Highly Rated Beers that You thought were Horrible

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Message kdm1984 beers 1096 º places 14 º 20:56 Mon 11/19/2012 Originally posted by radarsock GD Yeti, non-barrel editions. Not terrible, but quite meh, IMHO. Barrel Yeti may be unpleasant, too. Never tried it and am in no rush to do so. Yeti is totally overrated - completely agree. That and ST Jahva were my first impies, and I remember being so underwhelmed by that style at first.
Message DocLock beers 11541 º places 158 º 21:01 Mon 11/19/2012 Get ready to stone me, but Westy 12 isn’t even as good as 3 or 4 Trappist ales I have had lately. And I’m sure many of you are saying, "But Doc, you overrate Two Hearted and Dreadnaught and Three Floyds and Alesmith and blah blah blah". As BBB63 said (and I paraphrase), "A rating is a moment in time between the rater and the beer; the exact circumstances of which can never be duplicated, and never undermined in the eyes (and ears and tongue) of the rater".
Message DietPepsican P beers 1592 º places 63 º 21:14 Mon 11/19/2012 Originally posted by DocLock Get ready to stone me, but Westy 12 isn’t even as good as 3 or 4 Trappist ales I have had lately. Westy 12 reminds me of 8% malt liquor. I just don’t see the fascination with that and narke.

Message tdtm82 beers 1704 º places 138 º 23:56 Mon 11/19/2012 Are people taking into account oxidisation and off-flavours whilst slagging these beers off? It is amazing the difference of a good bottle and a bad one. Also look at the importing side. Black Hole isn’t the same beer in Copenhagen as it is in the US. It’s changed during secondary fermentation and could be completely ruined by a warehouse or whatever. It’s twice the beer that Dark Lord is but then I’ve not had that fresh at Three Floyds.
Message anon84892 beers 3284 º places 21 º 02:15 Tue 11/20/2012 Aardmonik and Angels Share. Undrinkable
Message KyotoLefty P beers 15092 º places 1059 º 02:46 Tue 11/20/2012 Originally posted by DocLock Get ready to stone me, but Westy 12 isn’t even as good as 3 or 4 Trappist ales I have had lately. Which ones, pray tell? I rate Rochefort 10 higher for sure, and have had a few unimpressive 12s in my time, but I had a whole bottle to myself last week and it was very enjoyable.
Message stevencon beers 525 º places 1 º 02:59 Tue 11/20/2012 Arrogant bastard, i’ve tried it many times over different periods of time and still can not enjoy it. Yeti ive had a couple of times, along with most of the common variations and ive never been happy with the taste.

Message left_bank beers 106 º places 107 º 04:31 Tue 11/20/2012 schneider aventinus
Message Cuso P beers 15726 º places 335 º 05:22 Tue 11/20/2012 Gulden Draak
Message KimJohansen beers 10557 º places 13 º 05:25 Tue 11/20/2012 Mikkeller 1000 IBU