Least Favorite Seasonals

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  1. fredmugs

    fredmugs Initiate (0) Aug 11, 2012 Indiana

    I'm pretty sure there was a thread about good seasonals but maybe there should be one to warn others away.

    Last night I went to our new craft beer bar in town called The Tap (clever huih?). 50 beers on tap and, of course, I've already had most of them so I tried a Naughty Claus by New Albanian. This was one of the worst beers I have ever had. It tasted like the palest ale ever and then someone dumped in an insane amount of cinammon. I'm still tasting it this morning.

    This beer isn't listed to be reviewed and I don't have 20 official reviews so I can't add it either. Stay away.
     
    #1 fredmugs, Nov 28, 2012
  2. fmccormi

    fmccormi Initiate (0) Oct 24, 2010 California

    The vast majority*: of pumpkin beers, Christmas beers, and other winter warmers (which generally don't suck as unrelentingly hard as Christmas beers, but are underwhelming in their own right). Also, it's not that (mai/ur/doppel)bocks in the winter and spring suck, or fall-seasonal brown ales for that matter, so much as they usually just kind of bore me.

    But pumpkin beers and Christmas beers can, for the most part, burn in a fiery beer hell.


    *I say that because I'll never rule out an entire style and rare examples always will pop up, on occasion.
     
    #2 fmccormi, Nov 28, 2012
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  3. Circleo12

    Circleo12 Maven (1,446) Nov 12, 2012 South Carolina
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    I'm a bigtime Pumpkin beer fan, and will drink any of them. I'm trying to be an equal opportunity Christmas beer drinker, but some just don't do it for me. I'll probably get tarred and feathered for saying this, but....to me, Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale is an abomination of vile proportions.
     
    #3 Circleo12, Nov 28, 2012
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  4. Steimie

    Steimie Maven (1,428) Jan 7, 2012 Michigan

    All Pumpkin beer. All of it.
     
    #4 Steimie, Nov 28, 2012
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  5. mtalley999

    mtalley999 Initiate (0) Oct 6, 2011 Maryland

    Fireside Chat. Not a fan at all. It does make a pretty good beer can chicken though.
     
    #5 mtalley999, Nov 28, 2012
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  6. Kenye

    Kenye Initiate (0) Jun 28, 2012 Oklahoma

    *pulls out the tar and feathers*
     
    #6 Kenye, Nov 28, 2012
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  7. Beertsipper

    Beertsipper Pooh-Bah (1,707) Nov 18, 2008 New York
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    Sam Adams Winter Lager
    Sam Adams Summer Ale
    Brooklyn's Summer Ale
     
    #7 Beertsipper, Nov 28, 2012
  8. tectactoe

    tectactoe Pooh-Bah (2,386) Mar 20, 2012 Michigan
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    Many of the "pumpkin" beers I've had this year should've just been called "nutmeg" beers.
     
    #8 tectactoe, Nov 28, 2012
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  9. Reagan1984

    Reagan1984 Pooh-Bah (2,329) May 15, 2008 Massachusetts
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    #9 Reagan1984, Nov 28, 2012
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  10. fmccormi

    fmccormi Initiate (0) Oct 24, 2010 California

    boooooooooooooooooooooooo
    BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO !!
     
    #10 fmccormi, Nov 28, 2012
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  11. Jnorton00

    Jnorton00 Maven (1,338) Apr 13, 2007 Massachusetts

    I had my first one a few weeks back and it's not bad but it's insanely hyped/praised for how it actually tastes.
     
    #11 Jnorton00, Nov 28, 2012
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  12. Circleo12

    Circleo12 Maven (1,446) Nov 12, 2012 South Carolina
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    THIS I will agree with. I've got that sense quite a bit while tasting as many as I could in the short time they are on tap around me.
     
    #12 Circleo12, Nov 28, 2012
  13. Circleo12

    Circleo12 Maven (1,446) Nov 12, 2012 South Carolina
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    #13 Circleo12, Nov 28, 2012
  14. Lutter

    Lutter Initiate (0) Jun 30, 2010 Texas

    Saint Arnold Sailing Santa.
     
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  15. 5thOhio

    5thOhio Pooh-Bah (1,571) May 13, 2007 South Carolina
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    Count me in the "pretty much all seasonals suck" group. Fruit flavors, spices, yadayada---no thanks. I'm basically a Reinheitsgebot kinda guy when it comes to choosing beers to drink.
     
    #15 5thOhio, Nov 28, 2012
  16. litheum94

    litheum94 Initiate (0) Dec 29, 2008 California

    Coney Island Freaktoberfest.
     
    #16 litheum94, Nov 28, 2012
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  17. fujindemon74

    fujindemon74 Pooh-Bah (1,797) Nov 7, 2012 Pennsylvania
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    Agreed.
     
    #17 fujindemon74, Nov 28, 2012
  18. jlordi12

    jlordi12 Pooh-Bah (1,856) Jun 8, 2011 Massachusetts
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    Kudos to you for creating a thread that isn't your favorite, top 5, top 10, top 15, best this, best that...
     
    #18 jlordi12, Nov 28, 2012
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  19. jageraholic

    jageraholic Pooh-Bah (1,632) Sep 16, 2009 Massachusetts
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    Sams Winter and Harpoon Winter Warmer
     
    #19 jageraholic, Nov 28, 2012
  20. codysjb

    codysjb Savant (1,018) Jun 16, 2010 Florida
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    I think lagunitas makes a seasonal that sucks, even they admit it on the bottle.

    But in all reality, any brown ale esp the christmas spiced brown something or another are truely awfull.
     
    #20 codysjb, Nov 28, 2012
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