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

[Orfy]

I hate it when all the christmas guest ales come out, all sorts of funky tastes in them.

Plus I just HATE christmas.

 

[Alamo_Beer]

Plus I just HATE christmas.

Hey me to!

 

[Orfy]

BAH!

Humbug.

 

[david_42]

Xmas is a real pain. I try to stock up on food in August, so I don't have to expose myself to the shopping season. I dread the day when Xmas shopping runs year-round.

 

[brewt00l]

There aren't any styles that I particularly dislike (though I haven't had a true cask ale) but there have been plenty of specific beers that just didn't do it for me.

 

[Orfy]

(though I haven't had a true cask ale)

That is sad.

Is the beer scene realy that bad where you live?

 

[brewt00l]

That is sad.

Is the beer scene realy that bad where you live?

considering the selection I have available otherwise, I would say not at all.

 

[buckeyemike75]

+100 for barleywines.....especially SN Bigfoot.....bbblleeeechhhhtt........because of that beer I have realized that I am not a big hop head and started brewing alot of belgians with less hop profile.

 

[stevenb]

Alaskan Amber. Just don't like it. I also don't like John Lennon's Imagine, nor do I think Jimi Hendrix is the best all time guitarist. All three are a friend's favorites so we argue this quite frequently.

 

[cha ngo]

i was all set to brew a hefeweizen after reading so much about them here.
i bought a commercial one to try and i am glad i did before brewing my own.
could not finish it - just not for me - and i can drink most anything!

Don't let the commercial examples deter you.
My HB Hefe is excellent and I HATED the schneider weiss.

 

[FatMonsters]

I dislike Hefeweizens, even though at every beer festivals I go I still try them. I haven't found one hefeweizen that I enjoyed. American Wheat Ales I can drink. I wanted to like Smithwicke's, but I didn't. Then last week I had another one and I gotta say I really liked it! Maybe I had a bad one the first time.

I agree on the Barleywines, not for me either!! And IPAs have way too much hops for my taste.

 

[Mr.GoodBrew]

I agree on the Barleywines, not for me either!! And IPAs have way too much hops for my taste.

Wow, not much love for the barleywine. I adore barleywines, especially Sierra Nevada' Bigfoot, I love the hoppier profile.

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.

Oh, and everytime I go to the local crap dive bar I really want that Bud to taste good...but alas...it makes me gag.

 

[Denny's Evil Concoctions]

http://www.innisandgunn.com/

So much Diacetyl I wasnted to gag after one sip. Damn taste lingered for three bloody days. Worst beer I have EVER tried. How this beer won awards is beyound me.

 

[Beerrific]

I wanted to like Smithwicke's, but I didn't.

I almost lost my dinner when I had a Smithwicks. It tasted like I was eating a steak. I don't know what the deal was, but I can't bring myself to try another.

 

[dibby33]

I am still researching this issue. A lifetime of work ahead of me but I have already commited myself to this worthy cause.

 

[zoebisch01]

I am still researching this issue. A lifetime of work ahead of me but I have already commited myself to this worthy cause.

lol.


I really wanted to like the Stone 10th, yeah I know beating a dead horse....but I just don't understand how anyone could like it. Even a juice glass full would have been too much imo.

 

[brewt00l]

lol.


I really wanted to like the Stone 10th, yeah I know beating a dead horse....but I just don't understand how anyone could like it. Even a juice glass full would have been too much imo.

Don't sweat it...if we all liked the same stuff what would be the point in doing anything different in the first place?



Smithwicks has been pop'n up at every bar and restruant in the area lately. I had a sample the other week and it reminded me of ice'd tea mix.

 

[cweston]

A few...

Great Divide Titan IPA: I have a complicated relationship with this beer. I've had a few that seemed wonderful to me. But others have a sharp piney bite to them--like they're spiked with Pine Sol.

New Belgium Abbey Ale: I'd love to like this--a decent dubbel one could get for $7 a sixer; what's not to love about that? But it just isn't very good, IMHO. I like the tripel and the black ale a lot better.

Kolsch: I really wanted to like Kolsch, becuase it seemed like a great summer lager-like beer than an ale brewer could make. But every one I've tried stikes me as meh. A little too BMC-ish for my tastes.

Some belgian strong darks, imperial stouts and barleywines are just too sweet for my tastes.

I understand the person who answered "lagers." I've had a few great ones, but most lagers taste fairly bland to me.

 

[FatMonsters]

Warsteiner, there's another one that I didn't like. I also don't get the Corona thing. People rave about a nice cold Corona in summer. I don't get it, it tastes horrible to me.

 

[Evan!]

I really wanted to like DFH's Red and White. I mean, it has Pinot Noir juice in it! I was sorely disappointed. I mean...it tasted like a really weird version of the Raison, which I already dislike. Talk about a waste of money.

I also wanted to like Abita's amber ale. I've always liked their dark brown ale, especially because it's so cheap relative to most craft brews. So I had high hopes for the amber, because I could always use a cheap standby (this was prior to homebrewing). No dice. Tasted awful. Took the sixer back for a refund. Did the same thing with the Hofbrau lager. Tasted skunky and BMC-ish.

Last but not least...Legend Brewing (local stuff, usually awesome all around, from Richmond, VA) made an Imperial Stout this last year. I tried one at an Xmas party, and I was disgusted. I mean, really, this is an IMPERIAL STOUT we're talking about, and when you put your nose in the glass, it was like putting your nose into a bag of Northern Brewer hop leaves. There was nothing, nothing but hops. Same on the palate. All hops, no malt, no roast, nothing. I mean, are you serious?

But to temper all that...last night I tried my "Mead the Geuze" from Hanssen's. Hanssen's is one of my very favorite breweries, and this stuff is pretty rare. We can't even get it here, even though we've been pestering our Hanssen's distributor to get us some for a long time. So I found a bottle in Brooklyn last weekend, and opened with a fellow Hanssen's freak last night. Oh DAMN it is awesome. Just like their stinky geuze, but tempered with a mellow shot of honey and sweetness. What a great combo! Gotta get my friend to get some more for me...

 

[ohiobrewtus]

Sam Adams Cherry Wheat. I couldn't even finish half of a bottle.

 

[AlexN]

Just about everything I've had from Stone, with the exception of the smoked porter, which I do like and the Runiation IPA which is an interesting exercise.

I was really excited to try their beers after reading people raving about them on some of the review sites and when they finally got a Michigan distributor I grabbed some of everything I could get. I just found their mainstay beers to be lacking in balance. I'm a big fan of hops, but their beers just seemed kind of...hollow, for lack of a better word. After all the hype I was very disappointed. Stone just didn't measure up to my other two favorite 'regional cult' breweries, Bell's and Dogfish Head. That being said, I still try them from time-to-time, after all I might change my mind!

 

[brewt00l]

Breckenridge sampler case....oi.

Their small batch IPA and vanilla porter were both decently solid brews. The sampler case is all sorts of bland uninspiring beer.

 

[BroncoBob]

Moose Drool....with a name like that, it just had to be good....it wasn't...

 

[Torchiest]

I gotta go with HB on this one. For some reason I really wanted to like barley wine. Maybe the concept is cool, I don't know. What I do know is that I could not drink it... just ain't right to me... Especially Sierra Nevada Bigfoot... eghh!!

Haha, I call SN Bigfoot the last stop on the beer train. If you can drink that, you've arrived at the end of the line; there's nowhere left to go.

 

[the_bird]

Haha, I call SN Bigfoot the last stop on the beer train. If you can drink that, you've arrived at the end of the line; there's nowhere left to go.

I'm waiting for someone to come out with an "Imperial Barleywine." Maybe that's what the Utopias are.

Barleywines - I think I will grow to appreciate them, but for right now they tend to be far too cloying for me. Just too thick, too viscous, too much sweetness.

 

[Dude]

lol.


I really wanted to like the Stone 10th, yeah I know beating a dead horse....but I just don't understand how anyone could like it. Even a juice glass full would have been too much imo.

I think that must be a hop thing....I guess that beer uses 100% Summit hops, and I've heard mixed views on those from different people. I seem to like them I guess, I think that is a really well done beer.

I've had lots of IPAs that use flowery hops that I just don't think fit very well, and I have a hard time enjoying them.

 

[brewt00l]

Barleywines - I think I will grow to appreciate them, but for right now they tend to be far too cloying for me. Just too thick, too viscous, too much sweetness.

Have you tried Third Coast Old Ale? IMHO that is one of the less sticky sweet/cloying old ales/barley wines with decent distribution.

 

[zoebisch01]

I think that must be a hop thing....I guess that beer uses 100% Summit hops, and I've heard mixed views on those from different people. I seem to like them I guess, I think that is a really well done beer.

I've had lots of IPAs that use flowery hops that I just don't think fit very well, and I have a hard time enjoying them.

It wasn't so much the hops as the cloying sweetness. I just couldn't drink it. It was a very 'citrusy' beer and I was ok with that (for what it was)...I dunno I guess I was just expecting something different and that has a lot to do with it...but the sweetness was just too much for my taste. Imo, it was sweeter than the Samichlaus sample I tried.

 

[Wolf]

DFH 90 Minute IPA
and Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale. Actually most Sierra Nevada.

Both just hop overkill to me.