Worst Commercial Beer You've Ever Had?

[MSOE_HomeBrew]

Hands down the worse beer I've ever had was Pacifico. I don't know if I caught a bad bottle (this was a bbq at a friends house so I don't normally drink that stuff) or that stuff is just naturally vile, but I couldn't get through more than 1/3 of the bottle before tossing it. And that says a lot since I've been able to stomach some pretty nasty batches of homebrew I've made when I was starting.

Yeah that beer is nasty! I should have known it was gonna be bad when I bought it from Aldi.

 

[statseeker]

De Koninck Belgian beer. Too yeasty and malty for me. I couldnt bring myself to drink it all. Bevmo may give it 90 pts but I give it a big ick!

 

[lylo]

"Dude" beer in British Columbia.It came with a Dude toque though, so wasn't a complete waste.It even made the chiken taste bad when I shoved it up it's ass and put it on the bbq.

 

[Ralelen]

You know I did have this beer for Brazil that came in a beer of the month club that SWMBO got me. It was like eating a cardboard box.

 

[jaycount]

OP is a communist :cross:

Worst commercial beer...hmmm Abita Purple Haze. That's the raspberry one I believe? Blah that's closer to a malternative IMO

 

[EPS]

Hands down coors

 

[Qhrumphf]

All around consistently worst are no surprise: Natural Ice and Milwaukee's Best.

Worst ever had to be a bad batch: A case of Hoegaarden a few years ago that was just plain vile. I've had it a few times since, still not wild about it, but this particular case was awful. We were playing volleyball and any time someone committed a foul they had to drink the beer. We are not the frat boy beer pong types, and this was not a reward. It was THAT bad.

 

[KPatton]

I am grateful for bad commercial beer. It makes me less apologetic for beer I brew that does not appeal to everyone. I sometimes make beer that even I don't like, but I feel better and question my homebrewing skills less, when I taste commercial brews that taste like or taste worse than some that I have made.

 

[Portah]

The Beast...

 

[Fritobandito]

Lion Imperial. Friend bought a 6er of it and gave me one. He said it was bad and wanted me to try it. I could hardly get down that one bottle.

 

[edgeofblade]

I'm sure this has been mentioned somewhere already: Leinenkugel Sunset Wheat. Smells and tastes like a bowl of Fruity Pebbles.

 

[DieterVonBrauhaus]

Every beer made my Budweiser.

 

[ao125]

Duck Rabbit Milk Stout.

Worst thing I've ever had. Tasted exactly like burnt microwave popcorn.

 

[ForrestWoods]

I sat and read through this entire thread on my lunch break and it kept me quite amused, I haven't had much beer I couldn't finish but often buy styles I enjoy and usually try to buy brands I've never heard/seen. That being said, I figured I'd branch out and try a Flemish ale a good friend/better beer enthusiast suggested... Big mistake! I found out very quickly that I don't like sours. I don't drink any beer with fruit, so I cannot attest to those, but the people trashing leines shandy, it sounds like exactly what a shandy is supposed to taste like... Beer mixed with sparkling lemonade, my grandparents drink them all summer long

 

[PhelanKA7]

The only beer I could not finish was one of those medley 12 packs of Belgian beers. There were some good beers in there like Golden Draak and Piraat, but the case had to have been a decade old or older. There was literally RUST on the bottle caps. Horrible.

 

[rycov]

i wanna change mine to samuri rice beer, ****ing nasty.

 

[BeefSupreme]

This horrible beer. A special from Trader Joes and was $6.00 for a six pack. I should have known that a beer that cheap could not be good, but I was a fool. I thought "hey, I enjoy IPAs, and even if this is super bitter, no big deal."

Smelled like piss out of the bottle. I tasted one, and since then the rest of the 6 pack has sat in the fridge. I should get rid of it but who knows? Torture doesn't have to be about hurting someone physically.

 

[Reno_eNVy]

Leinenkugel Berry Weiss. Crazy sweet, even smells like diabetes.

Wilford Brimley does not approve.

 

[sendkyleanemail]

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.

I agree, actually. I am a huge fan of stouts. Especially Foreign Extra Stouts, Guiness makes a SUPERB FES, but the standard Guiness is terrible. And you are right, it's worse in Ireland.

So, regular Guiness would be my top vote for worst commercial beer. Any of the Pete's Wicked beers would be next. Wicked is a good name for them YUCK!

Corona is also horrible.

 

[BeefSupreme]

Leinenkugel Berry Weiss. Crazy sweet, even smells like diabetes.

What exactly does diabetes smell like?

 

[rycov]

What exactly does diabetes smell like?

leininkugale berry wiese

 

[maffewl]

The Sam Adams Cherry Wheat is pretty disgusting...

 

[rycov]

The Sam Adams Cherry Wheat is pretty disgusting...

yes it is! that one is on here a couple times. actually its what i picked too, but now i think the worst is the samuri rice beer. gag.

 

[AustinBrewDawg]

Shiner Smokehouse. Tasted like they squeezed sausage drippings into it.

Also, when I was growing up, there was a regional drug store chain (K&B Pharmacy) that store brand labeled items (i.e. mouthwash, aspirin, etc). Well, they produced a beer that came in purple cans that couldn't have been expensive based on the caliber people I saw buying it. I wasn't old enough to try it, but it must have been pretty heinous.

 

[bgruis]

+1 on Leinenkugels Berry Weiss.....are ya friggin kidding me...it tasted like Kool Aid.gack

Colt 45 tasted better

 

[RobWalker]

Coors Light. The yanks may disagree, but I thought it was absolutely terrible. Just tasted...watery and ricey. Horrible.

 

[BrotherJoe]

Leinnies Summer Shandy.

I was at a concert, and, it was somebody elses turn to buy a round. I mumbled something (can't remember what my macro choices were..but I picked the least offensive) apparently there was a mixup at the beer tent when they switched kegs, and we all ended up with glasses of Shandy.

Absolutely not going down..

 

[unionrdr]

I think the summer shandy is pretty good,if you're looking for a nice change,& it's hot outside. It's from an original idea at a particular inn outside Munich.
The one I can't stand is a toss up between Lowenwizz & Pilsner urquell in the green bottles. The PU tastes like fermented skunk spray.

 

[Acoma]

Its not the worst beer but I just had it recently and it was awful. Asylum by Left Coast. Its supposed to be a tripel. It looks nice in the glass and even smells heavenly but then you take a sip and get the biggest dissappointment of all time. Its way too sweet and too much alcohol notes at the end. I refuse to pour out beer so it took me over 2 hours to drink a bomber. It has a B rating on beeradvocate but it deserves a D in my book.

 

[badmajon]

Actually the only beer I downright won't drink if offered to me for free is Fosters. Just the thought of it makes me sick, honestly, WTF is that crap supposed to be anyway?