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I have a friend in San Diego that thinks their beer is just the BESTEST EVAH and he used to send me various IPAs and such.  The second or third time I sent him video of me drain-pouring a a Green Flash or Sculpin, he stopped doing that.

Ive never had a beer so bad that Id pour it out

course I like Miller Lite so what do I know

when anybody would ask my dad what his favorite beer was hed say which ever one is on special that week

San Diego has phenomenal beer. One of the best areas for beer in the US (CO/PNW/MI/NC are some notable others).

We're of course known for hopping everything to ridiculous levels, but with >100 breweries in the county, there's an enormous amount of variety as well.

And slightly north (Corona), one of my homebrew buddies bought a 50% stake in a brewery and about half of their lineup is lager. His Vienna Lager is outstanding. Maybe next time I get to Austin I'll bring some, since they do limited canning of beer and that's his flagship beer.

Oh I know of San Diego's reputation.  That's why my friend insists I should like the stuff he sends.  But that reputation is founded on brutally overhopped beers, so it's clearly not my jam and I don't recognize San Diego as being a particularly good beer-producing city because of that.

I'd certainly give the Vienna style lager a try though.  My favorite brewery in the USA does almost exclusively European styles, which ARE my jam and is precisely why it's my favorite brewery in the USA.  Their Vienna-style lager they've been making for over 20 years, is absolutely delicious, and is my favorite beer they make.

Skunked beer is a pour out.

I drink the champagne of beers once in a blue moon - living the high life

I have had some corked (or corky) wines that were definite pour outs (or take backs).  Some were amazingly bad.

Yeah, I had one just the other day.  I've read wine industry reports that up to 20% of wines get corked, but I've never detected THAT much.  Maybe 2-5% or so?

But this one was really, really bad.  My wife was trying to drink it and thought she just didn't like the marque, but it's one we've had quite a bit.  I tried it and told her, "Nope, this one has just gone bad.  Drain-pour."

Oh I know of San Diego's reputation.  That's why my friend insists I should like the stuff he sends.  But that reputation is founded on brutally overhopped beers, so it's clearly not my jam and I don't recognize San Diego as being a particularly good beer-producing city because of that.

I'd certainly give the Vienna style lager a try though.  My favorite brewery in the USA does almost exclusively European styles, which ARE my jam and is precisely why it's my favorite brewery in the USA.  Their Vienna-style lager they've been making for over 20 years, is absolutely delicious, and is my favorite beer they make.

Well, their brutally overhopped beers are excellent examples of the brutally overhopped beer style ;-) 

But with currently 156 operating breweries in the county, they make excellent examples of other styles too. 

But with currently 156 operating breweries in the county, they make excellent examples of other styles too.

Maybe so. But with so much great beer available locally here and all over the place, it's really not necessary for me to worry about what other geos are doing.

When I'm in a different city, I always drink local though.  So next time I'm in San Diego, I'll try to find something local that's not brutally overhopped.  We'll see how that goes.