Secret facination, BAD beer reviews.

I have an Infinium I am afriad to drink after trying one. I almost threw it in as an extra in a trade, but was worried that would put me on the bad traders list...

 

It would have. It's simply not that good. I do know some people that love it, though.

 

It is horrible, I always say maybe I will open it but can't do it. I can't imagine anyone loving it.

 

Where I come from, people read a newspaper article and crave whatever they are talking about. Good. It means I don't have to sit on a ton of it at the store.

 

is it from '10 or '11? either way want to set up a trade and throw it in as an extra??

 

First batch 2010, I would definitely ship it out to someone who wants it.

 

today, I drank a Sakara king. tasted like nailpolish remover coming out of a gascan.

 

You spelled DFH 120 min IPA wrong

 

http://beeradvocate.com/user/beers?ba=Pahn&order=ratingA&start=0&view=R

tl;dr versions:

1. ommegang aphrodite - pear juice with dirt and black pepper.

2. cape ann fisherman's bavarian wheat - sub-blue moon

3. thomas hooker chocolate truffle stout - halloween make-up.

4. coney island freaktoberfest - kool-aid poured over wonder bread.

5. monk's cafe flemish sour - label says sour, flavor says cough medicine with coarsely ground chalk added

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honorable mentions:

sam adams griffin's bow - nelson sauvin can be a beautiful hop (pungent, pineapple-y). this beer is a tutorial about its more disgusting aspects (molding fruit, cheese). the taste memory of this beer makes me nauseous.

harpoon leviathan triticus wheatwine - one of the few beers i've ever drank where my body sent messages to my brain like, "what are you doing?? you are not supposed to ingest this substance!" tasted like poison.

avery 15th anniversary (some kind of misguided brettanomyces beer) - this is a weird one, because it's somewhat enjoyable to drink. it just tastes so preposterous though... it's like a euro pale lager (think harp or something), with brett. it's unbelievable. everything about it is so limp. it's not dirty though; kind of brett-tangy, which is nice. just an overall insulting beer to charge money for, though. it's like someone wanted to know what brett does, so they brewed Neutral Beer to test it out in, then bottled it.

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p.s. i do not write in hyperbolic metaphors like "this beer tastes like an orphan's tears," or "this beer smells like urine." when i say the beer tastes like dirt, i mean like when i played baseball as a child and got dirt in my mouth. aphrodite really does taste like you added dirt and black pepper to pear juice.

edit: extra special honorable mention: river horse tripel horse. many years ago i paid money for a 6 pack of this malt liquor masquerading as a tripel, and have subsequently had it at a couple parties (you see, people buy it because it's cheap, then after they drink one they refuse to have any more because it's so terrible, so it ends up staying at the party... remember that if you buy a cheap 6pk of 10% ABV beer you've never had before to bring to a party, you're probably doing it only to get drunk, and people still won't hit more than a bottle of it--if they even finish the bottle). i'm not entirely sure what it is about this beer--maybe i'll never know--but there's a special and permanent place in my heart reserved for hating tripel horse.

 

*Raises hand*

To me it is the perfect beer when everyone is toasting with Champagne on new years.

 

Even though I stayed at a Holiday Inn Express last night, I am no beer expert, so who gives a shit about my opinion of a beer.

If I try a beer and really like it I might review it, if iI think it's mediocre I might review it. If I think it sucks, I probably won't review it, who am I to drag a beer/brewer through the mud. I would rather give the brewer direct constructive opinions.

Just MHO

 

Dislike that beer too and just mentioned it to someone yesterday. Oddly enough, the yeast has been packaged up by White Labs (supposedly started out as a Drie Fonteinen species) and is a favorite among home brewers. I fully plan to brew an all-brett beer with it myself and give it another try.

 

LOL that's funny. I've traded some brews I've been aging untasted, but I always let the other guy know I've never
had it and don't know whether it's good or not. I would never send away a beer I considered "bad" in a trade even as a throw in to anyone on a trade.

 

I love reading the reviews of bad beers written by people with a flair for humorous description. May I recommend the reviews of woodychandler describing experiences with Minhas beers for those who also enjoy reading these kinds of things.

 

I think the OP means reviewing bad beer, NOT bad beer reviews of whatever. just my opinion.

 

You are correct.

woodychandler is a great beer reviewer.

I pointed the direction to some classic reviews of bad beers, no, make that BADDDD BEERS

 

Three Floyds Biggs'Stache. We were so excited when we bought them, devastated when we opened them

 

That or Deus...

 

ISO: Gas-Can aged beers