Most overrated beer

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ebone1988
beers 2504 º places 24 º 08:30 Mon 7/31/2017
 
Bitterbill
beers 3241 º places 25 º 16:21 Mon 7/31/2017

Originally posted by DietPepsican
Westy 12 is kinda like a bad malt liquor that has had 1/2 a kilo of sugar dumped into it. Grape drank and alcohol = top 10 bier in the world I guess.


Some years’ Westveleren 12s are definitely better than others.

 
DocLock
beers 11541 º places 158 º 22:39 Tue 8/1/2017

Originally posted by ebone1988
I recently had Great Divide Hercules and, for it being in the 99th percentile for Imperial IPA, I found it to be a super malty and unbalanced mess.

What beers have you gone into drinking expecting something great, only to be disappointed?


I can’t speak for recipe tweaks over the years. All ratings, according to BBB63’s Law, are a snapshot in time. I do know that the Hercules I rated almost exactly 13 years ago today was pretty good.

https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/great-divide-hercules-double-ipa/32751/

 
koleminer20
beers 4594 º places 23 º 12:33 Wed 8/2/2017

This is probably going to be an unpopular opinion, but I think the IPAs from Lawson’s. They’re just full on malt bombs, and that’s not what I’m looking for in an IPA, especially from VT. I would give it to both Sip and Double Sunshine

 
ebone1988
beers 2504 º places 24 º 14:16 Wed 8/2/2017

Originally posted by koleminer20
This is probably going to be an unpopular opinion, but I think the IPAs from Lawson’s. They’re just full on malt bombs, and that’s not what I’m looking for in an IPA, especially from VT. I would give it to both Sip and Double Sunshine


Especially Double Sunshine.

 
EvanFriend
beers 844 º places 20 º 18:02 Wed 8/2/2017

ANY IPA with fruit in it is overrated. Putting fruit in an IPA is making bad beer 101. For that matter, most IPAs are overrated anyway. It’s a pretty boring style.