Comments on: On Overrated Beers

By: Dr Wort

Dr Wort — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 21:58:30 +0000

@Brian

I completely agree with your beer philosophy!

You know what you like and make a “personal” decision…. That’s the major difference between Bandwagon beer drinking which leads ‘Overrated Beers.”

BTW, I’m a big fan of Dogfish Indian Brown too…. ;-}

By: Brian Yaeger

Brian Yaeger — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 04:25:05 +0000

Brewty is in the eye of the beerholder. But what do I know? My favorite Dogfish brew is Indian Brown and I reach for Allagash over Russian River.

By: Dr Wort

Dr Wort — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 08:29:00 +0000

Rob,

Fair enough…. ;-}

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 06:58:19 +0000

I think Lost Abbey is consistently underwhelming. I have been disappointed with all of their stock beers (Devotion, Lost and Found, Judment Day, Red Barn, Avent Garde, and Lost and Found). Witch’s Wit was watery and boring. 10 Commandments 2008 was okay and its only saving grace was its nice Brett presence. The only two I have liked have been Inferno and Gift of the Magi. I am not sure how my bottle of 2008 Cable Car will taste.
I did spend $12 on a bottle of Black Albert at Healthy Spirits on Thursday. Maybe I will like it now that the bar has been set so low.

By: Rob

Rob — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 04:49:57 +0000

Sure. “Yummy” means, hey, this is really good, but you know what, it’s got all sorts of strange rough edges and doesn’t taste refined at all, sort of wild, sort of unhinged, but not flawed in any discernible way. It has two or three really nice, promising, loud notes, but there’s a kitchen sink of unclear flavors kicking around in the background. In contrast with “gross” homebrew, which is more common. But see, I can get yummy homebrew tasting beer for far less – and without fighting folks in a line to the keg. So there’s that overrated thing again.

By: Dr Wort

Dr Wort — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 17:59:52 +0000

Rob?

Can we define, “Yummy Homebrew?” “Yummy” is just a little to…..Uh…..nondescript…. ;-}

By: Rob

Rob — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 06:10:03 +0000

Having tried the Black Albert this past weekend, and just now the Tsjeeses, I’m really, really hoping the Pannepot pulls through. I’m getting a “yummy homebrew” vibe so far, but nothing near the accolades (hrm, best brewery in the world?) that have been foisted upon De Struise. Great beer, sure. But there’s lots of great beer out there. (And ditto on the delicious, yet arguably overrated Theobroma.)

By: MW

MW — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 21:49:07 +0000

I do have two bottle of The Dissident in my Cellar.

It was pretty good, but I think it needs to age. The flavors were a little all over the page and could use a little drying out. I know it was aged for like 16 months, but it has a sweet worty taste like it hasn’t been completely fermented out. Note sure that’s the problem, but that’s what it tastes like. If it is an UN-fermented worty taste it may NOT get better with age! If it’s just flavor component in the beer, it should smooth put with age. BUT, YES! It was a nice effort and think with some age it could be better.

By: Matt Walker (mwsf)

Matt Walker (mwsf) — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 21:26:59 +0000

Did you get any Dissident from Deschutes, Mike? I’m not the biggest Abyss fan and agree that it’s in decline but I thought Dissident was outstanding. If you didn’t catch it while it was out, I’m sure you know enough people up there who have bottles that they’d crack open with you. Well worth seeking out!

By: Dr Wort

Dr Wort — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 21:14:57 +0000

Interesting subject with a simple answer…. I think.

Popularity of breweries is cultivated by…….US! Well…. Maybe not exactly you or I, but the beer enthusiasts and beer geeks in our country. ;-}

It’s a given that some High end beer drinkers will find a favorite and others will jump onto the train. Many are easy sheep, who follow the heard. Some will enjoy the train ride and others will wish they took the bus…. ;-}

Sometimes it’s all about marketing…… Sometimes it’s about using the right mouth pieces to spread the word; i.e., The Beer Media, Beer Personalities and the like. The media has a big influence on all our us beer buyers… and lets just say some hype and opinions are BOUGHT…some are not.

Deschutes has been hyping up their Abyss for the past two years. Funny thing is, every year the beer gets a little less interesting…. This years Abyss is a little less interesting than last year and the same for the year before…. SOME PEOPLE don’t notice the difference…. others do! ;-} Hook em’ in and they’ll take that ride with question! American advertising at it’s best! I’m always waiting for a Bell’s Expedition Stout, but instead, we may get an Anderson Valley Barney Flats Stout or an Abyss. The singular outstanding Dark Chocolate profile of this years Abyss is nice, along with it’s viscosity, but (IMO) it’s missing a lot of other normal Stout/RIS Characteristics. Is there anything wrong with the Abyss or Barney Flats? Absolutely not!! We’re still talking hype vs. reality.

Beer Hype = Caveat Emptor!