Which Beer Really Let You Down?

Might not seem like much, but since I live in Mexico pretty much all beers in the Top Beers section are just wet dreams for me.

Last week I landed a Pure Hoppiness by Alpine and it was good but there was no wow factor at all. There are better beers over here.

 

I don't know how hyped it is, but my beer mentor and I have very similar palates as far as beer and wine go. He hooked me up with a Dark Lord. I almost didn't have the heart to tell him how underwhelmed I was.

 

One beer that really let me down was Green Flash Cellar 3 Silva Stout, I love barrel aged stouts and I was really looking forward to this. I paid $20 + tax for a bottle, opened it, poured it, tasted it and I thought what is going on? It was a butter bomb, tasted horrible, found out later there were infected bottles and since then I have not dropped any money on the Cellar 3 releases even though they all look good.

 

As much as I love Ballast point......it was Sculpin for me. It was on tap so maybe not so fresh being shipped across country. Of course 1 billion votes on the other side say I am wrong.

 

passed on cases of Pure Hoppiness today at TW. At $17.99 a six it would never be as good as I read.

 

Avery Liliko'i kepolo. I heard this was good, but I knew it was Avery, and I should've known better.

 

I second this. Pure Hoppiness is my least favorite Alpine I've gotten.

 

El Mole Ocho by New Holland. It was supposed to be "laced" with chilis and have a cocoa back to it. What I got was the reverse, big chili hit and almost no cocoa.

 

Deschutes Abyss. I wouldn't buy it again at any price.

 

I'm going with Pure Hoppiness as well.

 

Dragontrax b2

 

The flagship ones for the most part of the bigger craft and former craft brewers are awful in my opinion. So rather I will call some out. Boston Lager is only better than the domestic lite lagers a style that is underused but as a brewer of small scale home brew knows is not cheap to make in small volume levels of the small crafts. Flat tire is flat and kinda gross. Sierra Nevada Pale ale tastes like Lysol and I could go on and on to this subject but stayed on the big boys. Locally Sun King and all the other bigger players in town outside of Upland have equally bad flagship offerings.

 

The Bruery Chocolate Rain

 

Sump.

 

Your Father Smelt of Elderberries. I was so excited to find this available locally after having read about it for weeks. It was undoubtedly one of the most beautiful pours I have seen. Unfortunately, it didn't deliver on aroma or flavor. It was almost as if Stone didn't have a clear objective on what they were trying to accomplish with it. (Nota bene: This is most certainly not a knock on Stone. I've enjoyed just about everything else I've tried from this brewery.)

 

Great Lakes Lake Erie Monster.
Got to try it for the first time this year.
What a boring meh beer. I think there are still 3 sitting in my garage

 

I agree with this. I mean, I liked Abyss, but not enough to buy it again.

As for my personal letdown, Utopias. It was a hot, boozy mess and not in a way like I thought it would be.

 

Most rar hypes. STS was really good but not MD level good as first hyped.