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

[Spicemon1972]

Not a fan of Sam Adams cherry wheat, that sh$ts gross.

+1 - bought a sixer of this months ago and 5 are left. The first was disgusting - reminded me of cherry NyQuil. Just terrible.

 

[Brewskii]

The more I read these threads the more I wonder how a brewery like Southern Tier makes it. One of there's not mentioned and tops on my list is Unearthly IIPA. As with every ST beer comment here , too sweet and almost undrinkable.

Why do they have to make everything so ******* sweet!?!

 

[FarmerTed]

Shipyard Pumpkinhead, although I'm not sure it's technically a beer. It is technically awful.

 

[naristov]

Shipyards Pumpkinhead - Tastes like spicy apple celery.


Little back story: My friend was raving about it ever since he realized fall was around the corner. We went on a pumpkin ale binge for a while and bought all and any pumpkin beers we happen to stumble upon in our local stores. Each and every time he would drink another brand he would say "Not as good as shipyard". This went on for about a month before we happen to be in a store that had it. He had amped this beer up so much that we practically skipped home to try it. I tried it, I hated it. I told him what I thought about it and I think it offended him because ever since then he has been calling me a beer snob.

 

[traveltoon1]

Sam Adams triple ipa !

 

[Spraentart]

Almost everything I've tried from Southern Tier I've been less than impressed with. I've had Mokah, Pumpking, 2XIPA, and Hop Sun.

 

[sonofgrok]

It is funny to see this many Sam Adams beers on here. I always liked the company idea and their message etc. but darned if I ever liked ANY of their beers.

 

[NoCornOrRice]

Nothing can compare to the Trafalgar Cherry Ale (From Ontario). It tasted like overcooked malt extract with a very vegetal-tinged hint of cherry extract.

 

[NoCornOrRice]

The more I read these threads the more I wonder how a brewery like Southern Tier makes it. One of there's not mentioned and tops on my list is Unearthly IIPA. As with every ST beer comment here , too sweet and almost undrinkable.

Why do they have to make everything so ******* sweet!?!

I guess this shows (aside from technical skill) it is in the eye of the beer holder. The UnEarthy is my 2nd favourite beet of all time, second only to the Sebago Full Throttle IIPA.

 

[Tim27]

Magic Hat #9. Could not stand it. Sam Adams recent summer beer tasted like bandaids to me. Another one I just could not finish was Samichlaus. Way too sweet. Funny thing is one of guilty pleasure beers is Wild Blue. Go figure.

 

[blakelyc]

While shipyard pumpkin head is dreadful, it takes a back seat to two pale ales: headwater from victory and the (aptly named) misery bay from Erie. Those two pales ales are positively awful.

 

[landshark]

Dragon's Milk. without a doubt worst I've had.

That Wild Blue stuff mentioned earlier is pretty bad as well depending what flavor you get. they make like 4 of them.

 

[EnjoyGoodBeer]

Had a door county shipwreck cherry wheat. I dont say this often but that beer was bad. I will not have that one again. It was so bad I even dump a quarter of what was left in the grass. Glad I didt pay for it.

 

[Amff]

Dfh pumpkin ale. I saw posts about people wanting to brew pumpkin ales so I thought I would give it try. If that was indicative of the style it's not for me.

 

[Zabuza]

Definitely the voodoo for number one, ghost face killa is a number two. Enough people have said enough things about the former, the latter is just a **** ton of chiles in a lager. Whoopdy doo.

 

[MrSpiffy]

I've had a couple of bad beers in recent times. One was called Black Helicopter Coffee Stout. Tasted watery and slightly fruity. Awful stuff. The other was Leinenkugel's Big Eddy Scotch Ale last winter. Extremely fruity (like cherries), sweet and cloying, just.... bad. Blech!

 

[Mb2658]

Magic Hat #9. Could not stand it.

+1

Pyramid Apricot Ale. Oh God is it bad. It tastes and smells like parmasean cheese.

 

[Beer_is_good_for_you]

It is funny to see this many Sam Adams beers on here. I always liked the company idea and their message etc. but darned if I ever liked ANY of their beers.

Yep.

The Voodoo Bacon Ale is OK. It's way too smoky, but that didn't stop me from finishing it.

 

[kylevester]

Yep.

The Voodoo Bacon Ale is OK. It's way too smoky, but that didn't stop me from finishing it.

Wow. I'll commend you for finishing it. I took two gulps and the folks I had try it took a sip or two each. Definitely poured out over 75% of the bottle. To each his own.

And speaking of which, there's multiple brews/breweries where I enjoy the beer and others hate it. Southern Tier is one of my faves, as far as imperials go. However, I do agree that some are needlessly sweet.

Let's keep it going. It's quite interesting to see how different supposed beer snobs opinions can be.

 

[duckredbeard]

Let's keep it going. It's quite interesting to see how different supposed beer snobs opinions can be.

Keep in mind that distributers, retailers, and servers can and will have a negative impact on the quality of commercially produced beer.

I once had a server tell me she liked our (1997 GABF Bronze medal winner) Hefe. She said she liked to serve it with a shot of butterscotch schnapps. Poured it right in.

 

[ab12]

I've never had a beer from southern tier that I have liked. But the worst beers I've had are from the Woodstock Inn (Woodstock, NH). Just bad watery terrible beer. Their so called maple porter I'm pretty sure is just a mix of guiness and root beer.

 

[andysim]

@Bad67z: really, you don't like the Mad Anthony? I live in Fort Wayne (where the brewery is located) and I thought it was good. Very hoppy, but good.

I enjoy that Pale Ale also. (I'm a former Wayner)

 

[wuilliez]

Lagunitas lucky 13 was terrible. It's a shame because I normally love most everything this brewery does. Another was Widmer's rotator IPA series spiced IPA. The spices in both were identical, and made me identically sick. Just not good.

 

[DrummerBoySeth]

Dragon's Milk. without a doubt worst I've had.

That Wild Blue stuff mentioned earlier is pretty bad as well depending what flavor you get. they make like 4 of them.

Funny how people's taste differs. I absolutely love Dragon's Milk. It is one of my favorite winter beers EVER.

 

[DrummerBoySeth]

I've had great beers at all the Raleigh area breweries so I didn't think twice about buying tickets to a wing festival at Roth Brewing a few weeks ago. The wings were okay but the beers, and I tried 3, were awful.

Their cinnamon porter had overwhelming hot fusels that gave the beer a cinnamon rubbing alcohol taste. The Raleigh Red, an amber, was bland and watery with zero hop flavor and aroma. The honey hefeweizen was drinkable but crystal clear with no hefeweizen characteristics.

I felt bad for all the hipsters drinking these beers and trying to act like the beers were great.

I also recently attended a street festival at Roth (maybe the same one??) and left disappointed with the beer. But the worst beer I had there was "6 Impossible Things" by Mystery Brewing. It tasted like it was brewed from 6 impossible things. I think it would have been much better if they had stuck to 3 or 4 possible things with that one.

I did get a really cool beer glass there though, that is one of my favorite glasses in the glassware collection, so at least it was not a total waste of time.

 

[sonofgrok]

This might take the cake... if anyone is willing to try it. From Rogue Brewery.

 

[DerekV]

I also recently attended a street festival at Roth (maybe the same one??) and left disappointed with the beer. But the worst beer I had there was "6 Impossible Things" by Mystery Brewing. It tasted like it was brewed from 6 impossible things. I think it would have been much better if they had stuck to 3 or 4 possible things with that one.

I did get a really cool beer glass there though, that is one of my favorite glasses in the glassware collection, so at least it was not a total waste of time.

I've had the same mixed feelings with Roth beers. The Dark Construct and Valkyrie are the only two I really like but I've mostly noticed they're not consistent. The beer changes too much between batches for me. As for the Mystery Brewing cask that day, pretty much everybody thought it was sour...

 

[Apple_Jacker]

This might take the cake... if anyone is willing to try it. From Rogue Brewery.

Sounds disgusting, but better it be a beard than pubes...

 

[Brewskii]

Any commercial beer that I try to clone!

 

[NateW]

Central Waters Honey Blonde. By far the worst I've had.