Worst. IPA. Ever.

[NervousDad]

Dogfish 90. It is way too sweet for me, like syrup. Maybe I got a bad 4 pack, but it was terrible. I love 60 min.

 

[bpointer01]

I'm not too keen on most Imperial/Double IPA's. I think that the ABV overpowers the beer in many cases. Keep the alcohol below 7.5% and everything else can shine. That said, Double D by Dominion was the worst. No flavor other than the 10% or so ABV. Turrible.

 

[drives_a_bike]

Leech Lake Brewing Company's 3 Sheets Double IPA is disgusting. Single hop brew with loads of fuggles...super gross.

My wife got me a growler from there, cost me $28 and then after she had paid, she heard the dude giving a guy a sample and telling him, it isn't fully carbed yet. When she asked him about it, he told her it would continue to carb in the growler. She didn't tell me this until she got home with it.

My buddys wife got him a bottle of it and we decided to try it, thinking my growler was a fluke. Granted, his was carbonated, but it was just as gross.

I emailed the owner and told him about it, and he offered to refund my money. I told him not to worry about the cash, but his help should know better than to tell people the kegged beer will eventually carb in a growler.

 

[andhou27]

I've never had an IPA I didn't like. However, I've had many beers that I didn't like, I must just be a hophead . A better topic would be the BEST IPAs, which would be any IPA from Dogfish Head or Firestone Walker.

 

[jrgtr42]

Shipyard XXXX
Like pine flavored butterscotch.
There have been plenty over the years I haven't been a fan of, but that one still sticks in my mind.
Magic Hat's Blind Faith was pretty good - ages ago, before they discontinued it the first time... most of the rest of them have been interesting at best, though rarely bad enough to drain pour if they were free - I still wouldn't pay for them.

 

[Due51]

Henry Weinhard's Woodland Pass IPA flat out sucks. It's the first beer I can ever remember NOT finishing. It's hot garbage.

 

[MrVix]

Sam Adams Latitude 48 is the worst IPA that I have ever drank!

 

[Cauchy]

Pliny The Younger.







Just kidding! I will agree with the Trader Joe's IPA. Their beers have some cheap caramel or synthetic candy smell to them and there is always some garbage yeast profile in there as well. I guess any beer for which I have paid less than $6 a six pack full price has been just awful.

 

[DudeAbides]

Henry Weinhard's Woodland Pass IPA flat out sucks. It's the first beer I can ever remember NOT finishing. It's hot garbage.

This! My wife thought I was pranking her and put Bud Light in the bottle.

 

[GilSwillBasementBrews]

Sam Adams Latitude 48 is the worst IPA that I have ever drank!

The Juniper IPA was not much better. Just because you CAN put whatever you want in your beer. Doesn't mean you should.

 

[colhep67]

I think someone just had a lupulin threshold shift.

Are you talking about Odell's St. Lupulin? I love that stuff!

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[m3n00b]

Trader Joe's Boatswain IPA.

This one all the way.

 

[tagz]

Any commercial IPA that is more than 3 weeks past the bottling date is typically a disappointment.

 

[huntb]

I could barely finish a bottle of Founders Centennial IPA. It just tasted like straight hop tea to me. I'd have to try it again to be sure

I should slap you

 

[TrickyDick]

I never had an IPA that I liked. Maybe I shouldn't have come to this thread. IPA's taste like someone scraped the white, inside part of a grapefruit and boiled it into a foul tea.



That being said, my wife is a hophead and Dogfish 90 is her go to.



In the words of Bill the Cat, " Phhfff Ack!"



I come here to taunt you IPA lovers. Mmmm, Scottish Ale.

Try stone enjoy by. My wife hates bitter and hoppy, but ironically loved the homebrew version I did . Strange. It's over the top on flavor and aroma, so much so that the bitterness is a back seat flavor.

I've had some crappy Scottish ales that tasted like a rusty bottle cap with stale dried beer coating them. Not that I've ever tasted a bottle cap, but that what comes to mind.. Stale weyerbacher Scottish ale... Yech!

 

[ktblunden]

I don't like Hop Stoopid and I will never drink it again!

Yeah, I can't stand that one and I generally like just about everything else Lagunitas makes.

Any commercial IPA that is more than 3 weeks past the bottling date is typically a disappointment.

A million times this. I'd even modify that to say that any IPA that has traveled more than a day from its point of origin is not indicative of what it tastes like fresh. When it comes to IPAs, drink local and drink fresh.

 

[TrickyDick]

What if it only traveled half a day but it was from 11 PM to 11 AM so the date changed? Would it still taste the same then?

 

[mtyquinn]

Lagunitas Maximus. (not wretched, just not my jam) I am not knocking Lagunitas by the way - Sumpin sumpin is one of my all time favorites and I love most of there brews - which is probably why Maximus was such a bummer for me.

 

[NervousDad]

I don't like Hop Stoopid and I will never drink it again!

I love that one!

 

[geer537]

I dare anybody to tell me this was good:

My wife got it thinking we could try something new. It was awful. I don't like to bash beers because everyone's tastes are different but I am sorry- this was bad all around. I refused to drink it. My wife did as well and we had to toss it.

 

[thesemicullen]

Costco's Kirkland IPA. Nasty, nasty stuff.

I'm not a big fan of really hoppy beers, but I'm pretty good at putting personal taste aside to tell if something is good or not. That said, I love the hell out of most Yazoo Hops Project beers I've had.

 

[matchrocket]

It must be taste the piney resin of the torpedo is one of my faves. I am not a huge ranger fan of new belgium

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Ranger and I are not friends. I personally don't care for any of the Belgian / IPA mash-ups.

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[TrickyDick]

I've seen that near me for sale, also ass kisser. I've never tried either. Good to know though.

 

[LovesIPA]

Odd that you found a Rochester, NY brewed beer in Seaside yet I've never heard of it in NorCal.

 

[geer537]

Odd that you found a Rochester, NY brewed beer in Seaside yet I've never heard of it in NorCal.

It was at Savemart and on sale. I'd like to give them the benefit of the doubt since it had to make the trek accross country but I can't. I gave Majic hat the benefit of the doubt and I still didn't like them. Not my style- not a bad beer just not for me. Roscoe's- that was bad.

 

[tenthletter]

Trader Joe's Boatswain IPA.

I have only had the Boatswain Double IPA. I wonder if it is twice as bad. I don't think anyone that has tried either would dare try the other. Horrible stuff. Crime against nature.

 

[blakelyc]

Tough crowd here. A lot of beers I like getting trashed!
Swamp Ape IPA by Florida Beer Co. Bought a 6 from the grocery store, took me a week to finish them in spite of it being 2 weeks of vacation and drinking more than I would in 2 months! I blamed poor handling, but beeradvocate has it rated poor, so maybe it was just bad.

Oh, I totally forgot about Swamp Ape. Don't give them the benefit of the doubt with bad handling.... I have had that beer twice now while on dive trips to the keys, and both times I've dumped it. Total horror show.

 

[TrickyDick]

I had some swamp ape, and while it wasn't the greatest, I thought it was just OK for a 10%. I wouldn't say terrible, but not my fave for sure.

 

[singybrue]

Worst IPA I have ever had and probably the worst beer I have ever had, it was so bad it was actually worse than BMC, Tonka beer company Preservation IPA. It just tasted like skunky water, must have been brewed with pond water. Only thing that was good about it is that a % of the profits went to preserving the minnesota lakes.

I agree! Total swill!

 

[dyqik]

Greene King IPA, as served in the King's College bar.

At its best it's a mediocre English bitter, served on cask (about 4%, maybe 30 IBU). That bar served it from casks using an electric pump system with a fake hand pump, and I don't think they ever cleaned the lines while I was there. Still, at the equivalent of $2 for a 20 oz pint...