Drain Pours

Recently dumped Ommegang Everything Naughty and Boulevard Cinnamon Bun Ale. I probably could have choked the Ommegang down but the Boulevard was just awful. I wanted to try new stuff and generally like both breweries but unfortunately it doesn't always work out.

 

Had a SUPER flat Iroquois pale ale in lake George NY. Drank it but if I was home I’d have thrown it right in the tradh

 

Second Chance 8th anniversary IPA, I think it was called something like Dawg Daze, it was awful. 3 different days I opened a can, all undrinkable (diacetyl nasty) so I threw out the unopened 4th can.

 

I remember getting a 4 pack of Ochakoviskiy Kvass via Amazon. Intrigued to try the style. This lasted about 8ozs, the remaining 56ozs went down the drain. More recently, I grabbed a well out of date single bottle of Vichenaar. Did not age well, pure vinegar. Probably cleaned the drain for me.

 

I do my best to not drain pour beers but sometimes it's inevitable. Sure, I can save it for cooking or for other purposes but in my experience only certain types/styles of beer are suitable for these backup uses.

 

Taking pity on the garbage disposal by using a bucket (and then the toilet?)?! You must be a really nice guy.

 

I've had just a couple drain pours over the years. Typically even if I don't necessarily like the beer, I'll power through it to see if I can at least get the point the brewer was trying to get across and pick it apart in my own mind to see if there's anything I appreciated. With that being said, the two beers that come to mind that I absolutely did NOT like was Founders Gruit and Transient Old Fashioned Buckley.

 

Maybe that "drain pour" was destined for the compost?? Probably a good idea!

 

I just couldn’t convince myself that Founder’s Cranfather was worth drinking. I get what they were going for, but it didn’t work for me. First drain pour in a while.

 

Well I’ve been thinking about this one all day. The only beer that I’ve ever poured out really wasn’t a beer. It was Pabst Blue Ribbon’s Hard Coffee. Coffee’s good. Beer’s good. Combine them and they should be good, right? Wrong. Drank half a can and pored the rest on the ground. Absolutely vile cough syrup. Actually, I’d rather drink NyQuil as it tastes better. Thankful that it didn’t give me a liquid BM the next morning!

 

In the early 70s we prepared a beer-theme breakfast for some friends. One of our offerings was coffee using heated Ballantine Ale as the liquid to make the drip coffee. I don't have a great recollection of the concoction, except that it was definitely drinkanble. Pabst owns Ballantine nowadays; they should have contacted me for the recipe.

 

I've always heard that it's the yeast that ropes the slugs in to begin with, so neipa sludge should be like a slug bait concentrate!

The proper way to combine beer and coffee is to drop a shot of espresso in an Old Rasputin. Although @moodenba 's approach is very interesting

 

Now I could try that! @moodenba your way sounds a lot better than the way PBR did their coffee-beer. If I recall I think that PBR actually contracted the brewing out.

 

Really, was it very old? This started showing up in my local supermarket and is one of my go to beers.

 

As I’ve gotten older, and have gained a little weight as my metabolism slowed down, I’m much more likely to drain pour.

Beer could be perfectly good, and I just don’t like it. Drainpour.

Life’s too short for beer you don’t like, and I don’t want to waste my liquid calories on something I don’t enjoy.

 

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