Great breweries with that one clunker

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  1. VAcrossr

    VAcrossr Pundit (790) Jun 12, 2009 Virginia

    Okay, so I read the thread about blood orange beers where tectactoe mentions Lambeek Wants Blood Orange. I hadn't heard of that beer, so I scoped it out and saw the 1.95 rating. It's by Dark Horse Brewing, http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/1471, a pretty solid brewery with a page full of beers in the high 3s and low-to-mid 4s.

    Yikes. That one clunker really stands out as a misfire. Any other breweries that you can think of with solid lineups and that one clunker?
     
    #1 VAcrossr, Aug 9, 2013
  2. Luckytiki

    Luckytiki Initiate (0) Jul 15, 2010 Indiana

    Three Floyds and anything they brew with bugs/wild yeast comes to mind.
     
    #2 Luckytiki, Aug 9, 2013
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  3. Vonstein15

    Vonstein15 Initiate (0) Jan 15, 2010 Ohio

    O'fallon has been good up to the Rager Red Irish Ale,not sure how to discribe the complex off taste
     
    #3 Vonstein15, Aug 9, 2013
  4. phooky

    phooky Initiate (0) Jan 23, 2010 New York

    KBS

    *ducks*
     
    #4 phooky, Aug 9, 2013
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  5. DJMonroe

    DJMonroe Initiate (0) Jan 26, 2013 Washington

    Deschutes Miss Spelt Hefeweizen
    Southern Tier Creme Brulee
    Speakeasy Scarlett's Red Rye
     
    #5 DJMonroe, Aug 9, 2013
  6. MrIncognito

    MrIncognito Initiate (0) Jan 30, 2008 Virginia

    Southern Tier Heavy Weissen. tasted like a bandaid and way too boozy... and I usually love booze
     
    #6 MrIncognito, Aug 9, 2013
  7. Snowrs

    Snowrs Initiate (0) Oct 10, 2009 Indiana

    Every brewery will have a dud, it's how they bounce back that counts. No one bats 1000 and to expect someone to is crazy. I actually respect breweries that push the envelope and have duds as well as awesome beers because at least they are experimenting.
     
    #7 Snowrs, Aug 9, 2013
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  8. JamesShoemaker

    JamesShoemaker Initiate (0) Sep 21, 2012 Michigan

    Do you mean breweries with a lunker based on score or personal opinion? Because for personal opinion, I'd have to go with Bell's and their Midwestern Fail Fail. I mean, Pale Ale.
     
    #8 JamesShoemaker, Aug 9, 2013
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  9. Kinsman

    Kinsman Maven (1,457) Aug 26, 2009 Nevada

    Not sure if you heard of it, but there's this small brewery up in VT that makes a beer called Heady Topper. Total dud! Everything else they make though...
     
    #9 Kinsman, Aug 9, 2013
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  10. ncsutton

    ncsutton Initiate (0) May 18, 2011 Minnesota

    I like every beer Summit comes out with, but can't drink their Pilsner
     
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  11. Snowrs

    Snowrs Initiate (0) Oct 10, 2009 Indiana


    They were a brewpub before they closed and started just canning HT at their cannery.
     
    #11 Snowrs, Aug 9, 2013
  12. AlienSwineFlu

    AlienSwineFlu Savant (1,135) Dec 14, 2012 Ohio

    There are breweries that don't have clunkers?
     
    #12 AlienSwineFlu, Aug 9, 2013
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  13. Kinsman

    Kinsman Maven (1,457) Aug 26, 2009 Nevada

    Oh, I know the whole story. Tropical Storm Irene was a real bitch around these parts. My post was a joke because obviously they only brew the one now. Most of my Vermont friends who frequented the brewpub actually consider a few of their other beers to be better than Heady.
     
    #13 Kinsman, Aug 9, 2013
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  14. mrcraft

    mrcraft Grand Pooh-Bah (3,396) Dec 15, 2012 California
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    Alpine Mandarin Nectar. It may not be a true clunker but I didn't like it.

    Most of their brews are world-class.
     
    #14 mrcraft, Aug 9, 2013
  15. Denver_Beer_Guy

    Denver_Beer_Guy Initiate (0) Jun 4, 2013 Colorado

    NB Rolle Bolle comes to mind but I feel that nearly every brewery has a beer or two that I don't like in the slightest. I chalk it up to palette, because somebody has to be buying it and drinking it for them to keep making it...
     
    #15 Denver_Beer_Guy, Aug 10, 2013
  16. MaltMilkshake

    MaltMilkshake Initiate (0) Feb 9, 2011 California

    Shorts - Oh wait they have mostly clunkers

    Cigar City - Cucumber Saison
     
    #16 MaltMilkshake, Aug 10, 2013
  17. cliftoncr

    cliftoncr Initiate (0) Jun 24, 2013 North Carolina

    I picked up a bottle of Lambeek wants Blood Orange awhile back, read the reviews, and put it back.
     
    #17 cliftoncr, Aug 10, 2013
  18. UCLABrewN84

    UCLABrewN84 Initiate (0) Mar 18, 2010 California

    Anchor - Small Beer
     
    #18 UCLABrewN84, Aug 10, 2013
  19. PapaGoose03

    PapaGoose03 Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,057) May 30, 2005 Michigan
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    Whoa Nelly! Somebody needs to come into present day society. :wink: Shorts has not had a clunker in a few years since they started pasteurizing their beers and discontinued some others. They've grown up.
     
    #19 PapaGoose03, Aug 10, 2013
  20. PapaGoose03

    PapaGoose03 Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,057) May 30, 2005 Michigan
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    Believe it or not, Founders. I couldn't get to liking their ............ ooh, I can't even remember its name.... Frangelic something something? :grinning:
     
    #20 PapaGoose03, Aug 10, 2013
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