Favorite/Worst Cheap Beer?

[Falstaff]

I have a group I call UNDRINKABLES.. The group contains all the "Headache Beers"... Budweiser, Coors (all of them ), Miller and especially almost all IPAs.

Yup. Should have listed all the IPAs I still have to tolerate from time to time.

 

[bracconiere]

.in the late 2000s.

wait late 2000's? are you Back "From" The Future? don't tell me it's going to get worse? definatly need to keep my kegs full!

 

[Falstaff]

wait late 2000's? are you Back "From" The Future? don't tell me it's going to get worse? definatly need to keep my kegs full!

I am. In 2090 PBR will become a currency more valuable than dogecoin. Bet on it, Biff.

 

[bracconiere]

I am. In 2090 PBR will become a currency more valuable than dogecoin. Bet on it, Biff.

LOL, i think i could manage to stash a few in the crisper drawers under my kegs for that long.......my baseball cards from '92 were a flop, maybe that will work out!

 

[Snark_Wolf_Brewing]

I am. In 2090 PBR will become a currency more valuable than dogecoin. Bet on it, Biff.

Let's roll....

 

[CanofShiz]

Are cold snacks cheap? 6 pack of 16 oz cans for like 8.50 I think? If that's out of stock then I reach for rainer, Hamm's, or tecate light. Worst beer has to be the champagne of beers.

 

[Lefou]

Retail commercial beer here in NJ is getting outrageously expensive lately. Who the f-ck pays over $12 a six, seriously?
This why homebrewing 5 gallons at a time pays off, even if it incurs some labor.

Favorite commercial lager I can't afford anymore - Founders Solid Gold (Went from $13/fifteen pack, now over $19 local.)
Favorite domestic seasonal I CAN afford - Leinenkugel's Canoe Paddler (Midwestern only, yet local distributors ship in the shandy.)
Favorite cheap import - Wernesgrüner Pils ($6/sixpack, but out of state in VA. Not found in any NJ Aldi's.)
Commonly purchased - Miller Lite (Found at $24/thirty. Lemon slice kills the fruity corn hopstank.)

The Untouchables List - Corona, Heineken, Bud, Bud Light due to skunking and fusels.

 

[Falstaff]

Worst for me is Genny Light. When I was 21 and hosting a party it was the cheapest 30 rack in the store, so I bought it for people that refused to BYOB. It was so bad I couldn't even bring myself to hand it out. I remember it tasted something like chewing on freshly cut grass that a skunk had died on.

 

[Iowa Brewer]

Thanks so much everyone for the replies! So many great posts, and a LOT of cheap brews I’m going to have to try (my liver recoils in fear!).

Not all that glitters is gold, and not all that’s cheap is swill, eh?

 

[Falstaff]

Thanks so much everyone for the replies! So many great posts, and a LOT of cheap brews I’m going to have to try (my liver recoils in fear!).

Not all that glitters is gold, and not all that’s cheap is swill, eh?

Only shooting stars break the mo-oh-old.

 

[crazyjake19]

Favorite cheap beer: Utica Club Pilsner 12pk/$10
Favorite really cheap beer: Milwaukee's Best Light 30pk/$14.48
Beer I wouldn't serve to my worst enemy: Heineken

 

[JAReeves]

I have a problem with almost all lagers, too much banana and bubblegum for my palette from the yeast; but I will say the worst one that beats the terrible sweet corn flavor of Bud Light was the Yuengling Draft I had in Philly. The bartender at the airport even comped it based on the expression on my face and gave me something else.

Fave cheap beer? If its not my home-brew, then Sierra Nevada. That's as cheap as I can go.

 

[Beerstein]

1. HW Blue boar
2. Michelob ICE. // somebody sold their soul for this amount of disgusting.

 

[Tennessee57]

Favorite Beer: Heineken .....Drink Heineken.....you'll feel fine again!
Favorite cheap Beer: Milwaukee's Best Ice. ( Ice Beer is my favorite kind of beer)

 

[Cameronl]

I just got back from visiting my son in northern Wisconsin. He is devoted to Hamm's. I had plenty of it while there, and I'll admit that I liked it.

 

[wsmith1625]

I just got back from visiting my son in northern Wisconsin. He is devoted to Hamm's. I had plenty of it while there, and I'll admit that I liked it.
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I also enjoy Hamm's. Being in NJ, I had no idea what it was when it showed up in my local liquor store. I read about it on HBT so I gave it a try and was surprised by how clean and refreshing it is. I do wish it had a bit more hops, but for the price you can't beat it.

 

[Broothru]

I also enjoy Hamm's. Being in NJ, I had no idea what it was when it showed up in my local liquor store. I read about it on HBT so I gave it a try and was surprised by how clean and refreshing it is. I do wish it had a bit more hops, but for the price you can't beat it.

From the Land of Sky Blue Waters. Mmm, Hamm’s!

 

[Hoochin'Fool]

Haven't had Hamms since college, but I remember it being decent.
The (cheap/lousy) beer that has scarred me forever (also during college days) involved a drunken campout on a small sandbar island in the middle of the Mississippi river near LaCrosse WI. Our buddy's boat wouldn't start the next morning, it was hot as balls, and THE ONLY thing we had to drink was warm Carling Black Label. I think we were stuck there until mid afternoon before someone finally stopped to assist.

Fave cheap beer now: probably Coors light.

 

[Rish]

Carling Black Label

That is the only beer I can remember that I opened and couldn't finish and it was cold. Musta been hell for y'all!
Favorite cheap beer is Keystone Light.

 

[rlrohan]

Schlitz was the one and only beer I couldn't finish. Had one on tap long time ago in a bar in Chicago. Couldn't finish it. Maybe it was a bad barrel but I have never wanted to give it a second chance.

 

[Cameronl]

Schlitz was the one and only beer I couldn't finish. Had one on tap long time ago in a bar in Chicago. Couldn't finish it. Maybe it was a bad barrel but I have never wanted to give it a second chance.

The kind of bar that would have Schlitz on tap is probably not cleaning the tap lines as frequently as they should, so who knows.

 

[AzOr]

PBR for cheap beer.
For a medium cheap beer- Peter’s Brand Dutch Lager from Trader Joe’s. That’s actually my favorite camping/fishing beer.

 

[kylewag]

Favorite cheap beer, and I mean cheaper than Budweiser, is Miller High Life.
Worst was Carling Black Label. Granted I haven't had it in 25 years so my tastes may have changed since then.

 

[Closet Fermenter]

Remember back in the’70’s when the generic products hit the grocery store? The packaging was always plain white and just had the product name in black block letters and the obligatory product information panel.
I was on campus then, without transportation, but walked over to the A&P a few times to buy “BEER”

(Down in the fine print along the bottom of the can, you could read that it was made by Falstaff)

 

[Miraculix]

Remember back in the’70’s when the generic products hit the grocery store? The packaging was always plain white and just had the product name in black block letters and the obligatory product information panel.
I was on campus then, without transportation, but walked over to the A&P a few times to buy “BEER”

(Down in the fine print along the bottom of the can, you could read that it was made by Falstaff)

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There's a version of this in Germany called "5.0" because it has 5% abv. It is a really decent beer! They got different versions, all are good but the pils is the best if you ask me.

 

[rallenhall]

Favorite cheap bar beer: PBR ... cut my teeth on those 3.2% redcaps over half a century ago.
Favorite cheap beer to bring home: Narragansett

 

[jdubdvdt]

Favorite Cheap Beer - Yuengling Traditional
Favorite Cheap Beer when it is really hot outside - Modelo Especial or Miller Lite
Worst Cheap Beer - Natural Light probably

 

[Broothru]

Favorite Cheap Beer - Yuengling Traditional
Favorite Cheap Beer when it is really hot outside - Modelo Especial or Miller Lite
Worst Cheap Beer - Natural Light probably

What? Nobody mentioned National Bohemian? O.K., I live in Maryland, but I don't like Natty Bo!

 

[fluketamer]

favorite cheap beer - easy - PBR
worst cheap beer very difficult there are so many. if i had to choose off the top of my head natural lite ice is really bad.

there are a ton of expensive beers that are worse tho. sam adams pumpkin beer is horrendous. i could stomach a natty lite ice but could never finish a bottle of sam adams pumpkin.

 

[Miraculix]

I can honestly say that I've never ever had a pumpkin beer and I'm not looking forward to changing that. But one never knows