The hype machine generates a lot of good for a lot of breweries. But what brewery were excited to try their stuff, have had more than 1 beer from, yet has't grabbed you? I'm NOT calling for OVERHYPED breweries. Just ones you want to like, for whatever reason, but just can't get behind yet. Call it ones you still have hope for and reservations about. Me: - Boulevard: have had the Long Strange Tripel and Sixth Glass. LST was just ok, Sixth was quite good but didn't wow me. - Arcadia: multiple pours of a lot of their stuff. Just not for me. This is for breweries AS A WHOLE. There are a bunch of other threads about specific beers over and underwhelming.
Mine would have to be Rogue. They have so many brews that sound great, that just don't transfer over in the taste. IMO their Pumpkin Patch Ale was a huge disappointment for me, and the majority of their stuff is mediocre at best. I wanna like them, I really do. Just haven't found more than 1 or 2 that I love.
ANYTHING special release by Boulevard is incredible. Rye on Rye, Bourbon Barrel Quad, Chocolate Ale, Harvest Dance, Saison Brett, etc etc. All wicked awesome.
Thats why I started this thread. I have a Rye on Rye at home and have a little trepidation about opening it fearing it will disappoint like the other two.
For me, that brewery is Lagunitas. My girlfriend's brother-in-law is obsessed with Lagunitas and thinks its the best out there, however I have failed to see what he finds so amazing about them. I was over at his house for the Super Bowl and had Lagunitas Sucks, Hopstoopid, and A Lil' Sumpin', Sumpin', all of which were decent brews, however I was not impressed enough to rush off and buy some like he does religiously. I want to like Lagunitas more as they are a favorite of many, but I have yet to have anything from them that knocks me off my feet.
Atwater. I sense I may be waiting a long, long time. ETA: I would really just like a good Detroit proper brewery.
Boulevard's business practices alone should wow any BA... Here's the proof: http://beeradvocate.com/community/t...-greatest-company-on-earth.56352/#post-746340 As far as being "wowed" by breweries, I'm happy with consistantly good beer. Of course, I love getting my hands on a "knock me off my feet" beer, I just don't EXPECT it from anyone...
Red, brown shugga, hairy eyeball will all knock your socks off... but they wont be making any more brown shugga till next year, and didnt make red this year BECAUSE THEY ARE STUPID AND I HATE THEM.
Hazelnut Nectar, Shakespeare Stout, Chocolate Stout, and fresh Yellow Snow IPA. Have you had them? I think the first 3 were all in the top 100 before this site became overran with barrel aged this and sour that. Really top notch brews.
I would have to double down on Rogue - something just doesn't click with me and I have tried a bunch. I stopped reviewing 'em (before I stopped buying them) because I apparently have some sort of disconnect going on. Kept trying different brews because I felt I was missing something, but finally concluded there's something I genuinely don't like about their beer. One I "want" to like is Ommegang - did NOT like their Witte (neither did the missus and wittes are her thing) and was underwhelmed by Scythe and Sickle, but that is not a broad enough sampling of their portfolio. Just the two misses makes me reluctant to buy more - want to like them because I just think they do some cool stuff and I dig their philosophy. To tie in to OP and Boulevard - Tank 7 is one of my go-to beers. To me it is just dee-lightful.
Those are their two worst "regular" release beers, IMO. Wait until you've tried Abbey Ale, Three Philosophers and Rare Vos at least until you pass judgement. They make some really excellent stuff.
Market Garden. They built their brewpub right across from Great Lakes, and that's a tough standard to live up to.
-Troegs (everything except Nugget Nectar is nothing special) -Rogue (I'm just never really impressed, and they are WAY overpriced)
I really like Night Tripper, but yes, they're meh for me too. Rogue and Green Flash. Hoping the Palate Wrecker I bought today changes my opinion of them.
Oh, speaking of, I have a Night Tripper in my basement. Haven't cracked it yet, but I have heard good things about it. So hopefully this is the big one that "wows" me.
Devil's Canyon http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/4950 they are my local brewery (i literally work across the street!). they make good beer, particularly really good scotch ale Full Boar thats pretty tasty and now comes in 16oz cans, i send out as extras probably more than anything else. its also a fun place to hang out with friends and grab a growler or 2 for the weekend. however they still havnt been able to break the threshhold into being a "good brewery" i had their BA Full boar (scotch ale) and while it was still pretty tasty i was hugely dissappointed in the lack of berrel character. still waiting for that one beer that absolutely blows me away.
There isn't one single beer I go to the store and buy that's brewed in AZ. If I'm paying for it, I'm paying for what I like. Southern Tier hasn't impressed me.
One of my favorite go to beers. My father doesn't know beer as much as I do (More of a whiskey and gin guy), but thanks to our trip to Duvel last summer (Duvel owns Ommegang), he can't get enough of Hennepin and 3 Phils. Anytime I open one will him, he replaces it the next day. I don't know why he doesn't just buy them buy the case
Dogfish Head: I really want to love this brewery. I like that they push the envelope and that Sam Calagione is a great advocate for the craft beer industry. But I just don't love the styles they brew, especially their year-round beers - nothing has ever blown me away or become a regular go-to.
I don't get this. Has the quality of the beers decreased? Has FBS, Dirty and Backwoods Bastard, the Porter, and so on, changed in the past year and a half?
Well shiiiiiiit... ok! Ah yes, I knew there was at least another MI brew or two I hadn't thought of. And another vote for Atwater.
For me, probably Stone... I actually like most of their beers, and their RIS was my go-to for a long time, but nothing is outstanding/world class IMO. Rogue is a "Not-only-doesn't-wow-me-but-i-just-don't-get-it" for me... i've really tried to like them, their beers always sound really good, but they are all (to me) above average on price and below average on awesome. i did really enjoy a dead guy on tap once, but i thing the waitress bought be a dirty bastard by accident haha.
Agreed. I had the 2XIPA around Thanksgiving at a restaurant in the Chicago burbs called The Yardhouse and thought it was great on draft. Later that weekend I went to the store and picked up a 6 pack, but it wasn't quite the same. There are currently 3 bottles still sitting in the back of my fridge...
Three Floyds. I've only had a couple (Zombie Dust and a collaboration or two), and neither was great, but I still have high expectations and hopes. Especially for their Mikkeller collaborations.
