Which Beer Really Let You Down?

Rochefort 8.

 

All of the Founders imperial stouts. FIS was the worst offender - I barely finished my pour. Way too sweet. CBS was a letdown as well, although that may have been because I had it in a side-by-side with See the Stars.

 

Pliny the Elder. Very meh. Give me Enjoy By any day of the week over it.

 

everything from Great Divide.

 

Westvleteren 12.

A great beer, but...it took a long time to get, was fairly difficult to get, was relatively expensive to get, and is a coin toss for quality with Rochefort 10, which I can get any day of the week at a much lower price.

 

Oh man, thats hard to read. Pliney is all time. Where did you have it and how did it get to you?.

 

I got to have Focal Banger the day of delivery and I was very disappointed. Didn't have much going on. Heady is pretty underwhelming too though so I dunno what I was expecting.

Other was Abraxas. Blegh, just suffocate me with cinnamon why don't you.

 

Founders CBS, good beer for sure but didn't live up to the hype at all for me. Had it on tap at Great Taste Midwest and it was thin and not super flavorful. And it was at the beginning of the taste so I had yet to completely obliterate my palette.

 

Alpine, Alpine, and Alpine.

 

Rinn Duin Sandpiper Brown Ale

Was expecting a brown, what i got was a yeasty, effervescent belgian thing going on. Which is fine, but not when wanting a brown ale.

 

Only had it one time and it was a drain pour. Not sure if something was wrong with it.

 

Heady Topper. Wasn't bad, but I just can't see the hype.

 

For me it was Prairie BOMB!...was in OK last year, beer store was out, made a special trip to get there at 0900 the next day, hauled a bunch back to SC, cracked one 2 months later, and was terribly disappointed

 

KBS - wayyyy too thin

 

Jai Alai...I think I hyped it up too much. They don't have it up here (at least where I shop). When I got down to FL it was the first beer I had. It is good, don't get me wrong. But best IPA in FL?

 

I thought Pliny the Elder, while a nicely crafted beer was quite underwhelming taste wise. A pretty mild hop flavor profile and the malt was prominent. Nothing wrong with this beer but I was expecting to be wowed and it was largely forgettable.

 

Mikkeller blackest. An expensive nasty drain pour.

 

I agree on sculpin, but speedway is one of my favorite beers. I don't get the hype with sculpin it's ok, but there are so many great ipas for much less.

 

I can see that, I love the beer, but it's definitely pretty alcohol forward.

 

Regal Rye. I was hoping for something more balanced like Backyard but it just tasted like BCBS with a bad cough syrup aftertaste.