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

[robbyice]

Anchor's Merry Christmas and happy new year is pure turds in a bottle

 

[jwalk4]

I may get a hate on for this.

However, I remember receiving a variety 6 pack of Belgian Ales for a Christmas present one year. Link. Oh god.... OH GOD.....

Every last one went down the sink.

Every. Single. One.

Undrinkable.


It may have been the way they were stored at the LCBO or at the person's house.
(For the record, I have drank many, brewed many, and even saved many Belgian ales.)

 

[troglodytes]

For me it's Magic Hat #9. Although it may not technically be the worst I've ever had, I do have to applaud some brews for their attempt at creativity despite poor execution (looking at you Voodoo Donut). But #9 to me is just horrible. And for some reason I inevitably grab some every year as if I expect to get better.

 

[jwalk4]

You shut your mouth!

 

[jwalk4]

I'm sorry. I was just talking about Shaft.

 

[slym2none]

Magic Hat #9

My buddy forgot that I don't like fruit nor spices in my beer, and handed me one, thinking I would like it.

I disappointed him greatly.

 

[Billy-Klubb]

I can't remember who made it, but it was called Gwakamolly or something. it was this nasty green color, real thick with no head retention, kinda slimy, and tasted about as good as avocado (which I don't like at all).

 

[MagicRat]

I would say Widmer Bros. Upheaval IPA. I'm kind of hit or miss when it comes to IPAs anyway, but I really disliked this one.

 

[mattdee1]

A beer has to be pretty darn awful for me to not finish drinking it. The only time I have cried uncle in recent memory was with a Gonzo Imperial Porter. To me, beer should not taste like booze, much less diesel fuel like this one did. I didn't recognize any of the beers on the list and the list provided no descriptions or even style designations for the various beers, so I asked the waitress for something "malty and dark", and this is what she brought me.

Some other duds up here in Canada that I've had recently: Creemore Premium Lager, Kawartha Lakes Raspberry Wheat, and Hop City Brewing Lawn Chair Weisse. I at least finished all of those, though.

 

[TheMadKing]

Hoegarden isn't my favorite. It tastes like refried beans to me.

I've never had a pumpkin beer that I liked either.

 

[beskone]

Rouge - Siraccha Stout.

I had about 3 sips then poured the entire bomber out. ****ing disgusting.

 

[Firewalker11]

In the past month, sadly, Surly Hell. Nothing there, BMC of Surly.

 

[jmpreiks]

First place would be a bottle of Twisted Pine Billy’s Chilies someone bought me as gift since I love spicy food. It was repulsive... bad beer plus way too heavy on the chilies. That is the ONLY bottle of beer I have ever poured down the drain... I even choked down a Bud Light Lime that they were giving out for free in a bar one time (presumably because nobody would pay money for them). I did decline a second free bottle, however...

 

[BrotherBock]

Is this like a once of year release or is it soemthing that is just standard.

It was a summer 2014 seasonal. Hope they don't waste their time making it again.

 

[jwalk4]

Some other duds up here in Canada that I've had recently: Creemore Premium Lager, Kawartha Lakes Raspberry Wheat, and Hop City Brewing Lawn Chair Weisse. I at least finished all of those, though.

Damn, really? I like all of Creemore's beers: Lot 9, Urbach, and especially the lager.

 

[meatcleaver]

four corner's heart of Texas red. absolutely horrible

 

[Psylocide]

More proof that the people over at BA are funking idiots.

http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/28908/135581/


This particular bottle of disgusting tastes like straight potpourri.

 

[1977Brewer]

More proof that the people over at BA are funking idiots.

http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/28908/135581/


This particular bottle of disgusting tastes like straight potpourri.

I informed one of the dudes from church that I don't trust BA at all and he acted like I stabbed him.

 

[ferm.adventures]

Woodstock Inn Brewery Autumn Brew. Hated it, over spiced. Was in a mix pack and gave the other two bottles away. Harpoon Winter Warmer again over spiced. Blech. I made a horrible steam beer that was a mess, but I'm keeping the bottles around to make BBQ sauce. Great for that.

 

[spongebob2]

Worst memorable - Menthe Stout by SKA brewing.
Been trying lots of crapft stuff lately & a large percentage of it sucks... homebrew rocks!

 

[sheephrdr]

I get all the beer my bro in laws don't like, they atleast try different beer so ill give them credit "this taste like a pine tree" no those are hops and this beer is great.. the only ones I don't like are green apple flavoured beers.. yuck

 

[ArizonaGoalie]

We've had so many new breweries open up here in San Diego County in the last four years that I can't list all the BAD beer I've had. I certainly cannot pinpoint it down to the worst, because so many should have never been brewed.

It's amazing to me that these places open with infected beer and very bad beer. It seems these are homebrewers who are riding the wave, getting some funding, and throwing spaghetti against the wall.

Possibly the worst was an IPA from Novo Brazil Brewing that tasted like it was flavored with butter instead of hops.

 

[BBQB]

I can't remember who made it, but it was called Gwakamolly or something. it was this nasty green color, real thick with no head retention, kinda slimy, and tasted about as good as avocado (which I don't like at all).

You don't like avocado? Weak

 

[Schol-R-LEA]

It's amazing to me that these places open with infected beer and very bad beer. It seems these are homebrewers who are riding the wave, getting some funding, and throwing spaghetti against the wall.

Yeah, that's a problem any time you have something that suddenly balloons in importance or popularity the way craft beer has. In the IT industry, you could practically set your watch by the rise and fall of the stock bubbles, which invariably involve a few hundred thousand carpetbaggers who know nothing about software development jumping into the field when it's hot, only to get washed away when their blue-sky promises turn out to be hot air. Aside from the companies that either have ridiculous business plans or are outright stock frauds, you also get a wave of unqualified 'programmers' with bogus certifications and a line of glib talk, who push honest but socially inept coders out of the picture with their ludicrous claims and glad-hand schmoozing of the HR reps and pointy-haired bosses who make most of the hiring decisions.

Gee, don't hold back, Schol, tell them how you really feel...

Anyway, I do recall seeing this sort of thing too. Red Hare's quality control was atrocious when they first opened, for example, though they got a lot better later. The same happened with New England Brewing back in the early 1990s, and was part of why they closed up shop for a while to get their house in order.

 

[fredthecat]

drank a guinness (non-nitro at least) for the first time in ages and was amazed at how below even my modest expectations were for it. just chugged it down and grabbed a homebrew after. just didnt seem like a full on stout.

 

[mattdee1]

Damn, really? I like all of Creemore's beers: Lot 9, Urbach, and especially the lager.

I don't know, just thought the lager tasted like... socks or something.

Absolutely dig Creemore's Kellerbier, though.

 

[ol-hazza]

Epic - Pale ale. I swear it gives me the runs.

 

[fredthecat]

I don't know, just thought the lager tasted like... socks or something.

Absolutely dig Creemore's Kellerbier, though.

creemore pilsner the last time i had it was very bad, but the lager a nice north american classic style lager. their urbock was great but i had their kellerbier and thought it was infected.

 

[DPveritasGold]

Honestly, has anyone ever had a good pepper beer?

 

[Wolfdust]

Nope, I never have.