Top 3 & Bottom 3 Favorite Styles

Top 3:
American IPA/DIPA
Imperial Stouts
Belgian Quads

Bottom 3:
Coors
Coors
Coors Lite

 

TOP:
Lambics
Stouts
Porters

Bottom:
Gose
Quads
Anything with pumpkin

 

Top-- American IPA/Double, American Pale, Imperial Stout
Bottom-- Hefeweizen, Chilie Beers, Belgian Wit

 

Session IPAs are the worst in my opinion
Never was a big fan of low ABV porters
Don't hurt me but I also haven't found a tripel that I would purchase again... just not for me

Czech pilsners (fresh in the Czech Republic) are the perfect beer in my mind
Flemish sour ales of any kind are beautiful
The classic IPA is what started it all for me so it's definitely in the top 3

I like how polarizing a lot of styles are. I personally love rauchbiers and scotch ales, and I see many people have those in their bottom three. I find that very interesting.

 

At the moment. Subject to change depending on my mood.
Top three:
RIS
Lambics
IPA
Bottom three:
Blondes
Rauchbier
Witbier

 

TOP
Porter
Stout
Pumpkin

BOTTOM
AAL
Pilsner
IPA

If we get really granular, the top three would be something like Milk Stouts, Imperial Stouts, and Robust Porters.

Meanwhile, I don't hate Pilsners as much as I just find them boring, and I have had a couple IPAs I like. If I was to get in to it, it would be specific hops that I don't like being on the forefront.

 

Top:
Imperial Stouts
DIPAs
Wee Heavy's and Porters

Bottom
Euro Pale Lagers
Adjuncts
Red Ales

 

I thought I'd try and guess what mine are and then do some calculations to see how close my ratings reflected that. For efficiency purposes, I lumped styles together (IPAs, DIPAs, IIPAs, SIPAs, IPL's = "India Pale Ales / Lagers", etc.).

I'd say my top 5 favorites are barleywines and wheatwines, lambics and wild ales, Flemish sours, stouts of all kinds, and India pale ales and lagers. My least favorites are adjuncts, Euro pale/dark/strong ales and lagers, shandies and radlers, pumpkin beers, and probably porters.

I sorted all my ratings and did a similar approach to the BA rDev for the rating system (so that "braggot" wouldn't be my top style after trying a single one and loving it). What I got:






I'd like to think that barleywines are not at the top due to a few bad apples (barleywines are usually either amazing or really really bad in my eyes, never in between). Lambics and Flemish sours - come to think of it, I don't think I've ever had a bad one. I am surprised stouts made it that high due to the amount of real shitty stouts I've had. Anyway, I just did all of this because I'm supposed to be studying for an exam in a couple hours and I'm really good at procrastinating. Cheers!

 

Favorite:
Imperial Stout
IPA
Trappist

Least:
Fruit Beer
Red Ale
ESB

 

TOP
IIPA
IPA
Imperial Stout

Bottom:
Adjunct Lager
Wheat
Pilsner

 

Top:
Gueuzes/Lambics/balanced sours/tart saisons (okay, I guess that's cheating)
IPAs that balance bitterness and juiciness (i.e. not juice bombs)
Imperial Stouts (BA or otherwise)

Bottom:
Quads (too chewy/dense/sweet)
Flanders Oud Bruins (balsamic vinegar)
Winter Warmers (the spiced ones in particular. Gritty)

 

Top 3:
BA stouts (however when the bourbon becomes forward and they get too pricey, I'm not so interested)
Big West Coast IPAs/IIPA/DIPA
Sours (proper like RR, not kettle sours)

Bottom 3:
non-German lagers/weizen
Gose (had the Otra Vez a few weekends ago, tossed it)
typical ABC

 

Top 3
1) American IPA/DIPA
2) Stouts
3) Saison/Farmhouse Ales

Bottom 3
1) Bock's
2) Wheat's
3) Pumpkin beers

 

Top:
1. Any kind of traditional German lager
2. IPAs - particularly the malt-forward variety
3. American Stouts of all kinds

Bottom:
1. Witbiers
2. Black IPAs
3. Saison - a few are great, but the vast majority of saisons out there are mediocre at best.

 

Like:
-BA stout
-Rauchbier/smoked beer
-Quad

Dislike:
-Black Ipa (actually loathe them is more appropriate)
-American barleywine (though very much like English barleywines)
-Saison

 

Top 3:
Doppelbock
Belgian Anything
Scotch Ale

Bottom 3:
AALs
IPAs
DIPAs

 

Top
1) Belgian Tripel
2) Belgian Strong Pale Ale
3) Germany

Bottom
1) IPA/IIPA
2) Pumpkin,chili pepper,fudge,peanut butter,breakfast platter,candy,ice cream,all BS crap flavors
3) Anything from Victory

 

Top: Anything that isn't simultaneously high-acid, fruited, and sour.
Bottom: Acidic, fruited, sour beers.

My palate hasn't exactly opened up to that flavor territory quite yet. I'd like to keep the acid reflux to minimum.

 

Top 3:

Wild Ales
Imperial Stouts
IPA/DIPA

Bottom 3:
in agreement with @MarshallBirdhouse

Smoked beer

 

Top 3:
BA Stouts
IPA/DIPA
Quads

Bottom 3:
Cream Ales
A lot of saisons
most lagers