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

[WroxBrew]

Blue Hills brewery Watermelon wheat beer. Tasted like a liquid Jolly Rancher. Sickenly sweet. I normally would never buy any watermelon ale to begin with, but I sell booze in retail and try things I normally wouldn't so I can inform my customers. On this note, Opa-Opa's watermelon ale wasn't half bad. At least it tasted like beer. ( both local MA micro- brews).

 

[JehovahsWitnessProtection]

On a whim, I once bought an 8-pack of Lazy Mutt Farmhouse Ale at a store in Wisconsin. Tasted like flat Budweiser that had been left open too long on a hot day, and it had this musty, old sock smell to it. I tried, but just couldn't get more than halfway through a glass of it. I gave a bottle to my BMC-drinking neighbor to try, and one sip was all he could stand. Nasty swill.

 

[mpride1911]

I had to try it, I couldn't resist. Strong maple aroma. Not good, but not as bad as I expected.

 

[PhelanKA7]

A toss up between Horse Piss Beer from Bluegrass Brewing Co or McTarnahans Full Bloom Craft Lager.

Hands down the worst beers I've ever drank. Horse Piss tastes like... Well let's just say they can't be guilty of false advertising. And Full Bloom tasted like watered down nail polish remover. Horrible, horrible, horrible.

Luckily I didn't pay for either of them.

 

[Hogarthe]

A toss up between Horse Piss Beer from Bluegrass Brewing Co or McTarnahans Full Bloom Craft Lager.

Hands down the worst beers I've ever drank. Horse Piss tastes like... Well let's just say they can't be guilty of false advertising. And Full Bloom tasted like watered down nail polish remover. Horrible, horrible, horrible.

Luckily I didn't pay for either of them.

They make a beer called Horse Piss Beer? that is hilarious. I need to find a bottle of that, just to show people and laugh....

 

[PhelanKA7]

They make a beer called Horse Piss Beer? that is hilarious. I need to find a bottle of that, just to show people and laugh....

Yeah... All I can think is that the only purpose it can serve is as a gag gift.

http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/395/29204

 

[ReefKeeper]

I had to try it, I couldn't resist. Strong maple aroma. Not good, but not as bad as I expected.

I bought a bottle too. We're going to try it next Saturday during our Zombie Dust clone session. If it's not that great, I'm glad I'll have some friends to share the displeasure with.

 

[Pugnax88]

Somebody earlier in this thread had mentioned the Boatswain Double IPA by Rhinlander Brewery that you buy for like 2.00 at Trader Joe's. I bought a couple of these one time and couldn't finish the first one. The initial taste is a wall of residual sickly malty sweetness followed by a very poor excuse for hop taste. It's an absolutely ghastly beer and I'll just be dumping the second one.

I have to agree, as I had the same experience. I was given a bottle along with their regular ipa and their "hlv". The last one was tolerable, but the double was disgusting.

 

[MagooBrew]

I had to try it, I couldn't resist. Strong maple aroma. Not good, but not as bad as I expected.

Tried it yesterday at the Tupelo Craft Beer Festival. Tasted like really horrible pancakes. But not the worst i have tasted

 

[BigFloyd]

A black wit brewed here in the Houston Texas area, by No Label Brewery. It tasted like chewing on straight black licorice. Maybe it was me, cuz I hate licorice, but it had no subtlety, no nuances, nothing but licorice. The rest of their stuff is good, though.

I haven't tried the black wit, but their Ridgeback Amber Ale is uncommonly good.

Worst commercial craft brew (excluding anything with the name "Budweiser" in it, of course) I've had so far is the Sierra Nevada Kellerweis. 3 sips and I poured it down the kitchen sink drain. Maybe it's just not my style.

 

[tx-brewer]

I haven't tried the black wit, but their Ridgeback Amber Ale is uncommonly good.

Worst commercial craft brew (excluding anything with the name "Budweiser" in it, of course) I've had so far is the Sierra Nevada Kellerweis. 3 sips and I poured it down the kitchen sink drain. Maybe it's just not my style.

I also like the ridgeback a lot

 

[EineProsit]

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

 

[Malty_Dog]

I pretty much hate Sam Adams Cherry Wheat (Robitussin) and Abita's Purple Haze was moderately awful also. Maybe I'll come around now that my palate is evolving, but I don't know.

 

[Fordzilla]

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

I used to love that beer. I guess you could say it's the one that got me into craft brews. (Though I now know it's MC owned.) I definitely don't drink it sny more though.

 

[Jacknine]

I pretty much hate Sam Adams Cherry Wheat (Robitussin) and Abita's Purple Haze was moderately awful also. Maybe I'll come around now that my palate is evolving, but I don't know.

Second that on Sam Adams Cherry Wheat. Looked sooo good...tastes sooo bad!! Probably the worst I've had so far.

 

[brent1395]

I don't think it qualifies as craft brew, but the Amsterdam Maximator is by far the worst beer I've ever had. Whoever brewed this crap deserves to have their ass kicked.

Somehow, this stuff made me immediately hungover, completely bypassing the buzzed and drunk part. Each sip gave me an increasingly bad headache and upset stomach. Amazing, really.

Here are some comments about it on beer advocate:

"Like Satan's own urine... the taste was something akin to beer spilled into mop water, with a healthy dose of rubbing alcohol thrown in."

"This stuff tastes like my mouth after I used to wake up from college benders when I forgot to brush my teeth. Alcohol, slightly sweet grainy flavor, cheap hooch, aftertaste of nail polish remover and a touch of hops."

"Smell is repulsive. Honestly the homeless people I've seen drinking this crap could've pissed back into the can and barely told a difference.
Taste is miserable at best, downright offensive at worst"

 

[retread2]

Sam Adams Double Agent-IPL. Tasted and smelled like really cheap perfume dumped into Bud Light.

 

[browder]

Roscoe's Hop House Amber Ale--wife got it on sale @ grocery store last week

 

[mojo_wire]

Sam Adams did a winter seasonal a few years back that tasted like they had fermented it inside a rotten tree.

But it was great when added to a stew.

 

[tripplehazzard]

A few weeks ago I tried Sam Adams whitewater ipa at a local Bww. They don't have much of a craft brew selection, so finally seeing an ipa on tap I asked for a sample. So glad I didn't buy a whole beer. This beer is nothing g like an ipa!!! And I am an ipa Guy! It tasted like a wheat beer infused with apricots! Nothing an ipa should represent. I have never been a Sam Adams fan, I did not know this was a Sam Adams product or I would have avoided it completely.

 

[DirtBagRob]

Odell Brewing's "The Meddler" is probably the first beer I've ever had I couldn't choke down. I ended up dumping it after two days of trying to drink it. It sucks too, because Odell is one of my favorite breweries and makes 2 beers that are in my top 10 (myrcenary and 90 shilling). I read the label, thought I might like it because I like other beers I've had of the same style, but god, it was awful! I thought there was something wrong with it but after reading about it on their website I think it is exactly what they wanted. Maybe someone will think it's a great beer but I found it completely undrinkable!

 

[choosybeggar]

A friend recommended Old Thumper. I was not a fan.

 

[Schol-R-LEA]

Sam Adams' Cranberry Lambic was a terrible disappointment, the first Sam Adams' beer that I really disliked. Completely missed the point of a lambic, while not even being good as a basic beer.

That wasn't the worst, though. One of the few craft beers I've ever dumped was a jalapeno ale from a brewery in Texas about twenty years ago, just when craft beers were first appearing in large numbers. I cannot recall the brand - something like 'Rattlesnake' seems to come to mind, but I don't know for sure - though that may be a mercy. Horribly overspiced, such that even my notorious love of hot chiles was overwhelmed, and what you could taste of the underlying beer was thin and skunky at best. Utterly undrinkable.

 

[half_whit]

This is not exactly the *worst* beer I've ever tasted, but it definitely lived up to it's name. A local taphouse had "Arrogant Bastard" on draft. Even the description of the beer was arrogant, saying "you probably wont even like it."

You know what, it was right. I love hops. I love strong beers. I've been known to chew on a pellet while brewing just to weird people out. Yet, everything about this beer said "I think I'm awesome. I'm trying to hard. Look how intense I am. You're just not sophisticated enough to drink me." Never had a beer speak that much to me. It's the kind of beer that posts obnoxious stuff to it's facebook wall and you just want to grab it by the shoulders and say "STOP BEING A ******!" But then you realize if you argue with this person, you just look like a ****** too! ARGHHHH THIS BEER MAKES ME SO ANGRY! ****** ALE! DOUCHEY DOUCHEY ****** ******!

 

[hopmonster2189]

ARGHHHH THIS BEER MAKES ME SO ANGRY! ****** ALE! DOUCHEY DOUCHEY ****** ******!

Guess they were right and "you're not worthy". I love the chinook in that beer. Widmers '12 dark saison was pretty funky, but I'm not a saison guy.

 

[choosybeggar]

A friend recommended Old Thumper. I was not a fan.

To elaborate a little. I'm not a huge bitters guy but find them mostly drinkable if not a little bland. Thought the ringwood in ol' thumper would make it special and unique and it does, just not in a manner solicitous to my palate.

 

[Fishin-Jay]

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?

 

[MagooBrew]

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?

I agree

 

[FrostyJR]

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.

 

[choosybeggar]

I'm no big fan of Mac and Jacks African amber, a popular PacNW brew. Tastes green to me.