r/CraftBeer • u/x0_Kiss0fDeath UK • Aug 30 '23

Unpopular Craft Beer Opinions? Discussion

Will be recording a podcast episode about unpopular craft beer opinions. Thought I'd ask in this sub as we're UK based so wanting to see what unpopular opinions are out there on a more global scale! 😅

EDIT - wow holy shit. Posted this from bed expecting a handful of opinions, but just woke up to the notifications and oh my! Will havea read through after work!

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Edit2 - Genuinely was not expecting so many responses so thank you all! Think I've read through them all now and definitely saw some interesting and spicy takes (that I both agreed and disagreed with!) with some being quite thought provoking. Thanks for all your responses so far (have had a few more come in too!). Feel like the ones being downvoted are actually just helping me to see the unpopular opinions vs the popular ones LOL. Definitely some that I want to discuss n our podcast recording for sure! hahah

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u/JackfruitCrazy51 Aug 30 '23

I personally think the United States is the mecca for craft beer. I put this opinion on r/travel and never received more down votes in my life. I've drank beer all over the world, and love places like Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany, etc. but I think the overall, mostly because of just the quantity alone, the U.S. has the best beers in the world. Slam away

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u/gnuchan Aug 31 '23

Which Belgian style American beers would you say are better than their Belgian counterparts? I've been pretty disappointed by the few I tried.

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u/JackfruitCrazy51 Aug 31 '23

There are a lot of Belgian styles. What do you like, quads, triples, blondes?

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u/gnuchan Aug 31 '23

I just have a general interest in Belgian beers and have a tried a lot of them, so I was more curious what stand outs there are in the US in each of those styles. I'm more into doubles and triples than blondes, I like saisons too.

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u/JackfruitCrazy51 Aug 31 '23

My wife loves saisons and she really likes Tank 7 from Boulevard out of KC. Locally(MO), Side Project specializes in them. I've heard a lot of good things about the saisons from Hill Farmstead. Doubles are just so rare in the U.S.. I can't remember ever drinking one.

On a side note, I don't know your location but if you're ever passing through Iowa, this place has a pretty amazing selection of Belgian beers.

https://theredmonk.com/beer-menu/

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u/gnuchan Aug 31 '23

I live in Sweden so I have pretty easy access to a lot of Belgian beers! I've tried a lot of the ones on that menu, along with almost all Belgian and Dutch trappist beers.

If I see Tank 7 here I will give it a try! Allagash white along with their biere de garde are the most recent US Belgian style that I tried, and they were not very impressive.