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

[WesleyS]

You may have gotten a bad bottle or one that wasnt aged correctly, but i goi to have to disagree with you here. I tried this about two months ago and it was amazing. It is not meant to be a carbonated beer like everyone calls beer. It is closer to a port than anything else.

Also, take into consideration what triple bock is used for. Various batches are blended and then cask aged at sam adams. You may know it as utopias. I could be incorrect, but thats been touted one of the best beers in the world. Again, not what you would want on a hot summer day if your expecting a blonde or an ipa, but every beer has its place. Triple bock is utopias in its purest form, and a good bottle of it (tried side by side with 2 different aged bottles of utopias) puts the utopias to shame...

Its very hard to know if the bottles you had were stored properly from when they were brewed 16+ years ago...

And i'll +1 to the voodoo, not a fan of smokey beers and that one was terrible

I opened a bottle at 8 years old and one at 15.
At 8, it tasted like hot, alcoholic soy sauce. At 15, it tasted like the juice from a wet cardboard dog bed slathered in burnt brown sugar and soy sauce.
I can't speak for how it was stored for the first 8 years of its life, but once it was in my possession, it was stored just like all my other cellar beers.
No one will ever be able to convince me that it isn't the worst beer out there. This wasn't a case of just getting something other than expected or not liking the style. I had read about it in a few beer books, I knew exactly what it was when I found it and bought it.
It just plain, flat out sucks in my opinion, and everyone else I've talked to that has tasted it. You're actually the first person that's told me it wasn't the worst thing they've ever tasted.

 

[tripplehazzard]

That may be the most boring "craft" beer I've ever had.

I think you may be right. I think I expected way too much. I had to go look in the mirror to make sure my lip was not bleeding. It has a very weak ale flavor with an overwhelming Copper taste and I hate that

 

[D_Nyholm]

I too had the bock a while back. Probably when it was first released. All I can remember due to your reminder was the burnt soy sauce flavor. I can still taste it now. It wasn't bad, but to me it wasn't beer. Maybe a good steak marinade

 

[Nargan]

Since it was last made in 1997, wouldn't it be a bit... well aged... by now?

I mean that's 16 years ago, I don't think I've ever heard of a beer lasting that long.

I recently had a bottle of Hair of the Dog "Adam" batch #3 from 1994. They still have bottles of it they've saved and sell at their Portland brew pub. Each 12oz bottle is $50. My friend was a little intoxicated and decided it sounded like a good idea. I was pretty worried about what a 19 year old beer would taste like but it was QUITE good. It had this balsamic, cherry cordial type taste going on with it.

Just saying it's doable.

 

[TNGabe]

Yeah last bottle of '97 JW Lees I had was very, very good.

 

[gometz]

Each 12oz bottle is $50.

 

[Whsoj]

I recently had a bottle of Hair of the Dog "Adam" batch #3 from 1994. They still have bottles of it they've saved and sell at their Portland brew pub. Each 12oz bottle is $50. My friend was a little intoxicated and decided it sounded like a good idea. I was pretty worried about what a 19 year old beer would taste like but it was QUITE good. It had this balsamic, cherry cordial type taste going on with it.

Just saying it's doable.

My friend gave me two BMC sanke kegs from a party he had 5 years ago. I opened them up to clean them the other day they had a "Balsamic" smell as well

 

[jtejedor]

Just want to add on the Sam Adams triple bock I had a bottle that came directly from Sam Adams cellar to the liquor store. At that point it was 10 gears old. It was so ungodly awful. Cardboard and soy sauce all the way. And I did try to marinade meat with it but it ruined the meat. I just kept tasting the horrible beer as I was eating yuck.

 

[McBrewskie]

Rogue Maple Bacon Doughnut. I've mentioned it before but I keep coming back to it because it tasted like drinking a grill smoke shit.

 

[D_Nyholm]

Rogue Maple Bacon Doughnut. I've mentioned it before but I keep coming back to it because it tasted like drinking a grill smoke ****.

I saw this at my distributor and asked about it. He said it sells really fast and he actually likes it. Says it tastes like a mcgriddle from McDonalds! At 14.99 I'll pass but if it was $5, I think I would try it.

 

[smizak]

Rogue Maple Bacon Doughnut. I've mentioned it before but I keep coming back to it because it tasted like drinking a grill smoke shit.

Dear Craft Beer Industry,

Stop with the gimmicks or you will kill yourselves.

 

[dapete]

I saw this at my distributor and asked about it. He said it sells really fast and he actually likes it. Says it tastes like a mcgriddle from McDonalds! At 14.99 I'll pass but if it was $5, I think I would try it.

YES! We've must have reached the pinnacle of craft brewing if we can brew something that tastes like a McGriddle. We may as well stop home brewing because it doesn't get any better than that. McBrew is innevitable

 

[DrewschBag]

I was lucky enough to sample a beer from a local brewer, Second Shift, that was brewed with sourdough bread in the mash. I was immediately intrigued, but the taste was awful. Maybe it needed to age out a bit, but it was closer to cough syrup than any other beer I've ever tasted.

 

[McBrewskie]

Dear Craft Beer Industry,

Stop with the gimmicks or you will kill yourselves.

I like Rogue, I like Voodoo Donuts and their fabulous Maple Bacon Bar, but this beer did not represent this the good in either of those things.

 

[timrox1212]

YES! We've must have reached the pinnacle of craft brewing if we can brew something that tastes like a McGriddle. We may as well stop home brewing because it doesn't get any better than that. McBrew is innevitable

You can get McBeer in Germany

 

[Andrikos]

The vending machine at !WORK! has beer.
1 Euro for a half liter (16.9oz) bottle !

 

[Nargan]

I wish to retract my previous entry and submit a new "worst" for me: New Planet Pale Ale.

http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/new-planet-pale-ale/132836/

Reviews such as:
"I’m not 100% sure I know what gluten is, but after sampling a beers that don’t have any I have decided I want beer with a lot of gluten in ’em"
and:
"Harshly bitter with medicinal and latex rubber notes. There is something dominantly phenolic here in an awful way. Undrinkable for me."
and:
"The taste is sorghum, semi bitter, very dry, this is not good at all, there is an amber ale taste that tries to come out, but dirty dishwater flavors and a very unappealing aftertaste overpowers it. Drain pour, unfinishable"
and:
"The color is beautiful. Aaaaaaaaaaand that’s it for the compliments. This is just nasty, totally undrinkable. It’s worse than unflavored cough syrup."

etc etc. I believe it's the first beer I actually had to pour down the drain. I gave it to friends to try, first. They couldn't stand it either and also suggested I pour it out. Just ghastly.

 

[dstranger99]

I just bought a 6 pack tonight of Becks' Sapphire ( 6%). A waste of $9.00.........I think most of my money went toward the pretty black bottles.... Oh well, I can still use them to bottle mine.....

 

[maxturbo88]

Add Boatswain DIPA to the list. I've had malt liquors that were better. Pure blaah and the damn brewery should be ashamed of that swill.

 

[CA_Mouse]

I know that I will probably get banned for saying this.... But...

I couldn't stand Heretic's Grave Crawler, either it was just a bad bottle or this was not brewed by Jamil. It was like kissing a heavy smoker. Not willing to spend more money to see if it was a bad bottle or not.

 

[DrummerBoySeth]

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You can get McBeer in Germany

HMMM... McD's usually offers free refills on the drinks... that could work out!

 

[dannypo]

HMMM... McD's usually offers free refills on the drinks... that could work out!

I'm proud to say that I have drank beer in McDonalds in Germany. And it was Bitburger. Good beer and awful burgers.

 

[reed1911]

I'm proud to say that I have drank beer in McDonalds in Germany. And it was Bitburger. Good beer and awful burgers.

I did it in N. Italy back in the 90's. I can't recall what I drank but it was a terrible match up.

 

[kylevester]

I was in Binny's the other day and saw that Rogue has expanded their "Voodoo Maple Donut" beer to include something that had chocolate and banana in it.

Anyone had that? They scarred me enough that I'm not willing to buy the new one.

 

[kylevester]

I just bought a 6 pack tonight of Becks' Sapphire ( 6%). A waste of $9.00.........I think most of my money went toward the pretty black bottles.... Oh well, I can still use them to bottle mine.....

I tried it awhile back now, shortly after it came out. It was ok, but certainly not a "worst" that I've had. I'll take Sapphire over regular Beck's any day.

 

[kylevester]

YES! We've must have reached the pinnacle of craft brewing if we can brew something that tastes like a McGriddle. We may as well stop home brewing because it doesn't get any better than that. McBrew is innevitable

As a fat guy who likes McGriddles and started this thread, Voodoo Maple Donut does not taste like a McGriddle. At all. In the least.

 

[Arrheinous]

The Saranac line from Matt Brewing.

I had the sampler 12-pack and everything had this cloying corn syrup sweetness under it. The IPA, the pale ale, the robust porter, and lager all suffered from the same effect. Tasted fake.

From what I've heard they're fairly large but their scores, for what it's worth, look pretty abysmal.

 

[kylevester]

I think I listed it a long time ago here. But it got lost with all the slightly mediocre beer that everyone's been listing. It truly is the worst beer ever! Atleast you posted a picture of the contents to give everyone a visual of just how disgusting the contents of that nice blue bottle really are.

Sigh. Yeah. I started this for people to post truly bad beers, not just things they don't care for. For the most part, it's gone well, but let's reiterate...

Please list here beers you find with the following:
-- technical flaws - such as lots of diacetyl, cardboard flavor, acetaldehyde, etc.
-- atrocious flavor - back this up with why (don't be petty or snobby, even great breweries can put out a **** beer and vice versa)
-- ill advised experimentation - explain why it doesn't work for you

That's the type of feedback/warning we're (maybe just I?) are looking for here.

 

[trev12110]

I was in Binny's the other day and saw that Rogue has expanded their "Voodoo Maple Donut" beer to include something that had chocolate and banana in it.

Anyone had that? They scarred me enough that I'm not willing to buy the new one.

i have had both and the banana chocolate one is not a bad beer. not one of my favorites but not hard to drink like the maple doughnut one.

 

[andy6026]

In Canada - Waterloo Amber Ale. I dumped. Shamefully I bought a 12-pack for myself AND the guy who just gave me a Hammond M-3 Organ as a thank you gift. He must really regret giving me the organ.

In the US - Proletariat Ale - drank it in a Portland Oregon while meeting up with friends at a pub. I passed the glass around and one of them commented that it tasted like "Stalin's mustache" and he was bang on target.