Top 3 & Bottom 3 Favorite Styles

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  1. MonkeyBread

    MonkeyBread Maven (1,308) Apr 26, 2014 Nevada
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    I've often thought about this with the realization it has evolved significantly over time. Some of my top 3 were part of my bottom 3 a few years ago.

    Give your top 3 favorite beer styles and bottom 3 beer styles in order of favorite to least. Try to exclude extremely obscure beer styles in your bottom 3 like Sahti or Kvass.

    Top 3
    1. Double IPA
    2. Barley Wine (American or English)
    3. Tripel

    Bottom 3
    1. Amber / Red Ale
    2. Irish Dry Stout
    3. Black IPA
     
    #1 MonkeyBread, Mar 2, 2015
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  2. HorseheadsHophead

    HorseheadsHophead Grand Pooh-Bah (3,732) Sep 15, 2014 Colorado
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    You really dislike ambers and black IPAs that much? Troegs Nugget Nectar? Founders Dark Penance?
     
    #2 HorseheadsHophead, Mar 2, 2015
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  3. MonkeyBread

    MonkeyBread Maven (1,308) Apr 26, 2014 Nevada
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    Something has to be in your bottom 3. Dark Penance is the best black IPA I've had, but still not that great. I don't understand the point of this style. Completely contrasting tastes that don't go well together. Ambers/red ales are tricky. I love Blazing World and Hop Head Red, but everything else has been unappealing and honestly Blazing World is more of an outlier of the style. I have never had Nugget a Nectar; however, seeing reviews and opinions especially from west coast people I have a strong feeling it's over hyped.
     
    #3 MonkeyBread, Mar 2, 2015
  4. tclipse

    tclipse Initiate (0) Jul 22, 2012 Virginia

    Top 3:

    1a. DIPA
    1b. Imperial Stout
    3. IPA

    Bottom 3:
    1. Adjunct Lager (duh)
    2. Old Ale
    3. Anything by Sam Adams
     
    #4 tclipse, Mar 2, 2015
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  5. do_ob

    do_ob Pooh-Bah (1,655) Feb 12, 2015 Kentucky
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    I have a long way to go before I can say I've tried every style of beer, but so far:

    Top 3:
    Imperial Stout
    IPA
    DIPA

    Bottom 3:
    Lite lager
    Amber ale
    Czech pilsner
     
    #5 do_ob, Mar 2, 2015
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  6. tclipse

    tclipse Initiate (0) Jul 22, 2012 Virginia

    The problem with west coast reviews on Nugget Nectar isn't that it's overhyped... it's that after 2-3 weeks, the flavor profile has already changed. It got distributed to us 5 days after bottling this year, and was life-altering. 2 weeks later, it had already significantly fallen off.
     
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  7. Monkeyknife

    Monkeyknife Grand Pooh-Bah (5,873) Jan 8, 2007 Missouri
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    Top 3
    DIPA
    Saison/Farmhouse
    Imperial Stout

    Bottom 3
    Smoked Beer
    Scotch Ale
    Light Lager
     
    #7 Monkeyknife, Mar 2, 2015
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  8. PGD120

    PGD120 Initiate (0) Jan 20, 2015 New Jersey

    this changes a lot but...
    top 3:
    1. Imperial IPA
    2. IPA
    3. Belgian quad

    i dont really have bottom 3, but these are 3 i dont particularly seek out:
    1: milk stouts ( taste good, but with some, the lactose makes me sick)
    2: rauchbier ( I Love smoked meats, but dont love that level of smokiness in my beer)
    3: enlgish dark mild ales ( never had one seem special to me)
     
    #8 PGD120, Mar 2, 2015
  9. Sir_Whats-his-face

    Sir_Whats-his-face Initiate (0) Mar 2, 2015 Oregon

    Top:
    1. Imperial stout/coffee stout
    2. IPA/DIPA/IIPA (when done well)
    3. Baltic porter

    Bottom:
    1. IPA/DIPA/IIPA (when done poorly)
    2. Lager
    3. Quad/Tripel

    Of course, I can still appreciate lagers, tripels, and quads when they're done well, but I don't usually seek them out when I'm buying beer. And if you ask me this question a couple years from now, my list will probably be different.
     
    #9 Sir_Whats-his-face, Mar 2, 2015
  10. tylerstravis

    tylerstravis Pooh-Bah (2,487) Feb 14, 2014 Colorado
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    Top (today)
    1. American Porter
    2. Imperial Stout
    3. IPA

    Bottom
    1. Dopplebock
    2. Adjunct Lager
    3. Amber / Red
     
    #10 tylerstravis, Mar 2, 2015
  11. MonkeyBread

    MonkeyBread Maven (1,308) Apr 26, 2014 Nevada
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    This is part of a separate post and topic, but my opinion is for hoppy beers there is no reason to drink non-local. My local Las Vegas brewery that is so small and unknown only 2 of their beers are even listed on this site, I think their IPA because it is fresh would taste better than a 1 month old Heady Topper shipped across country in a hot truck. And I think their IPA is decent, run of the mill fare. Hoppy beers lose so much aroma and flavor in a quick period it just doesn't work to distribute them far from the brewery. Recently getting distribution of Founders and Bells I've noticed their non-hoppy beers stand up as quite good, but their hoppy beers that are so highly regarded taste quite poor. I attribute that to distribution. Trying hoppy beers out of your market only make sense when on a trip there. Otherwise don't even bother.
     
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  12. tjumfrid

    tjumfrid Initiate (0) Jun 15, 2013 Arizona

    Top 3:
    1. Imperial Stout
    2. Belgian Quad
    3. Saison

    Bottom 3:
    1. Pilsner
    2. Bock
    3. Kolsch
     
    #12 tjumfrid, Mar 2, 2015
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  13. ffOpusx

    ffOpusx Initiate (0) Dec 17, 2011 California
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    Top three
    1. West cost IPA's
    2. BA stouts
    3.BA barlywine's

    bottom three
    1.Sours have not found my pallet for sours!!!!
    2.Pilsner
    3.anything with the word blood in it!!! haha
     
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  14. HorseheadsHophead

    HorseheadsHophead Grand Pooh-Bah (3,732) Sep 15, 2014 Colorado
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    Understandable.

    Personally, judging by Dark Penance, I didn't think it tasted much like a IPA/stout hybrid at all. I thought it tasted like a stronger version of Sierra Nevada Flipside.

    As for Nugget Nectar, it is a damn good beer, but it's so hop-forward it's more like an IPA than your typical amber.
     
    #14 HorseheadsHophead, Mar 2, 2015
  15. jlsims04

    jlsims04 Initiate (0) Jul 14, 2013 Illinois

    Top:
    1. I/IIPA
    2. Sour
    3. Imperial Stout

    Bottom:
    1. Hefe
    2. Amber
    3. Shandy
     
    #15 jlsims04, Mar 2, 2015
  16. ZBowden

    ZBowden Initiate (0) Dec 2, 2014 Florida

    Top:
    1. Porters
    2. Bocks
    3. IPA/IIPA

    Bottom
    1. Milk stouts
    2. Lite lagers
    3. Most fruit beers
     
    #16 ZBowden, Mar 2, 2015
  17. gtermi

    gtermi Initiate (0) Apr 21, 2010 Texas

    Top:
    1. Wild Ales
    2. BA Stouts/ Coffee Stouts
    3a. Saisons
    3b. IPAs

    Bottom:
    1. Smoked
    2. Gluten Free
    3.Adjunct Lagers
     
    #17 gtermi, Mar 2, 2015
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  18. SackBlabbath

    SackBlabbath Initiate (0) Nov 28, 2014 Kentucky

    Top:
    1. Belgians (Tripels, Quads, BSDA's)... yeah i know, not really one style but i didn't want my whole top to be belgian beer.
    2. Imperial Stouts (Duh!)
    3. Dirt Nasty Saisons!

    Bottom:
    1. Rauchbier
    2. American (hoppy) Barleywine
    3. IPA/IIPA *strike me down, fellow BA's*
     
    #18 SackBlabbath, Mar 2, 2015
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  19. hopnado

    hopnado Initiate (0) Aug 13, 2014 Michigan

    This thread leads to nowhere...
     
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  20. papat444

    papat444 Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,961) Dec 28, 2006 Canada (QC)
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    Love stouts, IPAs and sours.

    Not a fan of sour stouts (go figure) and any beer named by it's color.
     
    #20 papat444, Mar 2, 2015
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