Drain pour tales...

Just buy a sculpin.

 

If only soap smelled that good

 

Yeah. Even the bottle we opened, that we'd already predetermined we were going to drain pour, was a gusher. It's just hard to believe that was being touted the best thing to come out of Texas since they learned what beer was down there.

 

Jesus Christ, that beer was a mess. I didn't pour it, but I wish I had. Lips of Faith are generally hit and miss, but that was the worst one I've had.

 

I love most of Stone's offerings. but the 16th Anniversary was a gross mess IMO. Sorry. Just the thought of that weird lemon taste makes me gag.

 

I have to agree worse beer I have ever had, an creme brûlée was a close 2nd

 

I'm pretty much the same.

 

I love this beer. To each his own. I really did hate 2012 Dark Lord (it was my first and only DL experience and I didn't pour it out...I kept trying to like it all the way to the bottom...such a sad day.)

 

The wet hopped with lemon pledge taste? Yeah...I didn't have to drain pour it because I was lucky enough to sample it first.

 

I LOVED this beer fresh, but the last bottle I opened was really bad and not at all how I remembered it. I was again very sad that day.

Had a bottle of Old Rasputin a couple months ago that seriously turned my stomach. I kept trying to drink it but ended up pouring it out. I'm afraid to try again, I'd rather believe it was just a bad bottle.

 

Even if it was still terrible (I happen to disagree), it was very different this year compared to last (which as a huge pumking fan, I was disappointed with too).

 

Has 400 pound monkey changed in the last year or two? I tried it a few times while I was out west in 2010 (and absolutely loved it) and then recommended it to a few friends who all agreed. I split a bottle recently with another friend after raving about this beer and we decided we had too much other great beer to drink so we moved on. Curious.

 

I am one of the few who like Infinium. I cannot believe some of the beers people are drain pouring here. There are a lot of beers I don't care for but it would have to be terrible or infected for me to pour it.

 

Me too. Last time a drainpoured a beer was in the morning after a party in high school. You learn even from the bad ones.

 

Oskar Blues GUBNA. Who put acid wash jeans in my beer?
Alaskan Baltic Porter. Brown sugary grape juice. This is an "exceptional" beer? I guess exceptional can also be negative.
Avery's The Czar. I think they got the labels mixed up on this one.

There are lots of other drain pours, but these are the two three that most people will recognize.

Jeff

 

Obscura Cacao is probably the most dreadful beer I have ever had. It tasted like vegetables.

 

Or a great beer. Since you know... some people like it.

On the topic of Dogfather - The Dogfather Barrel Aged is bad stuff too. I was hoping age would help it, but based on the tales of the base beer, I think all hope might be lost.

 

I think there have only been three.

Rogue Chipoolte Ale. It came to Ontario as part of a Rogue feature, so I gave it a try. I think I got about 1/3 of the way through, and I could not do it. I like spicy stuff but the taste was just not working.

Great Lakes (toronto) Pumpkin Ale. I hate all things related to pumpkins but my wife dared me to try it and I did and I hated it.

Simple Malt Double Porter. This was the worst, I bought it once from a quebec beer store because it sounded interesting. I got home and realized it was a smoked porter. I think I drank it but I really didn't like it. Then at least a year later I was in another quebec store and I totally forgot I tried it and bought it again. As soon as I tasted it I realized what it was and dumped it.

 

I think you had a bad bottle of Alaskan Baltic Porter...had it on tap recently at a bottle shop in Seattle and the bartenders were raving about it...they weren't wrong, nice and thick, rich porter (I'd even say it is closer to a stout) and I got no sweet fruitiness at all.

 

You should try it on tap...

And not be an ass.

Infection happens to all kinds of breweries. It's never fun to get one, but don't be a prick about it.