Highly acclaimed brews that underwhelmed you?

Well, I've had Supplication about 5 or 6 times and every time it tastes like sour rubbing alcohol. The only reason I've had it so many times is because I can't believe it tastes like that. And every time I remind myself that it actually does.

 

[quote="Goosey, post: 625520, member: 655395"Tasted like a porter with 2 shots of bourbon poured in. I will say that had I been cellaring at that point, I would have put a few back, and I imagine they would be drinking fantastic right about now; but I don't like when brewery's put out beers that aren't good fresh. There's nothing wrong with releasing a beer meant to cellar, but I should also be able to enjoy it fresh IMO.[/quote]

I felt the same way about Widmer Brrrrrbon last year. I'm a whiskey guy, all types, but damn. That beer tasted like cheap, plastic bottle bourbon to me. I barely got anything from the base beer.

 

In the past I thought it was amongst the best, but recent batches that I have had were not very good.

 

I am about to start a s**t storm, but I felt that Hopslam is overrated. It just did not live up to the hype.

 

I'm sorry sir, but you're nuts. Easily better than those beers as well as every other fresh hop beer I've had this fall: Great Divide, Hop Trip, Sixpoint Autumnation, Blue Point Wet Hops Experiment, etc.

 

Brown shugga. Don't get why people obsess over this beer. Very imbalanced and the yeast taste really funky in a bad way. But to each his own ad tectac said.

 

Anything from Bells, 3 Floyds, Rogue. Each may have a few good offerings but none i've tried has lived up to the hype.

 

Trappistes Rochefort 10.

Don't get me wrong, I liked it quite a bit, but I paid 8 bucks for a 11.2 oz single and it was not even close to being worth that price IMO.

 

Things that BA's shouldn't talk about:

1.) Politics
2.) Religion
3.) "Over-hyped" beer

 

One that I always really liked, and I'm talking for many years now is Pliny the Elder. I must say that after hearing all of the hype on BA, I was wishing it was "as good as" what I was reading. Just MHO.

 

For me it's Dark Lord without a doubt... since we're on the Imperial Stout bashing train.

Stone IRS with 4+ years on it is one of the best Imperial Stouts I've ever had. Had a 2007 on tap about this time last year that absolutely floored me. Not a big fan of it fresh.

 

Delerium Tremens. I've seen this "elephant" sitting on the shelves with an unbelievable price tag on it for a while in bombers. When I finally came across a single small bottle, I bought it and hoped to see pink elephants. When I had it I started to think "definite pepper taste to it". Then I thought to myself, am I really looking for a beer with a pepper taste to it? It's a good beer, but doesn't live up to the bottle or the price tag. I won't buy it again, but drink it all night if someone else was treating.

 

Stone's Smoked Porter.

 

I'm new so I don't know how much love it gets on here specifically, but I don't understand or share the positive sentiments most seem to have for Scotty Karate. Granted it's not my favorite style, but there are some i dig well enough anyway..

 

But, but... those other choices are not as good...

 

Brooklyn Black Ops. $20 of disappointment.

 

Sculpin always made me cringe a little bit. But alas I know why, I just don't like that type of hops.

 

Beat me to my response.