What beer did you want to really like but just didn't?

[Grubmeister]

Probably the one that stands out in my mind, and I'm sure this reflects poorly of my beer "taste", is Alesmith Speedway stout. I had not tasted a beer in quite some time (sad story for sure) when we visited Stone in Escondido. I decided to splurge, having read it was highly thought of. I'm sorry to say it was just too strong for me. After half a glass, I made some college age group very happy with my donation to their education.
I still feel pretty foolish about this and at some point I'll probably give it another try. As I get older, I just find myself gravitating towards more mild beers. If I wanted the heat of alcohol in a stout, I'd probably add everclear to my favorite beer.
This is not to badmouth Alesmith. I had a keg of theirs at my wedding and have enjoyed all the other styles I've tried.

 

[Doc Robinson]

West Coast.

Means nothing to me.

 

[FireBrewer]

Saison Dupont wasn't all that great either. Had a bit too much stinky feet funk for me.

Shouldn't be stinky, unless it's skunked (green bottles and long trips).

 

[khanti]

I LOVE the strong and bitter beers (barley wines, IIPAs, Strong Scotch ales, etc). What I can't yet seem to appreciate is the sour beers. Maybe it's just that I love bitter so much, that sour seems somehow wrong, but I just can't seem to love them. Appreciate.. maybe. I don't hate them, I just don't find them as yummy as so many others do.

To the OP, I can't really cite a particular example as a beer that I wanted to like as it was the style, rather than a specific beer that was hyped to me and I just don't dig it.

 

[Schlenkerla]

SAM ADAMS TRIPLE BOCK

Triple Yuck!!!

 

[Kaner]

I might get stoned for this, but after reading some of the reviews on HBT I decided to give Sierra Nevada's Celebration Ale a shot. Keep in mind that I am a big Sierra Nevada fan (their Pale Ale is one of my favorite brews), so I was really excited to give this one a shot and figured Christmas Eve would be a perfect time to give it a shot. To keep it short.... it was more disapointing than the year I got no presents from Santa because I blew up the neighbors mailbox.

 

[Synovia]

Didn't like Fat Tire either. Honestly made me feel like gagging.

Going to update this, I've pretty much decided I don't like anything by New Belgium, except for 1554. Everything tastes the same.

 

[bonsai4tim]

Tried Rogue's Chocolate Stout last weekend--I usually drink darks and stouts, and have liked other Roque beers. Couldn't drink it. Tasted like trying to eat a bar of unsweetened (bitter) baking chocolate --bitter burnt chocolate taste overwhelmed anything else.

I have had a lot of different types of chocolate (I make chocolate truffles on the side, usually with dark sweet chocolate) so its not that I don't like chocolate.

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[bonzombiekitty]

Tried Rogue's Chocolate Stout last weekend--I usually drink darks and stouts, and have liked other Roque beers. Couldn't drink it. Tasted like trying to eat a bar of unsweetened (bitter) baking chocolate --bitter burnt chocolate taste overwhelmed anything else.

I remember trying it years ago, I recall hating it and that it basically tasted like carbonated Hershey's Syrup.

 

[sp1365]

Goose Island Bourbon Country Stout. I love Goose Island beers and I really wanted to like this as a special "celebration" type beer. Unfortunately it was way, way too over the top on the bourbon. Im going to age the last 2 and see if that helps, but I was very disappointed.

 

[carnevoodoo]

Means nothing to me.

West Coast IPAs and double IPAs are not sweet. They're usually super dry and hoppy. This is the way I prefer them.

 

[carnevoodoo]

Probably the one that stands out in my mind, and I'm sure this reflects poorly of my beer "taste", is Alesmith Speedway stout. I had not tasted a beer in quite some time (sad story for sure) when we visited Stone in Escondido. I decided to splurge, having read it was highly thought of. I'm sorry to say it was just too strong for me. After half a glass, I made some college age group very happy with my donation to their education.
I still feel pretty foolish about this and at some point I'll probably give it another try. As I get older, I just find myself gravitating towards more mild beers. If I wanted the heat of alcohol in a stout, I'd probably add everclear to my favorite beer.
This is not to badmouth Alesmith. I had a keg of theirs at my wedding and have enjoyed all the other styles I've tried.

I can understand not enjoying the style. Speedway is a monster of a beer, but it is a beautiful one. But that's why there are so many styles. Everyone has their own taste.

 

[sp1365]

DFH India Brown Ale.

I brewed an India Brown Ale before I realized that DFH had one. When I brewed mine I wanted to take the best of brown ales and combine that with the best of IPAs. Mine came out okay for the first shot at it, but I was expecting something very good out of the people that brought us the 60, 90, and 120 IPAs. When I finally got around to trying it, the beer was bad. Terrible malt flavor and no hop bitterness or flavor.

 

[HopEd]

I recently bought a Magic Hat sampler pack and I really wanted to like each one, but it turned out that I couldn't get on board with any of 'em.

Same here. I don't know what made me so interested in MH or what I thought was so wrong with it, but I remember being very disappointed.

Also Sam Adams Blackberry Wit was really bad, too sweet/syrupy.

 

[Stickshaker]

Moose Drool from Big Sky Brewery. I thought it was like nicknaming a fat dude Slim, and that the irony was gonna make me chuckle with every sip. Nope. I don't know what the hell that "brown" flavor is or where it comes from, but it makes me queasy just thinking about it. Oh, I still drank the whole sixer, but only when I ran out of good beer.
Conversely, their IPA is quite a treat...

 

[DavidSteel]

Skullsplitter. Too sweet.

 

[Monk]

I might get stoned for this, but after reading some of the reviews on HBT I decided to give Sierra Nevada's Celebration Ale a shot. Keep in mind that I am a big Sierra Nevada fan (their Pale Ale is one of my favorite brews), so I was really excited to give this one a shot and figured Christmas Eve would be a perfect time to give it a shot. To keep it short.... it was more disapointing than the year I got no presents from Santa because I blew up the neighbors mailbox.

+1

Tons of people love this beer, and that's cool, but I just don't like the malt or hop flavors. Seems a little cloying to me. I have to admit, though, that I prefer the dryer IPAs in general (eg Stone).

 

[sithspitt]

Sam Adams White ale, Smithwicks, and Shinnerbock all really, really suck

 

[thataintchicken]

Victory Hop Wallop.
I really wanted to like this beer, but I couldn't get past the catty aroma.

 

[Rick500]

I've found that Celebration is pretty variable from bottle to bottle... very atypical for Sierra Nevada. But find a good bottle of it, and Celebration is great.

 

[BogusOwnz]

DFH Fort I was super excited to try this, it sat in my basement for about a month. I loved Red & White and thought Black & Blue was pretty good so I figured i'd love this. I poured my dad and my self small 4-6oz glasses and after we finished our glasses their was well over half the bottle left....we couldn't bring our selves to finish it. Usually I'll finish anything and chalk it off as "wouldn't go for again" but this was "I wish I never tasted this".

 

[danger831]

cave creek chile beer it is the worst beer I have ever had drank half of one got sick for three days.It is my kriptinite my friends keep the rest in the fridge to taunt me with it.

 

[spicolisays]

style wise, not a fan of Belgian beers, don't usually order them or pay for them so I guess not a terrible dissapointment if I have one

but the beer I wanted to like (and actually drinking one right now for the second or third time) but just isn't doing anything for me: Anchor Steam. Kinda bland, poor head, doesn't taste like quality fresh ingredients...all train no caboose.

 

[alexdagrate]

Bad Elf Winter Warmer.... I got a 1/4 of the bottle down after and hour and tossed the rest. Tasted like bad Bud with rotten apples. Also was not impressed with Dogfish Head 90 Minute IPA. I love hops but it just did not work for me.

my buddies and i cobbled together as many winter beers as we could find (over 40 altogether). Ridgeway's beers were all highly disappointing. Bad Elf, Santa's Butt, etc. Funny names, neat labels, but really disappointing.

 

[passedpawn]

Youngs Double Chocolate.

Sam Adams Noble Pils

My own barleywine

 

[oldschool]

A poor representation of an IPA of mine that i tried yesterday....really bad

Alesmith IPA.....sorry, i know

scotch ale

most wheats

 

[Jeeperforlife]

Victory Prima Pils and Railbender Ale. I pride myself on supporting all things PA, but I just wasnt a fan of either of these....

Go Troegs!

Oh yea and Franziskaner Dunkel Weiss. Wanted to like it. Paid alot for it. Just cant do it.

 

[GreenMonti]

The Des-chutes black butte porter XXI. I still have one more bottle.

 

[ulfdog]

This is a great thread. Being a Utahan I have more limited access to a wide variety of beers...stuck with the State liquor store selection. So whenever I am out of town I usually buy a bunch of singles that I can't get in Utah. Many are randomly chosen based on interest or breweries that I like.

Recent huge disappointment...Rogue Chipotle Ale. Not sure what I was thinking when I bought it. Was barely drinkable and only after I started eating chips and salsa with it. Love almost all other Rogue ales but this one will not make my repeat list. Really wanted to like it though....

 

[Drumhaggart]

Goose Island Bourbon County Stout

I could have mixed Ten High and Guinness half and half and saved some money.