Highly acclaimed brews that underwhelmed you?

CBS. Not enough bourbon if ya ask me.

 

Doom

 

Westy 12

It was good, but for all the hype and hassle, not worth it. I would of rather just grabbed a Rochefort 10 off the shelf.

 

Idk how " highly acclaimed" it is nationally but troegs mad elf

 

Most beers from Hill Farmstead.

 

same thing here

tasted like a malty, alcohol bomb I renamed it hop lay up

 

Nice thread.

There is a lot. These are really good, but not that good, what hype says:
Dark Lord
Hunahpu
Green Flash West Coast IPA
Parabola (tasted only flight) and there is still one bottle my cellar
Stone IRS
Westy 12, 8, Blond
Pliny the Elder
Chimay Blue
Gumballhead
Racer 5
Raspberry Eisbock
Hop Stoopid
Duvel
Torpedo
Dark Horizon 3
Pumking

 

Duvel..extremely average for me

 

do you like beer?

 

Sure!

As you can see, I wrote, that those are still really good.

 

haha! I know, im just messin with ya

 

I waited a year to open my DL '12 (not long enough I know) but the suspense killed me. First syrupy taste and I knew I was gonna hate it. Way too much hype for that mess of a beer. Would like to try another year but cannot justify what I will have to trade for it. I was super disappointed. Behemoth did not blow me away either. So many better beers out there that are easier to get.

 

Dark Lord... blah blah blah... diabetus.

 

Had my first Lawsons Double Sunshine. I obviously loved it but I wasn't blown away, like when I had Heady or Double Galaxy for the first time.

 

DJ needs to be fresh you have to check dates. Fresh it's very good, some age on it , and it's an overly malty mess. I've tried 4 bottles only 1 was amazing the others sucked.

 

Founders Breakfast Stout. Huge let down for me.

 

not fresh if its not refrigerated.

I've stored the some of the same ipas in the fridge and some in my cellar for a month because we got 2 cases of bombers. The ones in in the fridge tasted like a fruit bomb, the one in the cellar straight up malt bomb.

The beer was Just Outstanding by Kern Brewing company got them fresh straight from the source during the citra release. If you want to keep that fruity dankness aspect a lot of great ipas have you have to keep them cold their whole life.

 

2 month DJ I pass, this is one temperamental brew IMO .

 

Rabbid Rabbit. It's not monumentally praised, but it's certainly well received (it's pulling a more-than-solid 3.81 right now). Easily my least favorite saison that I've had. I honesty don't know why FFF even considers it one. It also sits alongside Evil Power as my least favorite FFF brew.