Amundsen's blueberry pancake stack, that was the last drop that steered me away from trying anymore dumb pastry stouts. Altough Omnipollo Noa pecan mudcake stout is a masterpiece.
 
I haven't had Blue Moon in quite a while but I thought it was good and flavorful.

My "I'd never drink that if that were all that was available" is:
Coors Light.
I was actually in a position where that exact situation did occur. Playing in a baseball tournament in/around Fort Erie in Canada (near Niagra Falls), Coors light was a sponsor. Took a sip and said, "NO!" and bought my own and turning down free beer for the first time in my life.
 
I've accepted a regular Bud when my host doesn't have anything else, but Bud Light? Nope. No Thank You, I'm good.
 
Gin can be a bit of an acquired taste. It's that resiny flavor many people don't like on their first few encounters. As with many things, give it a few tries, it may grow on you. Have you tried a Gin Martini?

watch it there buddy! i love Gin! when i was a teenager, i'd drink beefeater like it was water, straight from the bottle! lol :mug:
I'm with you, I love Gin, too.
Now, did you really like it the first time you had it? Or did desperation ("the only thing around") play a factor?

I "inherited" someone's liquor cabinet. At some point I "forced myself" to drink mint liquor.
It still may be best in ice cream with dark chocolate poured over it.
 
Gin can be a bit of an acquired taste. It's that resiny flavor many people don't like on their first few encounters. As with many things, give it a few tries, it may grow on you. Have you tried a Gin Martini?


I'm with you, I love Gin, too.
Now, did you really like it the first time you had it? Or did desperation ("the only thing around") play a factor?

I "inherited" someone's liquor cabinet. At some point I "forced myself" to drink mint liquor.
It still may be best in ice cream with dark chocolate poured over it.
I learned to like both Gin and Olympia at a friend's frat party I went to many years ago. He bought the cheapest liquor and keg he could. Nothing else there. And they only had limes, no lemons. So we did lime drop shots. At least we didn't have to substitute salt for sugar.
 
Widmer Hefeweizen.
Not that the flavor is bad.
I just had to much of it once when I was younger and learned one of the reasons why German brewers say "Weißbier, Scheißbier". Can't get the association out of my head...just don't enjoy it anymore.
 
Gin can be a bit of an acquired taste. It's that resiny flavor many people don't like on their first few encounters. As with many things, give it a few tries, it may grow on you. Have you tried a Gin Martini?


I'm with you, I love Gin, too.
Now, did you really like it the first time you had it? Or did desperation ("the only thing around") play a factor?

I "inherited" someone's liquor cabinet. At some point I "forced myself" to drink mint liquor.
It still may be best in ice cream with dark chocolate poured over it.
Redundant statement. Martini = Gin. There is no other legit martini, just posers served in a Martini glass.
 
While I like some of them, I’ve had a few Sours that were too sour for me able to finish, and I have yet to have a Milkshake IPA that I find even remotely palatable.
 
Leffe blonde. I used to really like that beer but last few times I tried it, there was a sickeningly sweet artificial vanilla flavor that very nearly triggered my gag reflex. And anything from Budweiser.
 
Gueze. Makes me wretch. My wife called it dirty sock beer.

I think a good geuze is one of life's greatest joys - but I get how one might hate it. I guess most people feel strongly about this style.
 
I’d choose black label over Bud. There‘s something about the flavor of Bud I have never liked.
I agree with your assessment on Pubwriser, I believe it is the flavor, or lack of, that totally turns me off. However back in the 80s I visited their breweries in St Louis and Tampa and the samples they gave us were actually good.
 
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