Drain pour tales...

I try not to drain pour beers, because I'm a frugal sob but I couldn't help but drain pour Rumpkin. Just wayyyy too sweet.

 

I actually liked Voodoo Doughnut Bacon. It's got a very specific audience, though, given the distinct flavors involved. So I can understand drainpours for it from folks. If anyone wants to mail their bottles to me instead of pouring them out, just let me know...

 

Thanks to this thread I decided to give Raging Bitch another shot. Not as horrible as I remember however, I could only get through 3/4 of it before I had to dump it and move on to something else...yeah, it is clearly just not for me...

 

Behemoth 2011 and Belmont 15 were undrinkable. Myself and a close friend drain poured both bottles almost instantly after we tried them. Bummed because I was really looking forward to these two beers.

 

bullyguppy and battle priest. Foul doesn't even begin to describe these beers.

 

For me it was Creme Brûlée, way too sweet. Other than that's its usually a beer where I fall asleep mid session and wake up to nasty old beer lol

 

I almost poured out Arrogant Bastard. But I 'struggled through it" and finished it. I do not believe in drain pours, and I'm amazed that anyone pours out perfectly well-made beer that's more than likely not cheap. But to each his own. And yes, i realize there are infected brews out there, but in 14 years of drinking beer, I haven't had one single infected beer.

 

This weekend dumped a 2011 Stone Old Guardian after a few sips. Usually a favorite of mine, 2011 was paint thinner. I have let a couple age these 18 months. Popped one this weekend, and it is still fucking paint thinner. I will probably give away my last 2011.

 

Just went down to the cellar and found a 2010 Treblehook barleywine. Taste was the most aweful thing ever. Literally made me gag. Something went VERY wrong with this one.

 

I'm not sure why there's so much hate for this beer. They did a pretty fine job making it taste as advertised. Some advice to those who haven't tried it, if you don't want to drink a beer that tastes like maple bacon donut, don't buy that big pink bottle of maple bacon donut beer, you'll probably end up pouring it down the drain!

 

A buddy opened a Bully Guppy at a tasting recently. Easily (by a mile) the most horrendous beer I've ever experienced. Smelled like pure nail polish remover, and I gagged when I tasted it. Good to know my body rejects things that taste/smell like poison. It's offensive that that was sold.

 

Not very many beers have been so bad, in my opinion, that I simply couldn't swallow.... but there have been a couple. Green Flash rayon vert tasted awful. (reminded me of a bandaid) I'd like to think that maybe it was just that bottle. Green Flash imperial ipa..... gave me a gag reflex..... which is sad because the west coast ipa is great. But the imperial turned out to be very popular at the bar. I have alot of respect for Green Flash beers but these dissapointed me very much. Oh.... and samuel adams summer seasonal tastes like ass. That is all.....

 

Tonight Blasphemy from Weyerbacher, it really sucked. To sweet and boozy and reminded me of onion soup.

 

Took 4 sips of this yesterday and dumped it: http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/435/75509
Glad it was only like $3

 

Last drain pour: Unibroue Trois Pistoles...just awful. Ungodly.

 

Same thing happened to me and a group of buddies. We should have known better though but wanted to try it anyway.....when a beer gets a 63 from RateBeer it has to be god awful.

 

As mentioned a handful of times, Pumking is also awful, couldn't even finish my share of the bomber when drinking with friends. On the bright side, when trying almost all new things, when you've got a group almost nothing makes the drain since you aren't asked to have to man up as much.

 

My most recent drain pour was Stone's Sublimely Self-Righteous. I was looking forward to this for a while too. I have two bombers left in my cellar, and I look forward to another try. I'm pretty sure I only poured it because I wasn't in the mood for a black IPA. I have had Sam Adam's and Widmer Bros and didn't care for either. I'm planning to wait until this upcoming summer to try the next bomber.

 

I have never poured a beer down a drain. However I have come close with Arrogant Bastard, Three Philosophers and Cuvée Van Der Kaiser Blauw. The latter of the three had to have been a bad bottle because it was the most abhorrent thing I have ever tasted.

 

Bottleworks 13th was disgusting, 13 malts and peated malt just made for a complete mess of a beer... vomit.