Most Underrated beer!

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  1. jrnyc

    jrnyc Grand Pooh-Bah (3,012) Mar 21, 2010 New York
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    We see threads on overrated breweries and things we want to change about consumers and retailers, how about most underrated beers? Lets show some love and some positivity, I will start it out.

    Most underrated beer for me, Barrier Money. Only available on draft with limited local distribution on Long Island and New York City, this stuff is fantastic. If brewed by some of the well known breweries like Hill Farmstead, Trillium, Treehouse, Other Half , etc. , people would go nuts over this stuff.

    What is your most underrated beer?
     
    #1 jrnyc, Sep 13, 2015
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  2. AustinPollack

    AustinPollack Initiate (0) Jun 12, 2014 New York

    Lindeman's Cuvee Rene. With all the over sweetened, super fruity beers they put out, this delicious gueuze gets overlooked. It's fantastic and has an amazing price point.
     
    #2 AustinPollack, Sep 13, 2015
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  3. mig100

    mig100 Pooh-Bah (2,747) Aug 3, 2014 Texas
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    Xingu, which really is an amazing Brazilian black lager/schwarzbier and 98% of doppelbock's lol
     
    #3 mig100, Sep 13, 2015
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  4. BMBCLT

    BMBCLT Grand Pooh-Bah (3,427) May 9, 2014 South Carolina
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    Amazing? That was a drain-pour for me. Thin and flavorless.
     
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  5. ecpho

    ecpho Savant (1,183) Mar 28, 2011 New York

    As far as Barrier IPAs - I prefer the new Suburbs and Atypical over Money. Then there's Dunegrass DIPA. Much more dank than fruity. But yeah they make alot of great beer. I wouldn't say Money is underrated in the NY area, craft bars get real excited when it comes on draft - just the BA reading populace doesn't hear about it.
     
    #5 ecpho, Sep 13, 2015
  6. raynmoon

    raynmoon Initiate (0) Aug 13, 2011 Colorado

    Deschutes Obsidian Stout.
     
    #6 raynmoon, Sep 13, 2015
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  7. DaverCS

    DaverCS Savant (1,212) Dec 9, 2014 Arizona

    I think Ommegang as a brewery in general is underrated. They produce MANY quality Belgian-inspired domestic beers. Plus they are half the price of the classic Belgians... I can happily drink 2 Hennepins for the cost of 1 la Chouffe! Now Duvel on the other-hand.....:wink:
     
    #7 DaverCS, Sep 13, 2015
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  8. RBassSFHOPit2ME

    RBassSFHOPit2ME Initiate (0) Mar 1, 2009 California

    Who is HF, Other Half, Treehouse & Trillium? I don't understand?

    Black Butte Porter
    Big Bear Black Stout
    Hop Shovel
     
    #8 RBassSFHOPit2ME, Sep 13, 2015
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  9. Hoos78

    Hoos78 Maven (1,327) Mar 3, 2015 Ohio

    It is too easy to just throw out a local brewery and beer and proclaim them underrated. However, I will go this route...

    I find Two Brothers Sidekick Extra Pale Ale to be incredibly tight and refreshing. Regionally, there are so many highly touted Pales (ZD, Daisy Cutter, Fist City, etc.) that not too many BA types get worked up over SideKick. They probably shouldn't, but as a go to, easy to keep on hand beer it really does the trick. Maybe it is taken for granted a little bit...
     
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  10. thomda11

    thomda11 Initiate (0) Jun 5, 2014 California

    I always thought Mission Brewery's Hef is a lot better than the rating it gets on this website. It's one of the better American Hefs I've had.
     
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  11. GuitarIPA

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

    Ten Fidy. My personal favorite stout.
     
    #11 GuitarIPA, Sep 13, 2015
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  12. djuhnk

    djuhnk Aspirant (283) Aug 28, 2013 Minnesota

    +1 for sidekick. It is a perfect harmony between Limey hops and malt, while still remaining dry and drinkable.

    There's something to be said about local breweries, because there are many that don't get the hype of a regional brewery because they are too small, while quite possibly making better beer. Maybe it's just me, but hype annoys me. It has its merits, but too often hype will drive people's mentality about beer.
     
    #12 djuhnk, Sep 13, 2015
  13. esetter

    esetter Initiate (0) Nov 17, 2014 Tennessee

    Anchor porter. It will score well in a bland porter tasting , promise.
     
    #13 esetter, Sep 13, 2015
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  14. Czequershuus

    Czequershuus Pooh-Bah (1,730) Feb 7, 2014 Minnesota
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    Epic Escape to Colorado. Maybe I have too much love for this beer, but I can't evangelize enough. Its a great a summertime IPA, light bodied, and wonderfully dry, fruity, bitter - and it gets no attention.
     
    #14 Czequershuus, Sep 13, 2015
  15. PatrickCT

    PatrickCT Grand Pooh-Bah (3,776) Feb 18, 2015 Connecticut

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  16. ELS

    ELS Savant (1,053) Apr 22, 2012 Florida
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    Not sure how Ten Fidy is underrated. Most BAs think it's one of the best stouts out there. If it wasn't so easily assessible in most states it probably would be a whale.
     
    #16 ELS, Sep 13, 2015
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  17. HopSavant

    HopSavant Initiate (0) Apr 13, 2014 Tennessee

    Hoegaarden Original White
     
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  18. JTW10

    JTW10 Zealot (527) Nov 25, 2013 Pennsylvania

    the recent trend seems to be that the highest-rated beers are also the hardest to acquire, which is why you always see very good beers being mentioned in these threads as being "underrated" in the sense that just because you can buy them anywhere doesn't somehow make them worse. you think people go crazy for heady/toppling goliath/treehouse, imagine if old rasputin, double jack, or the sixth glass suddenly became only distributed in-state or something, it would be chaos
     
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  19. VegasBeerMan

    VegasBeerMan Initiate (0) Jul 28, 2007 Nevada

    Rebel Rouser. Thank you, Mr. Adams. Well done.
     
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  20. Reds76

    Reds76 Initiate (0) Nov 3, 2014 Maine

    Miller Lite. Eat it haters! I'm not saying it is world class or anything close to amazing - but I have enjoyed it since my high school years and still do! I will take a Miller Lite over a poorly done mess of a "craft beer" any day.
     
    #20 Reds76, Sep 13, 2015
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