Worst Commercial Beer You've Ever Had?

[jgln]

Great Lakes Brewing - Grassroots Ale Saison

It tasted like grass clippings...freshly mowed. This is coming from a huge fan of Saisons.

Well, the name, right?

 

[kwantam]

One of my most memorably bad micro brews was New Belgium's 2 Degrees Below. It tasted like someone had taken a beer and added a scoop of potting soil to it.

 

[devilishprune]

The worst beer that I have ever finished was Atwater's Vanilla Java porter. I don't know what went wrong with this beer, but they just need to start over from scratch. It had the mouthfeel of water, which just ain't right for a porter. The taste started out fine, but then towards the end it was like I put a coffee flavored 9 volt battery on my tongue.

 

[Ouroboros]

One of my most memorably bad micro brews was New Belgium's 2 Degrees Below. It tasted like someone had taken a beer and added a scoop of potting soil to it.

Wow, I really like that beer. Then again, I love the taste of triple twelve.

 

[lakeshorebrewer]

Potting soil + beer ?? There awwta be a law I tell ya.

Hopefully the "natural" fertilizer was missing. ;o)

 

[abweatherley]

Tallgrass Brewing Company, Buffalo sweat, by far the worst beer I have had.

Come to think of it Rogue's Chipotle Ale wasn't pleasant either

 

[SIXFOOTER]

That Sam Adams Cherry Wheat was pretty bad, but the hands down worst ever was Billy Beer. Now this was a very long time ago. about 1976 or so when Jimmy C was in the big chair. His brother had some kind of beer deal going, they sold it on the base for $1 a six pack, I drank half of one and tossed the rest. That was back when $1 would get you 3 gallons of gas

 

[iaefebs]

That Sam Adams Cherry Wheat was pretty bad, but the hands down worst ever was Billy Beer. Now this was a very long time ago. about 1976 or so when Jimmy C was in the big chair. His brother had some kind of beer deal going, they sold it on the base for $1 a six pack, I drank half of one and tossed the rest. That was back when $1 would get you 3 gallons of gas

Ahhh... Billy beer.....now that is a blast from the past. That stuff was awful. Gets my vote for worst beer ever.

 

[johnmcc]

Leinenkugels Berry Weiss and Corona

 

[sjlammer]

Brooklyn Winter.... couldn't even finish it.

 

[mjohnson]

Capital Brewery's Supper Club. They make decent beer, so I assume it tastes like what they intended. Lordy. I don't hate on BMC, drink High-Life occasionally too. I had a sip of Supper Club - blech.

 

[moti_mo]

As far as mass-produced, Rolling Rock takes the cake for me.

The absolute worst I can remember trying is a beer that I tried in a bar in Reading, PA many years ago. Can't remember the bar's name, but it had a bunch of comfy sofas and board games. The beer was on tap, and was called "Mannequin's Piss". The tap handle was some sort of doll, meant to be a mannequin obviously. But it tasted as advertised, just like plastic and piss. Don't know if it was a local brewery's beer or what - I can't imagine they still make it

 

[ian-atx]

It was a pale ale served at a brewpub just off of 6th Street in Austin Texas. I believe a place called Fado's Irish pub is there now. The original place was called something else. Worst beer ever. Second worst beer was the stout my wife ordered. I believe they went out of business, which goes to show that even college students won't drink bad beer.

Most likely you are thinking of the coppertank, which was right on 5th and was a brewpub. I thought their beer was not the uh...best. The brewer there then started Independence Brewing. Fado is a ways down the street on 4th.

 

[GodfatherofNBD]

Schlitz

 

[tomlivings]

A mexican sounding beer that (supposedly) has tequila in it, cant remember the name. I used to drink it in France. It was cheap, we were poor and it got you hammered along with chasers of Pastis/grenadine concoction.
It was called 6-shooter or something. Fkin awful.

 

[JasonToews]

Budweiser, Wild Cat, Bush, mgd, corona, old Milwaukee, pretty much any lager that isn't made by a micro brewery. I generally don't like any light colored beers except wheat ales.

 

[tj-los]

Lucifer, F-ING YUK!

 

[lumpher]

in the 80's there were 2 types of beer that were tied. 1 was called ABC Beer, the other was called "Beer", and it was in a white can with black lettering. they were even worse than Olympia. as a high school kid who just wanted beer, i drank 2 olympia's, and ran for the trees to lose it (i was camping)

 

[cyclonetx]

Leinenkugel's Fireside Nut Brown with hazel. Tasted like a nasty coffee drink from Starbucks. Bought a six and dumped five down the drain.

 

[cajunrph]

Schlitz tasted like chit.

 

[KyleWolf]

Great Divide Colette. I understand it is most likely a well made beer, but that blend of yeast they use gives you both Belgian funk AND bubblegum, which ends with a melody of "already chewed bubblegum" mixed with something like B.O., I couldn't even finish a bottle. Tried it a couple of times, same result again, and again.

 

[theschick]

Tallgrass Brewing Company, Buffalo sweat, by far the worst beer I have had.

I agree, this is a very poor stout.

 

[hamiltont]

Recently stopped by the Dillon Dam Brewery & ordered a sampler. Oktoberfest was great. The Lite Lager was seriously ladened with diacetyl. Thought about asking the waitress if I could have a slice of toast with my butter. Left that glass full & finished the rest.

 

[TipsyDragon]

Flying Dog Brewery - Gonzo Imperial Porter

i like dark beers. stouts and porters are my favorite. but this was your typical over the top hop bomb masquerading as a porter.

 

[saluki_brewer]

Not sure if you consider this a commercial beer, but one night I was at a bar across from Wrigley Field and the bar tender suggested a beer they had on tap that supposedly was brewed by Two Brothers exclusively for their bar. My friend and I both got it and agreed that it tasted like it someone dropped a burnt cigarette in the keg. Another friend later stumbled into the bar much drunker than we were and I told him he could have it and he began chugging it until he got about half of it down and stopped and asked what the hell we did to it.

 

[UnderThePorchBrewing]

Leinenkugel's Sunset Wheat

absolutely! would rather eat a box of fruity pebbles than drink a liquid version

 

[remilard]

I agree, this is a very poor stout.

Yall's weird.

The people who hate buffalo sweat, have you had other sweet stouts?

 

[depolarization]

Wait, what are the rules?

I think steel reserve really hurt me the most out of any commercial beer.

If you're talking about great expectations...

Then it would definitely be Great Basin in Reno's "blister in the rye"

I think i had two different beers...one blister in the rye was awesome on monday. The one i had friday night tasted like spoiled bud light.

 

[BigBadMikey]

Sam Adams Cherry Wheat... I'm gagging just thinking about it.

 

[michigator04]

Raison D'Etra. God it took all I had to choke down all 6 of em. I would rather drink BL lime than that again.

Really? I love that beer, and pretty much anything DFH makes. Granted, I don't think I could drink more than one Raison D'Etra, since it really thick and heavy, but I dig the flavors. Kind of like creme brulee with raisin mixed in. To each his own I guess.

Worst overall for me was a Budweiser that I made the mistake of drinking from a bottle, which meant I actually smelled the stuff and couldn't chug it easily. Ugh, almost lost my pizza downing that one.

Worst attempt at a good beer was Shocktop Wheat, also by Bud. I ordered one at a restaurant, not knowing it was happy hour, and they brought me two pints of it. I couldn't finish one.