What one style do you just not like?

Yes, I did but once i tried those the others I had never compared. I visited that brewery actually two months ago, just beyond that I never found anything that wow'd me so to speak.

 

Yea its kinda hard to go up once you're at the top

 

No AALS? Ok Cheladas then. Technically they're listed as fruit vegetable beers.

 

It's hard for me to enjoy an Old Ale. Maybe the ones I've had haven't been stored correctly but it's more likely that it's just not palatable to my tastes.

 

In general - Bourbon Barrel beers - not my pint of ale as the case may be. That being said, I have not tried some of the more highly rated ones because I cannot find them locally. Sessions are not great, but I can drink them and they serve the purpose of a faster product to market - they are lacking depth as a group.

 

I'll give you four:

Red/amber beers - taste like pennies or blood, yuck! I can dig red IPAs if they're hoppy enough, though.

Belgian-style beers - I don't know if they're too malty or I don't like the yeast, whatever I just don't like them

Barleywines - just plain too malty and boozy

Bourbon-barrel aged beers - they can be good sometimes, but I've found some of the highest-rated to be WAY too sweet, boozy, and under-carbonated. Modern Times' Black House with BBA Coffee Beans was a revelation, though! I wish more brewers would use that method--the bourbon flavor was present but subdued allowing the other flavors to showcase (and it was perfectly carbed).

I used to say I didn't like reds, Belgians, or sours but now one of my favorite styles is the Flemish Red Ale--a red sour made in Belgium--go figure.

 

Agreed. Belgian yeast with the coriander taste are not good in my opinion, but that still leaves a good number worth trying. Try the Stone Black IPA if you have not yet done so - I enjoy them, but the stone is a step above.

 

Give me a well crafted Belgian any day over a hopped up IPA or Porter...sorry if that offends you but that is why there are many styles.

 

I can get into witbiers since they are usually spiced; coriander, orange peel, pepper, etc.

 

Don't dislike any style just certain beers within each style. I find I stay away from flavored wheats more than anything else.

 

I'm not a huge fan of saisons, either, but I keep trying new ones anyway (at least during the summer months). They're a nice change of pace when it's hot out and I'm having more than one or two beers. I find a lot of them taste the same, boring. A few, though, have been nice surprises. Cheers!

 

Tripels and Wheatwines.

 

Irked? Really? I'm thankful not everyone likes the same styles as me and while I am very surprised so many people are listing IPAs here, I find it refreshing to learn that not everyone out there is a hop head. If everyone liked the same styles, brewers would stick to only those styles and we'd have little variety.

 

Smoked or scotch ales

 

It's pilsner for me. I just don't get much flavor from them. Understand they are meant to be lighter and more refreshing, but a nice saison can check those off for me. I also haven't gotten into Barleywines either... they also seem off balance or something..

 

I'm with yankeej13 (as much as it hurts to say I agree with anyone with "Yankee" in their name). I enjoyed the occasional hef every now and then but then I tried Weihenstephaner's hef and I've rarely ever gone back to the style. It was so good and so perfect that no other hef before it or after it has come close so I stopped drinking them almost completely (as in, only if there is nothing "better" available). I've had the best; I don't need to try any more.

 

American barleywines. I'm a huge fan of their English predecessors, but for me, the intense hop bitterness without the compliment of aroma and flavor just comes off like a really old DIPA.

 

Have you tried Hacker-Pschorr Oktoberfest? It's truly malty, but in a drier, crispier style. It engages the palate in many ways without being just sweet.

 

Witbier/Belgian White. I do like other styles containing wheat such as hefes though.

 

Wheatwines. I played golf with my son on a windy 35 degree day and cracked a popular New Hampshire bomber, and despite the cold and crazy conditions, I still kept passing it to the next generation.