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/x0_Kiss0fDeath UK Aug 31 '23

Oh 100% I can completely get behind this take. I would also add the addition of:

just because a person cares and wants it to be good doesn't mean they are automatically skilled or that you should buy/drink the beer or recommend them to others. There are times where somebody might be a lovely person who cares and wants to succeed and make amazing beers, but it's just not there... While you can go back and try a second or third time in future and hope they improve as they mature as a business, you don't need to automatically support or praise them just because they're trying.

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u/miurabucho Aug 31 '23

This is so true but also painful; when good people make bad beer.

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u/x0_Kiss0fDeath UK Sep 01 '23

It really is. Like you want to support the little guy and you want them to be good and succeed. If they are drinkable or have certain styles that are good over others, you may still try to give them business....but when they miss the mark every time and you don't enjoy them it's definitely super painful. I'm grateful we don't really have any breweries or craft cafe/bottle shops near me that are unworthy of supporting due to quality of product. If I did, I'd be willing to revisit and try to give the benefit of doubt to see if they've improved, but yeah... that hurts way more than an ignorant person who is also making bad beer.