I just cracked open a Victory Winter Cheers. The smell of it nearly made me gag. It smelled rotten. The taste wasn't horrible, but overall, this was the least enjoyable beer I have ever had. Before I went to drain pour it, I offered it to my girlfriend to sample. She absolutely loved it. In her words, it's the best beer she has ever had. I'm always amazed at how drastically different peoples tastes can be. This is an extreme example.
Happens quite a bit. Love to sample and talk beer with my beer aficionado friends. Part of the fun is (1) sharing excitement or disappointment over a beer we all agree is great or bad, or (2) seeing the drastically different reactions to any given beer - made even more interesting when it's unexpected based on what you know about that person's beer tastes.
“I'm always amazed at how drastically different peoples tastes can be.” Yup, and thank you for sharing that example. It is ironic (maybe that is not the correct term) that there is a discussion on another forum on how different people perceive different beers:http://beeradvocate.com/community/t...ice-many-different-smells-from-a-beer.137130/ There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that every individual has their own unique palate and their own unique expectation in what a given beer (or beer style) should taste like. Cheers!
That's like Voodoo Doughnut Bacon Maple. I didn't like the mouthfeel on it. My dad didn't seem to mind it. Like said before, the overall expectation on what you think a certain style should look, smell, taste, and feel like drives your opinion. Like a blind date. You see, you hear, and then smell. And if your expectations weren't up to your style on either one of the senses, then overall you find yourself feeling underwhelmed or unattracted. P.s. I had a Winter Cheers earlier, it didn't blow my mind.
Until I tried Winter Cheers I could honestly say that I never had a beer from Victory I didn't like. I've still never had a bad beer from Victory, but I've discovered after multiple attempts at the style that I just don't like Hefeweizens. There's just too much going on I don't like in hefeweizen, banana and bubblegum tastes and smells, no, just no. I enjoy Belgian ales, Lambics, Wild Ales and Sours. I realise it's strange to enjoy barnyard funk, wet horse blanket, and biting acidity in smell and taste over the seeming more normal 'banana and bubblegum', but there you have drastically different tastes. To each their own.
