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

[lowtones84]

Rowdy (hoppy rye) from Atlas Brew Works in D.C. Had pretty good reviews online, but after trying two cans it tasted like old LME, out of place floral hops, and was so sweet that my lips were sticky. Apparently you can sell mediocre beginner homebrew for $10 a six-pack.

 

[Craigmn]

Honestly, has anyone ever had a good pepper beer?

Prairie bomb and from what I hear Mexican cake is pretty legit. Never had it though

 

[Calichusetts]

Honestly, has anyone ever had a good pepper beer?

Night shift viva habenero is lights out. Smuttynose baja hoodie is also well done

 

[Apple_Jacker]

Pepper beers seem best for cooking and not drinking.

I was at Bell's Eccentric Cafe 2 weeks ago and they had a habeñero infused Oberon, but I was to preoccupied drinking Kalamazoo IPA and other delicious beers I didn't try it.

 

[burnthesheep]

It has to be a pattern and not a coincidence since I gave another 6-pack a try. My wife pretty much only drinks certain pilsners and Kolsch style stuff.

But a place called Big Boss here makes a Kolsch style "Angry Angel". Every time I drank it I could swear they accidentally mixed a batch of Kolsch with an IPA.

I expect a Kolsch to have that really really smooth drink and finish but this stuff tasted literally 75% an IPA to me.

I'm not a super educated beer drinker, but if you blindfold me I can tell you a stout from an IPA from a pilsner, etc...

Never bought it again.

A newer place popped up making a Kolsch style locally and it's totally a different drink, exactly the way I expect it to taste. The newer place's tasted 95% a Gaffel.

 

[inkman15]

Prairie bomb and from what I hear Mexican cake is pretty legit. Never had it though

Mexican Cake is a revelation - it is a perfect balance of roast, chocolate, coffee notes, and just a little bit of heat at the end. Unfortunately, a lot of pepper beers really amp up the heat and don't think of it in context with the beer to create a balanced taste. Habanero Sculpin is even too much in more than 4oz pours. Things like Ghostface Killah that are downright painful? No thanks.

 

[cskid]

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.

Completely agree

 

[OTTB]

Flower Power - Butt puckering bitterness!!!

 

[knotquiteawake]

Sam Adams Christmas Beers. They're terrible. The worst ever was the Cherry Porter thing. It was vile. Low carbonation, sweet cheery, malty... yuk. Close second was the one they made with junipers. Then third place would be Shiner's Prickly Pear beer.

 

[beernutz]

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.

LOL

 

[grampamark]

Shock Top End of the World Midnight Wheat. It's probably a stretch to call anything with the Shock Top label "craft beer" but Midnight Wheat is, without question, the most unpleasant tasting liquid I have ever put in my mouth (and I’ve siphoned a fair amount of gasoline in my time).

 

[NGD]

Shock Top End of the World Midnight Wheat. It's probably a stretch to call anything with the Shock Top label "craft beer" but Midnight Wheat is, without question, the most unpleasant tasting liquid I have ever put in my mouth (and I’ve siphoned a fair amount of gasoline in my time).

Lol. I always thought Shock Top was pretty bad, especially their tangerine. Figured I wasn’t alone when they started to sponsor Tough Mudder and you’d see 3/4 full beer cups sitting around every level surface. I’m talking several hundred at a minimum just in the areas I visited.

 

[Rob2010SS]

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.

Lol this is awesome. I used to love Guinness before i got into craft beers. I don't even consider it a stout anymore. More like a black ale on nitro

 

[WesBrew]

craft styles that are all nasty; pumpkin, sour, bacon, bourbon barrel, hot pepper, Someone gave me a pumpking recently, super nasty. Cant remember what brewery makes the rootbeer beer, also disgusting

 

[jschein]

Any beer by Clemson Brothers in Middletown NY. Their food is really good though

 

[Rob2010SS]

Irie IPA by Tighthead Brewing. Not a fan of that one at all

 

[Toxxyc]

Mine was a local stout made in some small little town in South Africa. In-your-face obvious flaws, with baby vomit being the most prominent of the lot. I took two sips, made my brother in law taste who promptly spat it out and then tossed the bottle.

 

[Scientific hippie]

craft styles that are all nasty; pumpkin, sour, bacon, bourbon barrel, hot pepper, Someone gave me a pumpking recently, super nasty. Cant remember what brewery makes the rootbeer beer, also disgusting

I hate almost all flavorings, but make an exception for pumpkin, which I love. The worst beer I have had recently was blueberry gose. Redolent of blueberries and seaweed; salty. I could only take a couple of sips of it. But I love JAWN (I only figured out today that "N" stands for "nugget") and coffee JAWN from the same brewery, Neshaminy Creek. I guess I'll have to amend my statement about flavor exceptions to add coffee.

 

[AZCoolerBrewer]

I had an awful ale at a beer festival with many AZ beers present. The brewery was very new. I have never dumped a cold beer until that day or since. They were at the same beer festival the next year and their beer game was on point.

On second thought. I recently had a Chardonnay barrel aged sour that was so strong with acetic acid that I couldn’t drink it. At least the first one tasted like beer. Both places are local and make good beer too so I won’t name them.

 

[danielthemaniel]

Okay probably doesn't fit the craft beer description but the worst has to Pabst Pale Ale. There was an english mild that I bought that I threw out too. It was super aged, so cant be too critical.

 

[SanPancho]

Some texas brewery makes a 100 ibu ipa. They call it cabron. Stupid name. Horrible beer. Most horrible bitter ive ever had.

Runner up- Golden road mango cart. Nobody would drink it. I ended up taking it to a bbq and dumping it on someone else.

Non craft worst- becks dark. Why does this beer even exist? What purpose does it serve. I literally spit it out.

 

[NGD]

Just remembered, I tried New Belgiums Ranger IPA shortly after they released it. Tasted like ass. First beer I tossed after a sip..and I’ve had some bad ones

 

[wepeeler]

Wally Juice is pretty terrible. "Wally Juice is a hazier, juicier sequel to our original New England IPA, Wally"

Tastes nothing like a NEIPA, it isn't hazy, and I dumped all of it down the drain. Yuck.

 

[El Nino]

Campo pale ale from Nicaragua. Not that it was terrible or undrinkable, just no flavor for a pale ale. During that trip I pretty much drank Tona which is like their budweiser. Was glad to come back to the states for a good ol American IPA

 

[Dice_Boken]

I’m sure it’s just the style but I could not finish Weihenstephaner Vitus. It tasted so bad. I’m sure it’s not a bad beer but it’s style just isn’t for me.

 

[wepeeler]

Guinness Blonde
Green Flash IPA

 

[Leapsandbounds]

Shipyard Blood Orange, it tastes like orange soda. Very strong artificial orange flavor. It’s the worst beer I’ve ever tasted. Pretty certain I tossed most of it.

 

[VVbrewery]

Recently at a small brewery in Flagstaff AZ that evidently specializes in sours (or maybe infected beers) I had a Gose that tasted like a glass of vinegar.