Lagunitas Sucks IPA (on-tap) not as good as last year's?

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  1. Immortale25

    Immortale25 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,775) May 13, 2011 North Carolina
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    I don't know if it's because I'm more well-acquainted with Zombie Dust and Palate Wrecker now, but Sucks just doesn't have as much of a citrus kick or floral quality as I remember it having last year. It's still not bad and I'm definitely still going to buy a sixer when I see it on the shelves just to compare, but it's just not where I remember it being before. Are my standards just too high now?
     
    #1 Immortale25, Jan 11, 2013
  2. jaIsPoAn

    jaIsPoAn Initiate (0) Aug 1, 2012 New York

    Yea sorry tastes lovely to me and just as good as I remember
     
    #2 jaIsPoAn, Jan 11, 2013
  3. jplopez21

    jplopez21 Initiate (0) Nov 14, 2012 Illinois

    I cant really compare it to the year before, but I've had 2012 Sucks and It's definitely nowhere near as hoppy as Zombie Dust. Actually it's not that Hoppy (or bitter) at all, it's a pretty well balanced IPA.
     
    #3 jplopez21, Jan 11, 2013
  4. SammyJaxxxx

    SammyJaxxxx Initiate (0) Feb 23, 2012 New Jersey

    I'm sorry. We won't be able to deal with your "Lagunitas Sucks isn't as good as last year's batch" thread until we finish up with the "Hopslam isn't as good" thread.
    Please try back on Monday.
     
    #4 SammyJaxxxx, Jan 11, 2013
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  5. SammyJaxxxx

    SammyJaxxxx Initiate (0) Feb 23, 2012 New Jersey

    Sorry. I forgot we are also dealing with a "Flower Power is not as good" thread as well.
    Better if you try back the end of next week.
     
    #5 SammyJaxxxx, Jan 11, 2013
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  6. Robtobfest

    Robtobfest Initiate (0) Oct 21, 2009 Connecticut

    What the fuck is wrong with us! Holy shit this is madness.
     
    #6 Robtobfest, Jan 11, 2013
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  7. thepartybird

    thepartybird Initiate (0) Jun 24, 2011 Colorado

    Can we just sticky a "every seasonal beer is probably not going to taste as good as the first time you tried it because you spent eight months or more ruminating about how awesome it was the first year you had it" topic?

    Or would that be too long?
     
    #7 thepartybird, Jan 11, 2013
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  8. EnronCFO

    EnronCFO Pooh-Bah (2,193) Mar 29, 2007 Massachusetts
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    Geez, and I was just getting over the lack of nutmeg in Celebration this year.

    Do these threads really need to happen every year about every good IPA?
     
    #8 EnronCFO, Jan 11, 2013
  9. SammyJaxxxx

    SammyJaxxxx Initiate (0) Feb 23, 2012 New Jersey

    Apparently, yes they do.

    At least we have the format for the thread down:
    1) A is not as good as last year. It is not as _____
    2) Yes it is. In fact it is even ______ier.
    3) B is better than A anyway.
    4) C is better than A and B
     
    #9 SammyJaxxxx, Jan 11, 2013
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  10. jplopez21

    jplopez21 Initiate (0) Nov 14, 2012 Illinois

    Ok eff it. In honor of this thread I just popped open a sucks. Cheers!

    [​IMG]
     
    #10 jplopez21, Jan 11, 2013
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  11. Immortale25

    Immortale25 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,775) May 13, 2011 North Carolina
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    LMAO @ all of SammyJaxxxx's posts. Yeah, it's probably the same as last year's and this is all just an example of how expectations can alter one's objectivity.
     
    #11 Immortale25, Jan 11, 2013
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  12. ShogoKawada

    ShogoKawada Initiate (0) May 31, 2009 Pennsylvania

    No, you're wrong, cuz I had some and that shit was on fire.
     
    #12 ShogoKawada, Jan 11, 2013
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  13. KingforaDay

    KingforaDay Pooh-Bah (2,445) Aug 5, 2010 New Jersey
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    So are you saying its not good or are you saying it sucks?????
     
    #13 KingforaDay, Jan 11, 2013
  14. nickapalooza86

    nickapalooza86 Initiate (0) Feb 23, 2010 Wisconsin

    I can only speak to the bottles which I would say are just as good if not better then last winter when I tasted this liquid ecstasy!
     
    #14 nickapalooza86, Jan 11, 2013
  15. GameFreac

    GameFreac Initiate (0) Apr 8, 2011 Georgia

    I was hoping this would not happen and it didn't. Tastes just as amazing as last year.
     
    #15 GameFreac, Jan 11, 2013
  16. Lutter

    Lutter Initiate (0) Jun 30, 2010 Texas

    Perhaps your tastes are just "too developed" because it tastes exactly the same as I remember it: delicious.
     
    #16 Lutter, Jan 11, 2013
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