Highly acclaimed brews that underwhelmed you?

BCBS, Pliny, Westy12, Roch10, Pure Hoppiness... Just to name a few

 

Anything by Stone

 

Hop Rod Rye. My friends kept mentioning how good they thought it was... maybe my bottle was old? I like Founders Red's Rye PA, so I don't think it's just the rye alone.

 

Alpine is fantastic, unfortunately with no bottle dating, perhaps someone send you an over the hill bottle?

 

Pliny. I've had two tasting parties. Nobody likes the smell or taste. I like grapefruit juice with my breakfast ... not in my beer.

 

I got all the bottles from the brewery. I loved Duet, Nelson, and Exponential, but Pure didn't do it for me. I understand there have been some issues with it, so I could have had a bad batch.

 

Agreed. Insanely harsh fresh. Give me Ten Fidy any day of the week.

 

Yes!

 

Surprised to see Stone being brought up so much.

 

By the way. This is shaping up to be another thread that Sam Calagione sees and goes nuts over. "You just named every beer in the top 100!"

 

Dark Lord
Sexual Chocolate

HUGE smoke and meat bombs. Just didnt like em.

Cheers

 

He doesn't need to see this thread to goes nuts, he just does that naturally and spontaneously...

 

I dont get that either. Stone RIS for 5.99 is a motherFN steal in the stout world.

Cheers!

 

Surly Syx, just found it repulsive.

 

I'll probably get some flack for this, but I gotta say Torpedo.

It's good, and I love the 16 oz cans, and I'll pick it up every now and then if I'm in the mood for something cheap and hoppy, but I think people geek out way too much about it. It always tastes a little oxidized to me.

Also, I have to echo sentiments about Founders. I'd like to try some of their other lineup but FBS, KBS, and Double Trouble were just missing something...like they just needed a little extra uumph to play with the big boys. Although, I have to qualify that Double Trouble was shipped to me over the summer from an online retailer, so most likely it wasn't in its peak condition. I'd like to try it fresh.

 

Where you are, maybe. Cheapest I saw it here was $8.50, ie more than Ten Fidy.

I'll join the chorus on Heady - it was good and I'll consider it again the day it's sitting on a shelf in a store I'm in, but I wouldn't drive ten miles to get it, let alone into the back of beyond.

The other one for me was Nugget Nectar, but I wasn't awed by Lag Impy Red, either - maybe reds aren't for me.

 

Dark Lord, Bourbon County Rare, Black Tuesday, Chocolate Rain, Founders CBS, almost every Dogfish Head beer. I also agree that fresh Expedition Stout is tough to drink, but when aged it is top notch.

 

Examples?

 

But it was flat as hell, bland, and lacking a good flavor IMO.

 

The drive alone is what makes Heady that much better! Absolutely gorgeous.