What's the worst craft brew (commercial) you've had?

[Avocet]

Ybor Gold Calusa Wheat. Bloody awful! I won case for long drive in a charity golf tournament (I think second longest was 2 cases!). Tasted grassy--not as in "wheat" but as in aging fermenting piles of grass clippings in the hot August Tampa sun! Sort of a putrid vegetable smell that could also be defined as "fresh but certainly viable compost-a bit light on the chicken manure".

I couldn't even boil hotdogs in this swill. Finally gave it to a housepainter I know who sucks down Natty lite or Busch and he liked it fine. He also likes really cheap scotch whiskey and coca-cola.

 

[Herky21]

Millstream Brewings Old Smokehouse Barley Wine Style Ale has got to be the worst beer that has ever passed my lips. I took one swig and then gave it to the sink.

Everything Millstream makes is terrible

 

[ktblunden]

OK, I have to join everyone saying Rogue Voodoo Maple Bacon. My friend brought me a bottle and said it was terrible, but I should try it anyway. Cloying artificial maple that coats the inside of your mouth and a liquid smoke flavor backing it up. I poured it into a 2oz taster glass, took one sip, gave my wife one sip, and poured out the other 1.75 ounces followed by the rest of the bottle. Worst beer ever! It makes me mad this beer exists at all, it makes me furious that Rogue sells it for $13+ a bottle.

 

[FrostyJR]

Everything Millstream makes is terrible

Good to know. I won't try any of their others then.

 

[Chadwick]

Absolutely gross...........

Ingredients, as far as the brewer will tell you, are 2row, 6row, American and German hops, cereals, and blueberries... sounds good, doesn't taste good.

I tried this. Saw it in a local grocery. Looks good, seems like an interesting idea. Tastes like a cheap 40oz. malt with blueberry nerds mixed in it, only worse.

I happen to own a small blueberry orchard (20 year old bushes). This June I will make a proper blueberry ale.

 

[CityOChampBrew]

Rogue Voodoo Doughnuts Maple Bacon. I took a sip and gagged. I handed it to my buddy. He took a sip, gagged. Then we proceeded to pour the glass and the rest of the 22oz bottle in the sink. Holy crap. Who the hell could possibly want that in their mouth?

Am I the only one who actually liked this beer?

 

[djevans3]

I like witbiers, but Allagash White is just aweful. I've tried it a few times and can't finish the beer.

 

[bottlebomber]

Am I the only one who actually liked this beer?

Yes.

 

[WesleyS]

Yes.

Hey, you don't get an opinion. It's a bacon beer so you probably didn't even try it Mr. Veggie!

 

[WizardsBrew]

Am I the only one who actually liked this beer?

I thought it was okay, and liked the bottle. That may be as close as you'll find

 

[ladodger34]

Am I the only one who actually liked this beer?

I had high hopes for that beer. Maple Bacon donuts are freaking awesome as is beer (obviously). I was extremely disappointed in the beer and the $13+ price tag. Cool looking bottle, though.

 

[mpride1911]

I had high hopes for that beer. Maple Bacon donuts are freaking awesome as is beer (obviously). I was extremely disappointed in the beer and the $13+ price tag. Cool looking bottle, though.

It's not something that I need to try again, but I don't think that it's the worst I've ever had. That was some sort of Alaskan summer ale I had a few years ago.

 

[1fast636]

I think worst to date for me was anchor steam beers porter. I don't know if it was just that bottle was bad or what but I couldn't drink it at all taste was down right disgusting.

 

[bottlebomber]

Hey, you don't get an opinion. It's a bacon beer so you probably didn't even try it Mr. Veggie!

Tried it, hated it. It doesn't even taste like bacon, it tastes like their funky house smoked hickory malt, and this weird artificial maple flavor. Oh wait, you're the Rogue fanboy

 

[doughaas]

I think worst to date for me was anchor steam beers porter. I don't know if it was just that bottle was bad or what but I couldn't drink it at all taste was down right disgusting.

You either had a bad bottle or you're trolling. Anchor porter is a fantastic robust porter.

The worst I've ever had was wolf creek brewery's stout. Holy diacetyl...

 

[1fast636]

No trolling hence why I said bad bottle

 

[ladodger34]

It's not something that I need to try again, but I don't think that it's the worst I've ever had. That was some sort of Alaskan summer ale I had a few years ago.

Totally agree. It was the biggest letdown though given the price and all. The worst beer I've had was an IPA at a local brewery. It had a strange plasticy taste. My buddies and I thought it was a one time deal, but we tried it a few months later and it was still pretty bad.

 

[Ondori]

Bell's Cherry Stout. Worst beer I have ever put in my mouth. Ended up giving the rest of the 5 to someone desperate for a drink.

 

[Ondori]

Worst craft beer I've ever had has to be Sam Adams Triple Bock.
Second place probably goes to Midas Touch.

:O Midas Touch is probably my favority DFH brew. I don't see how this can be!? lol To each his own

 

[stmou984]

Leinenkugel's Sunset Wheat -
No more for me thank you

Lemon pledge. Only took one sip

 

[fizgig]

Yeah, this thread has taken a crazy turn, Midas Touch is good, Arrogant Bastard is good, and white IPAs are not the same as regular IPAs.

Agree on the cranberry lambic, that was awful. Worst I had recently was a Rauchbier at Bastone, I normally love their beers but this tasted like it was strained through a campfire and brewed with saltwater. I've had subtler smoky beers that I liked, but this was unbalanced.

 

[WesleyS]

Bell's Cherry Stout. Worst beer I have ever put in my mouth. Ended up giving the rest of the 5 to someone desperate for a drink.

You're kidding? Right?

 

[WesleyS]

:O Midas Touch is probably my favority DFH brew. I don't see how this can be!? lol To each his own

To be fair to the beer, it's been a while since I tried it. My tastes could've changed now. I've been going back to some of the beer I previously didn't like to see if I've changed. So I'll probably revisit Midas Touch as well.
But I stand behind Sam Adams Triple Bock being the hands down worst beer ever produced. For someone to suggest any other beer as the worst, only means they've never had the Triple Bock.

 

[Ondori]

You're kidding? Right?

Nope, I could not finish the beer, and that was my first Bells beer I ever tried. It turned me away from anything they made for a long time, but then I tried their Two Hearted Ale, and that was great, so I started trying others by them. I could have had a bad batch or maybe the store improperly stored them, which could happen. Recently happened to me with Brooklyn Brewerys Black Choco Stout. I LOVE that beer, and had been drinking it all winter, but I bought a 4 pack that tasted god awful! Won't be buying beer from that place again..

 

[WesleyS]

Nope, I could not finish the beer, and that was my first Bells beer I ever tried. It turned me away from anything they made for a long time, but then I tried their Two Hearted Ale, and that was great, so I started trying others by them. I could have had a bad batch or maybe the store improperly stored them, which could happen. Recently happened to me with Brooklyn Brewerys Black Choco Stout. I LOVE that beer, and had been drinking it all winter, but I bought a 4 pack that tasted god awful! Won't be buying beer from that place again..

That's a shame. I hate getting a bad bottle. The Cherry Stout isn't the absolute best beer or anything, but I think it's pretty good. I like everything I've had from Bells. I just wish they were distributed down here. I have yet to have the Two Hearted. I've heard good things about it.

 

[bobot]

This beer was in the fridge at work. I decided to try just out of curiosity. I would prefer O'douls over this stuff. Absolutely horrible.

Beer in the fridge at work...Beer in the fridge at work...
I'm letting that one sink in.
Lucky!!!

 

[doughaas]

That's a shame. I hate getting a bad bottle. The Cherry Stout isn't the absolute best beer or anything, but I think it's pretty good. I like everything I've had from Bells. I just wish they were distributed down here. I have yet to have the Two Hearted. I've heard good things about it.

I don't know if they still do this but bells used to make special one off batches at certain milestones. Their batch 5000 may actually be the worst beer I've ever had. It was an undrinkable raunchbier. I drank one every year or two and it hasn't improved any by the time I finished the 6 pack 6-8 years later.

Other than that I've never had anything bad from bells including the cherry stout

 

[Mongrel]

Am I the only one who actually liked this beer?

I think the bean counters at Rogue loved it. Don't even care to try their Voodoo Doughnut Chocolate, Banana & Peanut Butter Ale after how godawful the Maple Bacon version was.

 

[ladodger34]

I think the bean counters at Rogue loved it. Don't even care to try their Voodoo Doughnut Chocolate, Banana & Peanut Butter Ale after how godawful the Maple Bacon version was.

Especially at $13 a bottle. I don't mind paying a premium price for a good beer. At the same time, I can get a 12 pack of Sierra Nevada for about that price and get 12 bottles to eventually put my own beer in! Heck, a cheapy kit at MoreBeer (my LHBS) is about double that price.

 

[dannypo]

I don't know if they still do this but bells used to make special one off batches at certain milestones. Their batch 5000 may actually be the worst beer I've ever had. It was an undrinkable raunchbier. I drank one every year or two and it hasn't improved any by the time I finished the 6 pack 6-8 years later.

Other than that I've never had anything bad from bells including the cherry stout

That's funny. I loved that beer. It was my second favorite of those special batches after Batch 7000.