What an amatuerish load of dookie. For one, Maiden the Shade is a cult favorite and unanimously doesn't "suck" if you go by popular craft beer opinion or that particular beer's leading sales track in now, an ocean of other IPAs -many of which were inspired by that very beer.
You guys should check the dates on your bottles before you go writing about what you don't understand. You probably bought your samples at Walmart.

You guys are morons