What's the worst craft brew (commercial) you've had?
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Oddly enough, Allagash White. I'm sure it was a bad batch that made it to the west coast, since I've had a good one since. It did skew me against Allagash for a good year or two...
Anyway, it was the strangest flavor I've ever had in a beer (and this includes Rogue's Voodoo series!). We bought a 4 pack, and each one tasted like the water left over after you boil hot dogs! Weird.
Anyway, it was the strangest flavor I've ever had in a beer (and this includes Rogue's Voodoo series!). We bought a 4 pack, and each one tasted like the water left over after you boil hot dogs! Weird.
PoorInRain
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Lost Coast Brewery puts out a Tangerine Wheat that I can't stomach. I also don't like when macros go after craft drinkers. I find beers like Corona Familiar, Budweiser Black Crown, and Michelob Blue Moon to be insulting.
Grinnan5150
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WesleyS said:
It's up there. I guess Rhinelander and Steel Reserve are worse
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Sounds like someone doesn't know how to diacetyl rest.
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Brewmex41
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Crap I've been wanting to try that one :/
Calichusetts
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Woodstock Inn Brewery...all of them. Every year or so I'll see one I've never had and give them another shot.
Remember the scene in Elf when he sprays the perfume in his mouth? That is my reaction every time...
Remember the scene in Elf when he sprays the perfume in his mouth? That is my reaction every time...
I'm not gonna speak for everyone, but for myself, I found it to smell like cough syrup, and not taste much better so I dumped it. I tried giving another to my friend who normally loves SA, but he dumped it down the drain as well. Third bottle went to my wife, who sometimes likes the "out there" fruit type of beer. Down the drain.
Fortunately, I only got them as part of a 24 pack, meaning I only had 4. I think my last one is a dumper, and I'll save that poor bottle.
CliffMongoloid
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southern tier 2XMAS... tasted like what i figure the water for the christmas tree would taste like.
Oh I enjoyed it. Not as good as the Fat Heads or 12 Dogs Xmas but thought it was good.
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Gotta chime in here. Anything by Brooklyn Brewing. Tastes like they are using water out of the Hudson. Not a big fan at all.
MollyHatchet
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Allergic2hops said:
Funny you say that, I never tasted a bad beer from them. I think their Brooklyn black chocolate stout is stellar.
was at a local store and they where having samplings,tried "Pabst Blue Ribbon"..have tried better.tasted more like a shandy
timrox1212
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Replied to this thread about a year ago and I got a new one. Anchor steams porter. Omg awful. I didn't dump it but now I know what prunes dipped in Hershey syrup taste like. Wasn't to happy with their liberty ale either but not as bad as the porter.
Brooklyn Brown is one of my favorite brown ales. I dig their other brews too.
That's funny.. I pour for them at some brewfests. The first time I poured for them I had never heard of the Tangerine Wheat. I was pouring a double Ipa.. can't remember the name now.. along with the Tangerine. I sipped a double while pouring..
Long lineup when we opened.. Big burly guys.. Lots of em.. along with the ladies.. What did they want? Tangerine. Couldn't believe it.. I bet I poured 7+ Tangerines to each double ipa. They just kept coming back for it. We ran out of a keg pretty quickly.But, not before I tried one. The tangerine.. wow.. on the nose as well as the mouth. What a lovely aroma. Couldn't believe how good and refreshing it was.
You live right there.. so, I can't blame it on being old.. Guess you just don't like what a ton of people seem to love.
I can't stand pum king not sure why it's so popular. The local stores ram out last year early and had a big demand so they l bought a ton thus year.... Still sitting in the shelves.
BreezyBrew
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Drinking a Shiner Bock Kosmos right now. Tastes like someone farted on some dirt, then mixed it in with a really ****ty German Lager. Utterly Discusting.
Well I can think of far worse pumpkin ales, I like pumpkin ales but ive had some terrible ones and one of them being New Hollands Ichabod- tasted like soy sauce literally. Try that one you may have a new worst beer ever. Ive also had terrible luck with trying any New Holland beers for that matter. Ive had a few really good ones though one being the honey ale beer they have and possibly another.
dannypo
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Spice and beer rarely works out well.
If you hate Christmas seasonals it does. Its not rare they sell. And there are plenty of spicey type hops that work well in ales,ipas, all kinds of spicey type beers really. It seemed to be the thing to be in beer long before hops even came along also. In fact it was spices that was used in beer long before hops came along. Are hops better? yes, I think so too.
PoorInRain
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Oh yeah. The stuff is terrible. They make their Harvest Wheat, which lacks any character, then add tangerine flavoring in the bright tanks. I do live close by and the beer at Lost Coast Brewery is known by locals as being sub par. The artist behind their labels is a man named Duane Flatmo. He is worth an internet search. Many people attribute the success of the brewery to their branding and marketing. Not many people would say that their business is successful because of the beer they brew. There is a great beer fest put on every year called Strangebrew where, you guessed it, brewers make strange beers. One year, one of the brewers made a wheat ale and back sweetened it with Tang. Tasted next to each other, the "Tang" Wheat was better, but eerily similar. To each, their own. My dog turns his nose up to it. I think of a blend of 60% Heineken, 20% PBR, 18% Sprite, and 2% Tangerine Jolly Rancher. As to the "big burly guys" at your festival, you can't always account for taste. I took 10 gallons of beer to a festival once. Both five-gallon kegs were filled with the same base beer, but I had added a lacto starter to one as somewhat of an experiment. The experiment failed. That one came out funky and with a bacterial haze. The other five gallons was clean. The "big burly guys" liked the infected beer. I overheard someone say the they liked the "cloudier" one because it was "authentic".
"The fruit character should be pleasant and supportive, not artificial and inappropriately overpowering." -BJCP
For me it's Rogues Voodoo Bacon Maple Ale and 21st Amendment's Hell or High Watermelon.
I finished the Voodoo, though I thought I was going to be sick. Not one single flavor in that beer tasted like Bacon, Maple, or Doughnut. But it was a gift so I finished it. The Hell or High Watermelon is the only beer that comes to mind that I've poured out and thrown the unopened ones away. I gave my dad two of them and 6 months later there's still an unopened one in the fridge because even my dad, who loves craft brews, said it tasted terrible and couldn't finish the first one.
Other than those two, I have liked most others I've had, even most of what others have mentioned on here.
I finished the Voodoo, though I thought I was going to be sick. Not one single flavor in that beer tasted like Bacon, Maple, or Doughnut. But it was a gift so I finished it. The Hell or High Watermelon is the only beer that comes to mind that I've poured out and thrown the unopened ones away. I gave my dad two of them and 6 months later there's still an unopened one in the fridge because even my dad, who loves craft brews, said it tasted terrible and couldn't finish the first one.
Other than those two, I have liked most others I've had, even most of what others have mentioned on here.
