Most Overrated Brewery...

Lagunitas, way overrated.

 

Why do threads like this have to exist? Who cares?

 

All of them. Seriously. Because of the internet. They are overrated in the sense that they are hyped up beyond what they actually are, not because they are a bunch of mediocre breweries.

 

I can only speak for one beer as of now, but very unimpressed with Lord Hobo's Boom Sauce. A lot of hype for nothing good.

 

Jack's Abby - they make IPAs with lager yeast - bfd if you ask me
ballast Point - overpriced

 

Toppling Goliath

 

NONE FROM MICHIGAN!

 

G R I F F I N C L A W

 

New Belgium
Pipeworks (SvU and NvU are great but mostly everything else I've had were meh)
Against the Grain

 

My interest was totally peaked until I clicked onto your link suggesting Hop 15... To each their own. Cheers!

 

Posted it twice for emphasis?

Wouldn't buy or drink BCBS again? Send your '12 and '13 my way, please. And check your palate.

 

Haven't tasted enough to say over rated, but certainly the bottles of Prarie Bomb sitting on the shelf and lonely at $9 a bottle is telling. Over rated or over priced? A bit of both, no pepper heat I could ever discern , kinda flat, but the price tag is ridiculous.

 

The Bruery. Vinegary, unbalanced sours. Sugar-bomb stouts. Infected beers, overpriced, awful blends. Just do not get the hype behind them. Bois and Rueuze are the only good beers I have really enjoyed by them, but at that price point, I'll pass every time. Oh and Black Tuesday is the worst.

 

Lagunitas. I've really never been blown away by any of their beer, but they're touted by every hip dad from here to Mars. Whatever floats your boat and all, but I feel that a lot of their beers just taste muddled and indistinct.

 

Three Floyds. Pretty much everything they make is average at best. Perfect example of a midwest overhyped brewery

 

Tough to say it but Other Half - a few of their beers are solid but too many "mehs" for the hype

 

Bell's! Horrible owner and below average beer. They rarely ever make a good beer

 

The amount of trolling and negativity on this thread and website makes it difficult to come back to.

 

I'd disagree, Two Hearted Ale is far from below average by most everyone's standards, same with Expedition Stout, and Kalamazoo Stout. They're everywhere fresh which is quite an amazing feat, and I'd suppose it's fresh because it turns over and people are buying it. I can get 15 day old 2H Ale most of the time, under 30 always. I checked out a Ballentine 12 pk that was dated in May last night by comparison. Odds are thar Ballentine sucks at 4 months old, so whoever buys it think it sucks, and so it sits. A perpetual motion of a how a good beer gone wrong.

 

All Green Everything, Mosaic, Green Diamonds, just to name a few of many that are far better than solid.