One beer 'spoiler'

Simtra is absolutely amazing fresh. Their other beers are nothing to scoff at, either, if you're into the hop. Give a fresh bottle or draft a try.

 

I had this happen with White Birch, bought their Night Falls and thought it was terrible. The only thing I have had since was their berliner at a bottle shop tasting, wasn't impressed with that either.

 

Well, yes and no.

Having a beer that I didn't like typically keeps me away from that particular style of beer for a while but not the brewery that made it. It usually takes me 2-4 different beer styles from a brewery before I decided to write them off. And I've found that even with styles I didn't start off liking (e.g., Triple's such as the Golden Monkey or the Chimay White) I found on re-trying later there were things I did like about them and there is usually a Tripel of one brand or another in my fridge just waiting for the mood to strike.

 

I shied away from lambics for years because of Sam Adams Cranberry Lambic. Completely missed out on the days of readily available Cantillon, etc...

 

Boulder Flashback - I didn't have anything from Boulder for 3 years. Then I tried Killer Penguin, and now I won't have anything from Boulder ever again.

 

For me it was Flying Dog - In Heat Wheat. . . although as I just checked the ratings it looks like most agree this is a mediocre beer.

 

Yep! Chainbreaker white IPA was my spoiler for Deschutes Brewery. Then I opened my 4 year old bomber of Abyss with some friends and Deschutes is right up there in my book when they do special project beers. They had a fresh hop IPA called "Chasin' Freshies" at the brewery last fall that was amazing.

 

With the exception of maybe 3-4 breweries I've gotten a spoiler from every brewery that has opened in greater Denver.

 

Great divide titan, that shit sucked to me but I'd really like to give em another shot with yeti. Some people should brew styles they can pull off aka terrapin stick with stouts and porters...

 

Oh No! I just put Golden Monkey in the fridge to drink this weekend. Bought it because Victory is new to the area and I was so impressed with Dirt Wolf.

 

Funny, In Heat Wheat was my first hefeweizen and it turned me on to the style. Of course now that I've had Weihenstephaner and others, I won't buy In Heat Wheat again.

 

Never judge a book by its cover. Never judge a brewery by just one of their beers.
After all, it's rare that you like everything any one brewery puts out.

 

Don't worry, Golden Monkey isn't bad. It's far from a top-notch tripel but it's enjoyable enough.

 

When did you try Titan? They've changed that beer a few times. I used to like it (and most of their other hoppy beers) but I don't care for it at all anymore.

 

Oh, yeah, a few of those breweries I will never revisit unless it's free.

 

That's my feelings exactly. I just picked up a few bottles of Hop Ranch a few weeks ago and I like Dirt Wolf and Hop Devil better. It was just okay to me but I wouldn't buy it again. And Golden Monkey was almost a drain pour for me. I said ALMOST.

 

Kind of similar but not really After getting sick of Fat Tire I won't drink anything New Belgium puts out now.

 

Titan tasted like drinking mud to me. I gave away three of them and still can't believe it gets a fairly high rating.

Fortunately, I had Espresso Oaked Aged Yeti before I had Titan, else I would been totally turned off to them.

 

This isn't a brewery, but Redbrige gluten-free beer has almost completely shut me off from trying any more gluten-free beers. I am going to try another one since I've learned not to let one bad apple spoil the whole bunch. If anyone has any suggestions on those types, I'm all ears. I don't think, or at least can't recall, a beer turning me off of a brewery completely.

 

Flying Dog Raging Bitch. I've never been to keen on the brewery anyway but this was the nail in the coffin.