Most Underrated Styles?

German Maibock. The style is obviously seasonal so the availability is short, but I'm having trouble finding any of them other than via a growler from one of my local breweries. It's a good one from my brewery so I'm not desperately seeking others, but I always like some comparison from other sources, especially if it a German import.

 

Cascadian Dark Ales

holla at ya boy.

 

Good post,

Mine would be in order:
1) Schwarzbier's
2) Red Ale's (I would even put Dale's Pale Ale in this category)
3) BSPA's
4) Kristalweizen's

 

Unassuming, delicate little patersbiers. And hopefully I don't have to wait until I'm a grand-pater for them to happen.

 

Anything that's approaching black without motor oil viscosity.

 

Amber/ Red Lagers.

 

Quads. Not many people brew them. Some of the Belgian greats are readily available to me so that’s great, but very little variety.

 

All things lager. Raters on this site tend to not rate to style. If it's not an over the top asinine beer it naturally rates lower. If I see a lager rated over 3.5 here it's an instant buy. If it's over 4 I'm leery as it probably has American hops coming out its ass

 

Lagers for sure, they always seem to get low balled even when fantastic tasting.
Anything low ABV, seems like most equate great beer to high ABV.

 

English Pale Ale or English IPA.

English Bitter is in there too but they’re so hard to find it’s tough to call them “underrated”. More like “unrated”.

You could argue AAL, but then again it is still the #1 style of beer in America. Underrated around these parts, perhaps.

 

have you had that Modern Times Pilsner that had Citra and Mosaic in it? I took a chance; so fucking gross

 

Kellerbier. I grab one anytime I see them but not a lot of readily available ones here. Loving the new one from Bell’s in the Leaves of Grass series.

 

dunkleweizens, kolsch, english stout, pales ales (yep), czech pils

 

1. Authentic Vienna Lager
2. Schwarzbier
3. Maibock
4. Doppelbock

We have a couple more breweries in Georgia that ventured Maibock this year. Creature Comforts is releasing a Maibock collab with Burial Beer this Friday (5/22); but that is rare. It's next to impossible to find locally made Doppelbock. Fortunately, Paulaner Salvator is readily available, so I can find a good one. Doppelbock is seriously underrated as a beer style.

 

Almost put Dunkelweizen myself. That is a very underappreciated beer in this day of the sporty IPA.

 

The massive German beer hall/garden in my neighborhood doesn't carry one anymore

 

My picks, in order:
1) German Doppelbock
2) Belgian IPA
3) Scotch Wee Heavy
4) Rye Beer
5) Irish Red Ale

 

Untappd reviewers too, like this astute one who gave Ayinger Bavarian Pils a 3.0 rating





Steve is drinking an Ayinger Bairisch / Bavarian Pils by Ayinger Privatbrauerei at Untappd at Home

I should not let fath n law pick out beers lol

Bottle

 

WHAT?!?!? How can they call themselves a German beer garden with no Dunkelweizen? Oh my...

 

But thick = good; how else are they supposed to know?

 

The two beer styles I wish were more readily available from commercial breweries:

• Grodziskie
• English Bitter Ale

I am personally not holding my breath here.

On the bright side for me - I have a Bitter Ale in my primary right now happily fermenting.

Cheers!

 

Yes, major flaw with the overall rating system. Almost like there needs to be a handicap factored in.

 

If they can taste the... "adjuncts." (shiver)

 

Schwarzbier
Baltic Porter
Altbier

 

The American craft beer drinker underappreciates the subtle (and complex) flavors of traditional English pub ales. (By "traditional" I don't mean by English history standards; I mean by 1980's or so standards, so maybe traditional is not the right word.. anyway...)

CAMRA was asserting itself in defense of "traditional" English ales, and I was in England on business enjoying Marston's traditionally-brewed Pedigree Bitter (Burton upon Trent brewery, mineral-content of the water, Burton Union Sets brewing method, hand-pump drawn from cask). A fabluous, delicious beer. Hopefully, as Marston's has grown into a bit of a brewing and hotel conglomerate, they still continue to brew Pedigree in the traditional way at the traditional brewery.

Locally, Summit EPA scratches some of that itch, but it still Americanized, and so I jumped at the chance to try an ESB brewed by Giesenbräu Bier Co. (reviewed in last Sunday's NBS). I understand the difficulty of bottling/canning these styles that are in their natural element on cask, but I'd still like to have a bit more selection than the imports from Fullers (as good as they are).

However, moving a bit beyond nostalgia, the entirely of traditional English pub pale ales, from milds to bitters, is vastly underappreciated in this country.

I don't expect that to change.

 

To his defense (why the f am I defending this guy?) that bottle was probably a year and a half old

 

Lol - maybe, but it still would probably be at least a 3.5 in that case. I've seen someone give it a 2.25 and their comment was and I quote "yuck!". I looked at Steve's other beer ratings. Trust me, he doesn't know jack snit about good beer.

 

I was traveling to Great Britain for business a lot in the early 1990's. That was my first exposure to Cask (Bitter) Ales. I absolutely loved Bass Ale on cask. The bottled stuff we got in the US was a totally different beer. I finally came to the conclusion that in order to get my 'fix' of English Bitter Ale I had to homebrew my own and bottle condition those beers. I have been homebrewing a Bitter Ale once a year ever since. The batch I brewed a couple of days ago is my 26th batch of Bitter Ale.

Cheers!

 

Belgian Saison

Most Saison in America is mixed culture and acid forward these days. Those light struck green glass funk bubbles (DuPont, Blaugies, Thiriez, Fantome, etc) are hard to beat.

 

Biere De Garde and Maibock!

 

Personally I'd go with:

Weizenbock
Dunkelweizen
English Pale Ale
Cascadian Dark Ale/Black IPA
Baltic Porter
Roggenbier

If I was at a brewery and they were serving any lesser known or not as popular style of beer I'd make sure to try it and get a pint if it was good. Cheers!

 

Altbiers for me. I get really excited when I see one available.

I scheduled to go to a brewery with my wife because I found out they had an altbier. Sadly they stopped making it but they have a very good Dortmunder so I still go for that.

 

Dubbel and authentic dunkels and altbiers. I like dubbels of all sorts and am even willing to deal with mediocre versions since they're still pretty tasty for my palate.
Dunkels and alts are both rare and rarely good.

While things might be different in the UK, English Pale Ale and Bitter Style are almost non-existent in the American craft scene. Imports are typically old, too. I love 'em to death but almost never get to drink them.

 

Saison Dupont is now packaged in brown bottles; been that way for a few years.

 

Munich Dunkels
Belgian Dubbels

I gotta come look you up next time I come thru PA, I wanna sample all of your homebrews!

 

I am not sure what is going on with the style, but a few years ago, Korbinian used to be readily available and now I hardly ever see it and if I do, it's far too old for me to want to take a chance on it. I do still see Celebrator on shelves and for some reason, I'm one of the few who doesn't care for Salvator (given it may chances and I just find that it doesn't agree with me)

 

Faugh to bitter, alt, doppelbock, scotch ale.
For a style that's REALLY underrated, look to Brown Ale.

 

A buddy of mine that visited maybe around Y2K enjoyed the cask version and maintains your take exactly!