Drain pour tales...

My first Darkness and Dark Lord were both infected or improperly stored. It made me not to ever wanna trade again. Not to mention a lot of local stuff that has no business on the market.

 

Huh, I really liked those three. Not much of a smoked beer guy either.

 

A beer has to be down right awful before I will drain pour it. Funny that a lot of beers I enjoy are being mentioned in this thread. Guess that's what I love about beer, so many different people with different tastes.

Last one I recall was half a bomber of Sam Adams Fat Jack....had a very artificial pumpkin taste to it.

 

Maisel's Weisse Original hefeweizen - smelled like an average hefeweizen, but man the taste, soooooo sour and a bunch of other off flavors. Couldn't get in more than three sips. Maybe a bad bottle, but I don't think I'll be trying it again anytime soon.

Another would be Solstice d'hiver from DDC. Little less than a year old barleywine, had quite a bit of "medicinal" taste to it, plus some notes of black pepper and a big alcohol presence. Ugh. DDC is an amazing brewery, but next time I'll try an aged bottle.

 

The only other drain pour I can recall right now is Stone's 11-11-11. I really tried on that one, but it was just undrinkable to me.

 

I passed the beer off on a friend instead of pouring it out but Flying Dog's In-Heat wheat tastes like old soup beans to me and if some one hadn't taking it it would have also found the drain.

 

Lazy Mutt. I was a poor college student living in Chicago at the time and was enticed by the 8 pack. Dumped out 5 of the 8. It became a joke to have everyone that came over try it.

 

Nope, wasn't you.... It was gross. Thankfully their brunch weasel highland, cognac, and calvados are all awesome.

 

Luckily I didn't have an entire bottle of it, just a 3 oz. taster. There was an intense pea soup flavor and aroma in that beer. Absolutely dreadful.

 

Agreed. And Creme Brulee, yes it's sweet, but you cannot tell me it tastes bad...It tastes like Creme Brulee for crying out loud!

 

I've only ran into a couple beers that truly deserved the drain.

CBS. While something may have happened in the shipping process, this beer was bad.
Captain Lawrence Smoke from the Oak series. All three bottles suffered the same fate. These three were downright disgusting. Based on reviews these must have spoiled somewhere along the lines, but they were so bad I have no desire to rechallenge the trio.

 

Pumking... my very first drain pour just last week. I never thought I would drain pour a beer, but there was no way I could handle that mess

 

Exactly, none of them taste BAD, but maybe too sweet for a beer. I can see not finishing all of the bomber or glass, but dumping it after one sip is stupid.

 

I can only remember drain pouring two. My first was a few weeks ago. B Nektar's Wild Genius IPA Style Mead. Just so insanely two dimensional. HONEY - HOPS. I could barely smell it let alone drink it.

My second was due to circumstance, not flavor. I poured a Schlafly pumpkin last night when I wasn't really feeling too hot. Decided it wasn't a good idea to drink it, tried to get my brother to drink it, then begrudgingly asked him to drain pour it when he didn't want it. I suppose it's only beer...

Generally if I don't like something enough (and it's a 6'er) I'll finish the one and save the rest for when my lame-o friends come over and make them think I'm being all generous and shit...

 

How is fff bully Guppy not on this list??? Nail polish remover = drain pour

 

Nothing like a healthy dose of self loathing, I recommend sharing it with a few enemies, at least that way it wont go completely to waste.

 

Got home after a long day of school and a friend and I opened a bottle of Mikkeller Monks Brew. Belgian ale brewed with raspberries aged in wine barrels.

Could have fooled me.

It tasted like putrid rotting raisins that sat in an ashtray for weeks. What the fuck Mikkeller? Stick to making beer geek weasel.

Drainpour.

 

I also did not enjoy this beer much either. It just seems to be too alcohol forward and cloyingly sweet. Perhaps with some age on it it gets better, but on an initial taste I could hardly choke it down. It's worth noting that I got through this years BCBS with no problems and I drink bourbon on the rocks on a semi-regular basis, so it wasn't the liquor taste.

That said, like many of these drainpours, I cannot see paying the money for these beers and pouring them down the drain. Honestly, Creme Brulee, Dragon's Milk, and Pumking, while they may not be for everyone, are not nearly bad enough to drainpour for me, especially considering their price point. Creme Brulee and Dragon's Milk were both too much sweetness for me, but that meant I should share them with someone other than my sink since they are by no means "bad" tasting.

 

2 years ago - Magic Hat - "Odd Notion" It was the green apple - Tasted like puke
I think it's the first beer I've ever drain-poured... It absolutley pained me doing that to a beer.

Wait, I'm mistaken... a 9-mo old, light-struck, piss-warm Corona when I was around 21. But then again, that doesn't really count because although (not by much), the beer did indeed, taste better when it was cold and fresh. I don't however, see myself drinking Corona in the near future. I honestly can't remember the last time I bought one... easily over 5 years ago.

 

Ommegang Cave-Aged Three Philosophers. Poured it. Gifted the rest away.