That one brew you've always over-looked...

Lagunitas New Dogtown Pale Ale
Mammoth Brewing's Devil's Post Pale Ale (seasonal)
Green Flash Double Stout
Drake's 1500 Pale Ale & IPA

I'm sure there's others. These were the first that came to mind.

 

AleSmith IPA. I really enjoyed this one.

Speedway Stout is another one I kept overlooking for awhile and was really good when I got around to trying it.

 

Anything by Deschutes, for a while something just made me avoid this brewery for some reason, but now I recognize it was one of the highest quality breweries in the country (especially if you consider the price). Good stuff, for sure.

 

I sat on two hearted for quite a while just because that awful packaging, then I tried it and said forget that fish this is great.

 

In a different sense, Fuller's London Pride comes to mind. I tend to choose something else when I see it simply because it's so commonly available I know I can get it anywhere.

 

Great lakes

 

Aventinus Eisbock. Passed it by for years always wondering about it. Was at the beer store a few weeks back and decided to pull the trigger. Wow, what a fantastic beer. Kicked myself for not trying it sooner.

 

Sam Adams Whitewater IPA
Long Trail Double Bag
Captain Lawrence Brown Bird
Allagash Black
Ommegang BPA

Those come to mind. I'm sure there are plenty others

 

I walked by Uinta's Dubhe plenty of times until one day I decided, what the hell. So glad I was feeling spontaneous that day.

 

Rochefort 10. Not sure why it took me so long to try it but I've been making up for lost time...

 

Lagunitas New Dogtown Pale Ale. Just had it a couple days ago and now I will definitely be buying it more often

 

Pretty much everything by New Glarus. In my town Spotted Cow, and to a smaller extent Fat Squirrel, is shoved down our throats. That is the one craft, and often only, on tap in just about every tavern. I've never liked either and have resisted trying every other beer by them. I need to rectify this situation, because I've been hearing a ton of good things about other New Glarus beers since starting to peruse these forums.

 

Awful packaging? U serious Clark?
I brought 2HA because i thought the fish packaging was excellently original....

Maybe that was the outdoorsman in me...

 

You should have grabbed the Porter instead.... lol
The Porter is excellent!!!


I guess for me, the one beer in my black hole of a distribution area that i always saw, but never tried for a long time was Squatters Hop Rising. This DIPA is very solid and drinkable. The 6 pack though is at an outrageous 16 dollars a 6 pack. That was the main reason i always skipped over it!

 

I always overlook Pale Ales because in my mind, I am looking for something more interesting. Then when I get around to cracking open a Founders Dry Hop Pale Ale or Victory Headwaters, I am reminded that there are a lot of nice, easy drinking flavorful pale ales to be had.

 

Like the OP, mine was a Founders beer, but it was the Curmudgeon. My first try of it I was like....why the hell have I not been drinking this beer? Love it now.

 

I end up passing by too many beers to name. There's no way I can afford to try all of them, so I have to be selective. Most of the time, I settle for something I know that I like.

 

I did the same thing. Sadly, I haven't seen it once since I finally tried it.

 

I would say Hoppin Frogs BORRIS and Oatmeal BORRIS. Just something about that stupid frog made me pass by it for years..Now i love that little guy