Worst Commercial Beer You've Ever Had?

[humann_brewing]

petes strawberry blonde is wrechid

 

[bniesen]

i thought supper club was alright. cheap malt, dirty hops? i donno about that. heavy corn, that's for sure, maybe that's what you're tasting?

one pilsner i didn't care for at all is lakefront's local acre. "Imperial Pilsner", wasn't very good.

now that you say that, very well could have been. Everytime I see somebody buy Supper Club I feel like I should warn them, I disliked it THAT much.

 

[motobrewer]

i don't think i'd ever buy any. but i drank the 6 or so someone left at my house.

if i were in that kind of mood I could see myself ordering a few. but in general its not a style I like to drink.

 

[Hoppybeav]

I hope this doesn't piss off any British members, but...

a few years ago, in desperation for beer on a camping trip, I grabbed a sixer of Tetley Ale. I'd never had it or seen it before, but it was cheap and I knew the name from my love of Iced Tea. If I remember right it had some sort of Nitrogen pack in it to give it a creamy head.

It tasted like heavily soiled sweat socks had been soaked in drain water.... and then hopped with grass clippings. ugh.

 

[scrambledegg81]

BMC comes in second (since I hold no qualms about classifying them together!), but numero uno has to be DFH's Palo Santo Marron. Granted, I'm not much of a "dark" beer fan (i.e. Guinness and I don't see eye to eye), but in terms of questionable commercial releases, this one takes the cake. Bought a 4 pack, each poured like cough syrup with literally zero carbonation, and the woody smell was so overwhelming, I gagged upon first sip. Wound up pouring out the first, thinking it was a bad bottle, but #2 was exactly the same way. The remaining 2 went to my LHBS buddy who apparently likes the stuff.

 

[randomsample]

Keystone Ice


*shudders*

 

[mojotele]

I can't remember which it was - Brooklyn Pilsener or Bitburger Pilsener. One of them tasted like armpit. Just god awful.

Might've been a bad keg, though.

 

[optimatored]

Worst Beer: Narraganset. Slogan "Made on Honor, Sold on Merit." Bleh.

 

[fatguy-littlecoat]

Black Label

absolutely the worst beer ever put in a bottle.. as underage drinkers in the 80's when we didnt have the cash we went with black label..

 

[piteko]

#3: canned Birra Castello lager

#2: 't Smisje Catherine aka the super fizzy imperial stout

#1: Beltaine alle castagne affumicate e ginepro (smoked chestnut and juniper beer) aka the burnt tyre flavored beer

 

[maxamuus]

I gotta agree Leinenkugel's Sunset Wheat has got to be among the most vile "beers" i have tasted.

Tasted like Bam Bam took a fruity peebles in a bottle.

 

[Malticulous]

Bottom three: Sam Adams Double Bock, Tractor Brewing Full Plow Stout and the worst I've had...Sam Adams Chery Wheat.

 

[usmcoklahoma]

Keystone and Milwaukees Best. things that make you go... Bleh!

 

[Whut]

I had something by Chimay back in the mid 80's. Never touched anything from them again. Was thinking perhaps I could/should give them another try since my tastes have changed.

 

[hereforbeer]

Shipyard's pumpkin beer is pretty ****ty,but the worst to me has been a smoked brown ale from a known brewery(which I can't remember).**** tasted like medicine.

 

[philmin9]

Clear Creek Ice. in cans. gave me the ****s for 3 days. Even a mixed up homebrew can't do that.

 

[Styles]

VB - Victoria Bitter, an Australian macro, it's just hideous. Also, Nambawan in Vanuatu is complete rubbish too, tastees like a really bad can-and-kilo kit beer..... probably is!

 

[robtotten]

Agreed. I like their regular lager and the Noble Pils, but those two are terrible.

Tie: Samuel Adams Summer Ale and Samuel Adams Cherry Wheat.

 

[Ouroboros]

I gotta agree Leinenkugel's Sunset Wheat has got to be among the most vile "beers" i have tasted.

Yeah that's a pretty nasty brew.

But it can't hold a candle to Steel Reserve.

 

[akpingel]

Deschutes celebration ale.... Jubelale. I really wonder how they manage to keep putting it out every winter?

Probably the worst, but I stay away from scottish/irish reds and nutbrowns because i typically dislike them as a whole.

 

[AmandaK]

Moosehead Lager.

Tastes like what I would imagine moose piss tastes like.

 

[cmuench]

Recent micros I've tried which are horrible:

Founders Red's Rye PA - most of the labels in my 6 pack were even upside down on the bottle!

Beer for Wildlife Rooster Lager

Shiner mesquite or bbq or some kind of grilling name

I dare any of you to try and finish a whole bottle of one of these!!

 

[lakeshorebrewer]

Steel Reserve hands down. (but still I'll partake on occasion to keep it real )

Had a Smoke beer once, but can't remember the brewery. Naaasty!!

 

[Nugent]

Kronenbourg 1664.

I cannot drink this swill and have no ideal how anyone can. Obviously a personal taste/palate thing, but just the thought makes me get that tingly feeling in my gullet.

Ugh.

 

[RchanceN]

Other than the usual cheap stuff you expect...Shipyard Pumpkinhead. Wow. What were they thinking? Kinda pissed I bought a sixer.

 

[Sacdan]

I would have to say Sierra Nevada Pale Ale. No hop flavor, just bitter. I have had it fresh too. I have tried it many times for many years. I live in Northern California and it is everywhere. Most people I know agree. WAY overrated.

 

[oparea]

Bud Light Chelada beer with clams and tomato juice need I say more

 

[MichelleinParkton]

Guinness, at the Guinness Storehouse in Dublin, Ireland.

I figured I would get some flame without explanation. I am not an Irish Stout drinker, so not a fan of the brew to begin with, but can still tell quality. At the Storehouse, however, the beer tasted watered down. There was no character other than thickness and head. It was bland, and the only excuse I could come up with is that it was young. Even my wife, who loves Guinness, only had a third of her pint.

This goes for Guinness we got elsewhere in Ireland as well. Same watered down taste.

They say it tastes different in Ireland... they are right, it is worse.

The free Guinness at the factory WAS god awful. That's what you happens when all that matters is a great view, cute girls working at the bar and tourism. Anywhere else in Ireland the Guinness was heaven.

 

[Dallas]

Dixie Beer. Great name. Awful taste and an oily aftertaste that sticks around for a long time.

 

[jkreuze]

worst beer i've ever had was leinie's berry weiss. took one drink and spit it back out.

Leine's Berryweiss is completely atrocious. My friend and I tried it at a Market BBQ (restaurant) over by downtown MPLS about oh, fifteen years ago, and it was so bad, we looked at each other and grimaced and tried to send it back. The management refused to let us switch it up for a different beer. The waitress got us free dessert, kind lady that she was, ensuring a reasonable tip.

Neither he nor I has been to a Market BBQ since.

Berryweiss is like rancid jam.