Misleading Labels/Names

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  1. SpaceEurope

    SpaceEurope Initiate (0) Dec 26, 2012 New Jersey

    Have you guys ever stayed away from a bottle or 6-pack just because you didn't know what you would get solely judging by the label and name of the beer? This came up recently at a tasting I attended recently where The Lost Abbey Inferno Ale was the beer in question. Without doing any extensive research on the brew, one would think that this was either a red or amber ale with some spicy kick to it, when in fact it is a nice Belgian Pale. What are your thoughts on this phenomenon, and do you have any other examples?
     
    #1 SpaceEurope, Nov 18, 2013
  2. DarkDragon999

    DarkDragon999 Maven (1,331) Feb 13, 2013 Rhode Island

    Well Arrogant Bastard isnt really clear what it is on the label. I didnt stay away from it because of that but I wasnt sure what it was until I looked it up.
     
    #2 DarkDragon999, Nov 19, 2013
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  3. SirBottlecap

    SirBottlecap Initiate (0) Jan 28, 2013 California

    North Coast's Red Seal is a pale ale despite it's name and all-red label, which I tried to explain to a friend who thinks it's a "lousy red ale"
     
    #3 SirBottlecap, Nov 19, 2013
  4. Higy

    Higy Initiate (0) Feb 9, 2012 Indiana

    a saying comes to mind involving a book and its cover.

    but seriously with so many new beers coming to market I just start popping tops.
     
    #4 Higy, Nov 19, 2013
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  5. Jimbobebop

    Jimbobebop Initiate (0) Jun 12, 2013 Illinois

    Dogfish head's Golden Shower was pleasantly misleading.
     
    #5 Jimbobebop, Nov 19, 2013
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  6. JCam9981

    JCam9981 Pundit (833) Nov 30, 2011 North Carolina
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    Hoppy Boy from Twisted Pine. Can is covered in hops, makes THC (Tall Hoppy Can) reference, so I was expecting a dank, sticky beer. What I got was a thin, malty mess.
     
    #6 JCam9981, Nov 19, 2013
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  7. gatornation

    gatornation Grand High Pooh-Bah (10,388) Apr 18, 2007 Arizona
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    Clown Shoes brews you really have to read what the style is cant go by the name
     
    #7 gatornation, Nov 19, 2013
  8. BSW

    BSW Savant (1,063) Jun 20, 2011 California
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    Lagunitas Sucks is pretty far off the mark.
     
    #8 BSW, Nov 19, 2013
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  9. denver10

    denver10 Grand Pooh-Bah (4,155) Nov 17, 2010 New Mexico
    Pooh-Bah

    Huh? http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/112/410.

    When I tried it a little while back, I certainly remember it being an amber/red. This site seems to agree.
     
    #9 denver10, Nov 19, 2013
  10. yemenmocha

    yemenmocha Grand Pooh-Bah (4,116) Jun 18, 2002 Arizona
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    Rogue Dead Guy ALE.... IS NOT A MAIBOCK
     
    #10 yemenmocha, Nov 19, 2013
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  11. gcamparone

    gcamparone Pooh-Bah (2,131) Dec 6, 2011 Rhode Island
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    Peche Mortel.
     
    #11 gcamparone, Nov 19, 2013
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  12. Stugotzo

    Stugotzo Initiate (0) Jun 13, 2012 Florida

    Are you saying drinking it made you pissed off instead of pissed on? :grimacing:
     
    #12 Stugotzo, Nov 19, 2013
  13. Dupage25

    Dupage25 Savant (1,044) Jul 4, 2013 Antarctica

    Sam Adams Cranberry Lambic (not a lambic)
    Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout (love it, but there's no cocoa in it, ergo it isn't a chocolate stout)
    Lagunitas Brown Shugga (it's very hoppy and has no brown sugar flavor)
    Sierra Nevada Bigfoot Barleywine (feels like and tastes like a DIPA when fresh)
     
    #13 Dupage25, Nov 19, 2013
  14. DBijnagte

    DBijnagte Initiate (0) Dec 7, 2012 Minnesota

    For some reason I was expecting Monkey Knife Fight to be a Walnut Banana Bread Stout, it was not.
     
    #14 DBijnagte, Nov 19, 2013
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  15. Ri0

    Ri0 Initiate (0) Jul 1, 2012 Wisconsin

    This.
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    It's not a stout.
     
    #15 Ri0, Nov 19, 2013
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  16. kerry4porters

    kerry4porters Maven (1,495) Dec 31, 2012 Arizona

    Pale ales Masquerading as regular ales always bothers me if Your Pale State it Own it dont just call yourself an ale then piss me off when your hops punch my mouth
     
    #16 kerry4porters, Nov 19, 2013
  17. kerry4porters

    kerry4porters Maven (1,495) Dec 31, 2012 Arizona

    The one Banana Bread beer i had was Delicious
     
    #17 kerry4porters, Nov 19, 2013
  18. Dupage25

    Dupage25 Savant (1,044) Jul 4, 2013 Antarctica


    What exactly is a "regular ale" in this day and age?
     
    #18 Dupage25, Nov 19, 2013
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  19. SirBottlecap

    SirBottlecap Initiate (0) Jan 28, 2013 California

    RED SEAL ALE
    Malt and hops are beautifully married in this full-bodied, copper-red Pale Ale.
    Theirs doesn't.
     
    #19 SirBottlecap, Nov 19, 2013
  20. SirBottlecap

    SirBottlecap Initiate (0) Jan 28, 2013 California

    I'll meet you halfway. Nice avatar, by the way.
     
    #20 SirBottlecap, Nov 19, 2013
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