Controversial Beer Opinions Thread

When I go to a restaurant, bar, brewery I don’t want to talk about beer. In fact I want to talk about anything other than beer. Beer just happens to be want I’m drinking. If I want to discuss, dissect, or rate beer I will stay at home, pour a glass, and read through beeradvocate.com.

 

Preach it. Whenever you read here about something from 3 or 4 years ago "drinking well" you can bet it would have "drank" better 3 or 4 years ago.

 

No complaints here. I think it's well balanced. It is an Imperial Amber Ale with high IBUs = should be well balanced.

 

The monthly treehouse thread needs to be locked permanently......absolutely insufferable!!! ....also don’t like kids at breweries

 

Yeah, he just crossed the line.

 

I am really glad people boycott Wicked Weed I no longer have to wait in line when I go there to eat with the wife!!

 

Never understood trading for a beer I couldn't get locally.

 

BCBS is best served over vanilla ice cream.

 

Start hopping other styles and then people start complaining that an American Barleywine is really more of a heavy IPA, or that a pale ale by ____ should now be considered an IPA.

I will say, that I tend to avoid buying IPAs when I'm traveling. I'm sure I've set back some great beers at the store, but IPA is such a broad term that there is no way I'm buying an unknown beer labeled an "IPA" to bring back home. Too much utter crap under that title (with some damn good ones in the mix) to justify setting aside space in the car/luggage for an unknown "IPA".

 

Good thing you didn’t put barrel aged or you wouldn’t have had a new beer in the last 5 years

 

I believe in it.

 

Ha! How about Italian breweries as a conversational piece?

 

People work long and hard for that title. Maybe you should look into what it takes to be called that.

 

I was going to come to say this, but this guy beat me to it. I wanted to read this entire thread before I commented.

It's "mead." Not meed.

But +1 to Ninjakillzu's entire comment.

 

I’ll echo the arguments I hate:

Don’t like cans
Which packaging is best
Breweries that sellout
Local is best
Won’t stand in line...ever

I’ll think of more

 

Call me an old fart, but younger beer reviewers don't know how to rate to style.

I plead for the day when a millennial rates a Pilsener above a 4 on BA or Untappd.

 

Sorry, but this is a really ignorant statement. (And I'm not a cicerone.)

 

Is that a controversial beer?

 

Deleted. Wrong thread.

 

The NEIPA craze is driven by the FOMO disease (fear of missing out) that is widespread in the craft community. When in reality finding a core group of beers you enjoy while occasionally experimenting with new offerings offers a much higher long term value and enjoyment proposition. For the record - I suffer from chronic FOMO.

 

(unless you're waiting for a beer festival to open) . . .

LINE. SHARES. ARE. STUPID.

There, I said it. Come at me bros.

I'm in line to buy furniture. Let's drink in public!

I'm in line to buy groceries. Let's drink in public!

I'm in line with my 9 year old to go watch Peter Rabbit. Let's drink in public!

I have a wife and 2 kids at home and yet I'm in line at 5:30 in the morning on a random Saturday in December to buy 2 bottles of barrel-aged stout that I'll just turn around and try to flip in a trade or sell on the secondary market: Let's drink in public!

So weird.

 

Bwah! Oh well, you can lead a horse to pilsner...

 

I don't have time to read the whole thread right now. Has anyone already used 'pumpkin beer is an abomination and fit for nothing but pouring down the sink?'

If that's already taken, I'll go with 'I actually like 22oz bombers'.

 

There are way too many IPAs being brewed.

 

IPAs are not the answer to every food and beer pairing question. In fact, they don't pair well with most foods. An IPA with a nice chunk of aged cheddar, though, is a thing of beauty.

 

Sorry if this has been mentioned already - I’m late to the game and this thread has moved quickly.

Anyway - “world class”. It’s use should result in an auto-ban

 

Regular online conversation amongst a group of strangers on the narrow topic of beer is likely an indication of a social deficiency.

 

Use, or mis-use?

 

I bet I wouldn't like that beer...sue me.

I don't like flights, but at the same time I routinely get them. Breweries are constantly brewing new beers that I haven't had. There's ALOT of bad beer out there, especially at tap rooms, where brewers are putting out experimental beers or beers they haven't yet dialed in.

Some of these beers are quite expensive, I don't want to drop $8 for a pint of some experiment. Unfortunately, flights are necessary in today's craft beer world.


I've read the whole thread and still haven't seen this one...I HATE 16 oz. cans. It's irresponsible packaging for the majority of ABVs on today's beers.

 

I could never take Otis the Walker Coonhound to any public place. He would be loved and want to be rubbed by everyone. He is very gregarious and seeks out humans. He is a cool dog, but he could create chaos without even making enemies. He's a comic and very funny..Still....My old Lab Lily could go anywhere and not a soul would ever object. She had great manners and a real sense of decorum. My dogs are always happier at home anyway.

 

Much as I drink and enjoy Bourbon Barrel Aged stouts, I might never touch another if I could buy enough Rum Barrel Aged stouts. And RBA quads. And RBA scotch ales. And RBA porters. Rum eats Bourbon's lunch.

 

Disagree with you on taster trays, agree on 16oz cans.

 

There's a couple I see at some of my local breweries. Her dog is a small-medium mixed breed who is very shy, and just sits on the bench next to Mom. His dog is a huge Great Pyrenees. Biggest pile of white fluff you've ever seen. He just lays next to Dad, basically daring people to not fluff him up. Loves every bit of attention he gets.

 

i wish I'd said that.

 

I get it. So I don't disagree with people hating flights. I want a full beer. But I would say the majority of the time 2 or 3 out of the 4 beers I get on a flight are something I would be extremely disappointed if I ordered a full pint of.

 

People that go through the levels and graduate are and should be considered experts. I just believe the name is trying to play off the wine industries “sommelier” and sound fancy. Thinking a word sounds snobby is in no way an ignorant statement or a knock on the skills that are required to achieve it. The topic was “Controversial Beer Opinions”

 

I have a limited capacity for self-loathing and am tired of being shamed for preferring NEDIPA's over almost any other style of beer ninety-nine-point-something perecent of the time.

NEIPA is a distinct style from AIPA.

I hate those iPads that make you opt not to tip 20% before you can have a case of cans slid across the counter to you.

 

One thing that really annoys me is people that cite "truck chasers" as the reason they can't get their "fair share" of cult beers. I can either go to one store, stand in line for the one or two BCBS or CBS or Pirate Bombs and then go home and whine how truck chasers are preventing me from buying more - or - I can think it out, hit a few stores where I've had luck before, and get more than the one or two. There is no limit, there is no fair share. I'm putting some thought into it, spending time, gas, and dollars and ending up with more. Not like I'm cornering the market to resell or trade, it's for my consumption. There is even one store in town that has twice offered me all they have left in order to just be done with the hype - so I go there first.

 

Most West Coast IPAs are better than most New England IPAs.
A beer isn't good just because it's hazy, expensive, or difficult to obtain.
"Shelf beer" should NEVER be seen as an insult.
Brown ales are the most underappreciated style of beer.
An imperial stout isn't good just because you add a dozen flavorings and age it in a barrel; in fact, I usually prefer them without.
Frosted glasses are an abomination.
Glassware in general is super important and I reserve my right to be anal about it.

...That's all I can think of right now. I'm sure I'll add more later.