I looked at beeradvocate.com to see what their best- and worst-rated beers were, and some of the results are surprising.
― human life won't become a cat (man alive), Tuesday, 22 March 2016 01:42 (eight years ago) link
the Sunset Wheat is awesome, it tastes like Fruity Pebbles
― erry red flag (f. hazel), Tuesday, 22 March 2016 01:42 (eight years ago) link
if sunset wheat tastes like fruity pebbles what must berry weiss be like to say nothing of harvest patch shandy fruit
intrigued by "light light lager" as potential 4'33" of beers
― denies the existence of dark matter (difficult listening hour), Tuesday, 22 March 2016 01:45 (eight years ago) link
I had the sunset wheat once and remember thinking it was not terrible
― human life won't become a cat (man alive), Tuesday, 22 March 2016 01:46 (eight years ago) link
sunset wheat is great. I haven't had it in ages though.
― ejemplo (crüt), Tuesday, 22 March 2016 01:46 (eight years ago) link
pretty sure cranberry ginger shandy is the result of someone with a UTI pissing in the beer vat during brewing
― erry red flag (f. hazel), Tuesday, 22 March 2016 01:50 (eight years ago) link
this will surprise many
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 22 March 2016 01:53 (eight years ago) link
Vanilla Porter wasn't that bad i think? just sweet
― los blue jeans, Tuesday, 22 March 2016 03:47 (eight years ago) link
IIRC most of the Leiney shandy variants I tried just tasted like soft drinks, which was actually fine for what I wanted at the time
I strenuously object to the name "Big Butt Dopplebock Dopplebock" on gp
― i like to trump and i am crazy (DJP), Tuesday, 22 March 2016 14:56 (eight years ago) link
snowdrift vanilla is horrible
leinie's original is one of the most disgusting beers i've ever had (this is coming from someone who likes hamm's)
the IPL is decent
― global tetrahedron, Tuesday, 22 March 2016 15:00 (eight years ago) link
Does vegetable mean there's a V-8 shandy?
― ... (Eazy), Tuesday, 22 March 2016 15:05 (eight years ago) link
Leinenkugel's Cranberry Ginger Shandy Fruit / Vegetable Beer sounds awful.
― Darin, Tuesday, 22 March 2016 15:07 (eight years ago) link
leinie's gave up on making decent beer and is just a novelty fruit beer vendor for the most part now, right?
― μpright mammal (mh), Tuesday, 22 March 2016 15:25 (eight years ago) link
More or less yeah.
IDGAF, I will rep for Original forever. Creamy Dark is okay, but I can't stomach Red.
― pratt truss it (dan m), Tuesday, 22 March 2016 16:05 (eight years ago) link
Oh also the names are screwed up because the tabs between beer names and styles got deleted when I posted the list. So it's Big Butt Doppelbock, in the style of a Doppelbock. That doesn't really change the horrible name calculus, though.
― pratt truss it (dan m), Tuesday, 22 March 2016 16:07 (eight years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Thursday, 31 March 2016 00:01 (eight years ago) link
Voted for the berry weiss but now I think I should have picked a shandy. Shandy's are terrible.
― Treeship, Thursday, 31 March 2016 00:33 (eight years ago) link
the Summer Shandy that Leinenkugel makes is godawful. I had that shit a few years ago.
― Neanderthal, Thursday, 31 March 2016 02:05 (eight years ago) link
^^^ otm. one of the worst hangovers i've ever had, too.
― never ending bath infusion (Doctor Casino), Thursday, 31 March 2016 02:28 (eight years ago) link
voting for "Orange Shandy Fruit / Vegetable Beer" out of spite for that. though iirc they ALL taste like fruity pebbles and they're all barfy.
xpost nothing worse than buying a sixer of that shit for a party and realizing you hate it three sips in and nobody else wants any
― Neanderthal, Thursday, 31 March 2016 02:29 (eight years ago) link
three sips
ayo!
― Treeship, Thursday, 31 March 2016 02:31 (eight years ago) link
"Canoe Paddler" sounds like a euphemism for masturbator, so I'll go with that.
― nickn, Thursday, 31 March 2016 02:34 (eight years ago) link
nice
― Treeship, Thursday, 31 March 2016 19:17 (eight years ago) link
fwiw those suffixes like "fruit/vegetable beer" are stylistic designators and don't appear on the packaging (because who's going to buy a vegetable beer?) "Adjunct lager" makes that one sound the worst to me - although original Leinie is a better than average lawnmower beer imo.
― Retro novelty punk (Dan Peterson), Thursday, 31 March 2016 19:44 (eight years ago) link
india kale ale
― Treeship, Thursday, 31 March 2016 19:49 (eight years ago) link
^^^ lol winner!
― Retro novelty punk (Dan Peterson), Thursday, 31 March 2016 19:54 (eight years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Friday, 1 April 2016 00:01 (eight years ago) link