Too Sweet for a Sweet Tooth

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  1. SovietBillCosby

    SovietBillCosby Devotee (360) Dec 6, 2013 New Jersey

    I almost never seem to mind beers that are referred to as too sweet (i.e. Big Luscious, Pumking, or whatever flavor of the month). In fact, I really enjoy dessert type beers. I recently had a 2012 JW Lees Harvest Ale aged in a sherry cask that I thought was wonderful.

    But even having just said that, my sweet tooth can sometimes be sated pretty quickly by some select beers. One winter I was having a 10oz pour of Southern Tier's Creme Brulee, after the first two sips I was in love and thought without a doubt I'd order a second glass. But by the time the first glass was 3/4 drank I could hardly stomach another mouthful.
    Pump[KY]n was another beer that even after having a small pour of 8oz I didn't want any more. Almost sickly sweet.

    Given that you are at least in the mood for a dessert beer. Are there any sweet beers that are too sweet for you?
     
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  2. KSOZE

    KSOZE Initiate (0) Feb 10, 2015 Ohio

    God that Creme Brulee... I had 2-4 oz and was in heaven. Felt like barfing with every sip after.
     
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  3. hopsputin

    hopsputin Grand Pooh-Bah (4,403) Apr 1, 2012 New Jersey
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    I had Not Your Father's Root Beer last night. It was just about too sweet for me. Still deciding. Thats the only beer I've felt that way about so far.
     
    #3 hopsputin, Jul 2, 2015
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  4. bowzer4birdie

    bowzer4birdie Grand Pooh-Bah (3,796) Aug 16, 2012 Illinois
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    Two beers brought that reaction from me so far: Grey Monday and Dark Lord. WAY too sweet for me.
     
    #4 bowzer4birdie, Jul 2, 2015
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  5. dustin22martin

    dustin22martin Zealot (505) Apr 18, 2015 Missouri

    Yup, Creme Brulee was the first thing I thought of, too. It's so good, but it's definitely a share-with-one-or-two-other-people beer. I do love to mix the Creme Brulee with the Pumking, but that one's a sharer, too.
     
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  6. HorseheadsHophead

    HorseheadsHophead Grand Pooh-Bah (3,732) Sep 15, 2014 Colorado
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    I'm generally not a fan of sweet/overly malt beer. I need me some hops to balance that sweetness out. The sweetest beer I still enjoyed was Imperial Biscotti Break. I had Troegs' Troegenator a couple of months, and it was too sweet for my tastes. The first sip was pretty good, but I could barely finish it. It's like trying to drink an entire cake.
     
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  7. Shroud0fdoom

    Shroud0fdoom Initiate (0) Oct 31, 2013 Maryland

    I only hate Malty Sweet IPAs. These other beers you speak of...hand em over.. Come on.
     
    #7 Shroud0fdoom, Jul 2, 2015
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  8. TurkeyFeathers

    TurkeyFeathers Initiate (0) Jun 22, 2014 New York

    Another ST Crème Brulee first to mind. Drank the whole bomber myself about a month ago. Instant diabetes.
     
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  9. Sweatshirt

    Sweatshirt Initiate (0) Jan 27, 2014 New Hampshire

    There are lots of beers that are too sweet for me, foods as well. So when I want a dessert beer I try to do the same thing I do when I want a dessert. Have a small serving...enough to enjoy but not so much that the sweetness becomes a chore.
     
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  10. Greywulfken

    Greywulfken Grand Pooh-Bah (5,815) Aug 25, 2010 New York
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    I'm not a big sweet tooth kinda guy. I'll take a cut of steak over a candy bar, grilled shrimp over cake, a mortadella sandwich over ice cream, etc. - any day of the week...
    Though I do enjoy plenty of sweet beers, there is one popular group of that came off as cloyingly sweet even though I've probably even had beers just as sweet that I did enjoy...
    Beers in question: ST's Mokah, Choklat, Jahva, and Crème Brulee (though I do like Pumking).
     
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  11. gonzo000

    gonzo000 Initiate (0) Feb 9, 2014 Massachusetts

    Agreed - Creme and Orange chocolate are both too sweet for me, - but if I can sip the orange chocolate from southern their , I do enjoy it. Tastes like a tootsie pop.
     
    #11 gonzo000, Jul 2, 2015
  12. GuitarIPA

    GuitarIPA Savant (1,229) Mar 24, 2013 Connecticut

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  13. JAPack521

    JAPack521 Initiate (0) Aug 20, 2013 California

    Hairy eyeball. That is all.
     
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  14. Warren2621

    Warren2621 Pooh-Bah (1,737) Sep 26, 2014 Indiana
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    3 Floyds/Mikkeller Black Flame imperial stout. I bought two bombers of it. I drank both of them by myself but damn what a chore. Over the top sweetness but so much hoppiness and flavor that its hard not to come back for more. Its torturous and delicious.

    Easily the sweetest beer I've had. It even blows Dark Lord away in that regard.
     
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  15. BecauseWhalezbro

    BecauseWhalezbro Initiate (0) Apr 22, 2015 Colorado

    NG belgian red
     
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  16. gshak

    gshak Savant (1,220) Feb 20, 2011 Texas

    Not sure how sweet ST choklat was...I finished a whole bomber in one sitting. Beer was way too delicious to let it sit. ST Creme Brulee - yes, very sweet, but I treated it like a dessert. Spread it over 3 days...and enjoyed every sip. Each to his/her own. But I agree with Pump[KY]n....just too sweet of a beer, even 4 oz is plenty much for a sitting.
     
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  17. bubseymour

    bubseymour Grand Pooh-Bah (4,800) Oct 30, 2010 Maryland
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    Most big, sweet beers I love but I'm only good for 6oz or less most of the time and that's about the limit.
     
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  18. CobraCommander9000

    CobraCommander9000 Initiate (0) Jun 30, 2015 Texas

    The Abita Bourbon Street Imperial Stout was that beer for me.. was only able to get halfway through a bomber..
     
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  19. kwakwhore

    kwakwhore Maven (1,413) Nov 1, 2004 North Carolina
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    Creme Brulee for sure. Cafe Royale from Williamsburg Alewerks gets a lot of love but the one I had was way too sweet. Samichlaus Helles is in that ballpark too. And I like sweet beers.
     
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  20. MistaRyte

    MistaRyte Pooh-Bah (2,681) Jan 14, 2008 Virginia
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    +1 to the Creme Brulee and the Not Your Fathers Root Beer. I don't get it with the ST Choklat, Jahva, or Mokha though.

    Most any malternative beverage (like Mikes Hard, Smiirnoff Ice, etc) gave me a stomachache, like the sugar was eating my stomach from the inside out.
     
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