Stoudt's Double IPA (India Pale Ale)
Wow, I was very surprised to see the ratings for this beer when I logged on. Certainly the mean seems to trend towards at least good for every beer on this site, but I expected this to be around a "B" at best. Maybe I got an off bottle, but what I tasted didn't seemed to be flawed in the manners I've typically tasted in cooked or mishandled beer. I'll investigate that further... Because the beer I had was simply bad. It smelled flabby and overly malted and just backed that up with more, cloying flabby malt on the palate and finished with soapy hops. I tasted this a friend who didn't seem to mind it as much as I did but who agreed would certainly not seek it out again. I didn't even finish the 4 oz pour I was given.