Is there an Untappd badge for reading this whole thread?! Why did I do that? I never tried Leinie or Sam Adams ever, but based on these responses I can see my beer instincts are better than I thought. Next time I see a build-your-own-sixer, I'll try to construct a "Sinister Six" based on this thread. Cherry Wheat, Sunset Wheat, Wild Blue...Wow, so much hatred.
My problem is that beers I don't like bore me more than outrage me. Even when I tried a couple of flavors of Four Loko a couple years ago, it was more confusing than disgusting. Also, my tastes keep changing, especially since I've started homebrewing. Maybe those Stella Artois I used to pound would taste awful now...Maybe not! Heck, I tried Genny Cream a few months ago and loved it. If I had to pick example since I started homebrewing and deliberately trying to mature my taste, it would be the pumpkin beer made in Williamsburg, VA. Soap soap soap.
One incident that stands out though is from when I was twelve and on a fishing vacation with my dad in hyperborean lands. He used to love Canadian beer since it used to be the best, cheapest source of non-BMC beer. He picked up a case of Molson at the duty free and let me have one since we were in the lawless wilderness of Peterborough, Ontario. At that point, my only experience was sips of my dad's macro beers and that one time they let me have an O'Doul's. I remember liking the Molson more than anything else I'd had, but even then something about it seemed...Off. I couldn't put my finger on it and still can't, but I still remember the taste all these years later.
There was also the time with the Boone's Farm. Sure, it was in the wine section, but I distinctly remember the small print on the bottle saying malt beverage! I was shopping for Superbowl snacks, and got a bottle of the blue flavor because it was so cheap and kitsch and awful looking. I drank it during the game, and it tasted like blue, Neuromancer-style. The problem was after. I don't remember how sick I was. I literally don't recall whether I was sick in bed for 5 days or a full calendar week. If we can call Boone's Farm a beer on a technicality, then Boone's Farm Blue Hawaiian. No. Contest.