Ever buy the "wrong" beer?

I can't tell you how many times I grabbed a brew off the shelf in excitement, and then got home and found it was past expiration cause I didn't check... ooops....

 

Never. And I must be an alcoholic because I would have drank the shit out of whatever I bought anyway.

 

I really like Anderson Valley's Gose.

Don't think I have ever bought the wrong beer, definitely bought expired beer several times.

 

Just this past August, while shopping for a rafting trip, I had Westbrook One Claw on the brain but bought the White Thai instead. I didn't realize until it was too late to do anything about it. Other than the color, those cans all seem to look the same .

It was all for the best because the weather was sunny and beautiful, and the White Thai provided really nice refreshment anyway.

 

As a die-hard ticker, I have occasionally bought beer that I have already ticked. Usually save them for when friends drop by.

 

I've bought Victory Hop Devil when trying to buy Festbier. The packages are extremely similar.

 

One time my Dad bought Anchor Liberty Ale when he meant to buy Anchor Steam instead. He gave most of them to me because he doesn't really like "hoppy" beers. Quotation marks because I haven't had that beer in over 5 years and it probably wouldn't seem hoppy to me or most people reading this now.

 

I once meant to buy a Fruh kolsch and I grabbed the lone Reissdorf that was mistakenly mixed in with them... I was rushing.
Very similar bottles, and I probably couldn't pick out one bottled version vs the other blind. I still went back to the store for the Fruh.

 

I keep buying Wild Blue thinking it's a Flying Dog beer.

 

When I was first getting into beer I was looking for a St. Bernardus Wit. I thought I picked up a 750ml but instead I picked up an Abt 12 which I had never had before. It was one of the best mistakes I've ever made.

 

Have you ever tried a second hand Gose before?

 

That must be one of PA's lovely independent piece of shit bottle shops who feel they can charge ridiculous prices for the privilege of buying a six pack instead of an entire case. It would be much cheaper at a Wegmans/Whole Foods/Giant Eagle or any place that doesn't try to **** you.

 

A true beer geeks knows appropriate glassware bruh!

 

Yeah, I bought anything German once, it was terrible.

 

No. My comment was sarcastic yet very real. Look, I "enjoy" everything from Old Mikwaukee to Pliny. I've never had "infected" beers either. I don't believe in drain pours. That shit pisses me off. I'm quite sure I could struggle through a second hand Gose.

 

I bought Pizza Port Chronic Ale because I thought it would be good. Shoulda gone with Ponto SIPA or Swami's.

Does that count?

 

Struggle you will! That style is either beneath my taste, or a million miles beyond. All I know is that I recently had an Italian Gose which shitted on the Westbrook version of a Gose. People hate on Bud Light Chelada Clamato because it's salty. Yet Salinity is one of the ingredients in a Gose. Other than it being Sour. So you get Sour/Salty beer. If not done right...it taste like you're drinking your own vomit. Get the picture now?