Worst Commercial Beer You've Ever Had?

[k_state_brewer]

Schmitt's Gay not very appetizing, but the pool party was even worse.

Brilliant post.

Has to be post of the year so far.

 

[BargainMugs]

+1 Hilarious post. I loved that SNL cast.

:rockin:

 

[godofcheese]

I normally love the stuff that brew dog puts out (Riptide and their hardcore ipa are both amazing) but stay far far away from Storm. Its an IPA aged in an isley cask, and it just tastes like burnt wood and salt. The hops have all their flavor stripped away due to the aging and only the bitterness is left. The only beer I have ever dumped.

 

[MoronBrothersBrewery]

Kona Brewing, Fire Rock Pale Ale, yuck!... Harpoon IPA (IPA...yeah right!)

 

[Qhrumphf]

Harpoon IPA (IPA...yeah right!)

My thoughts exactly. That, and Red Hook's Long Hammer. Last time I had either, I got bitter, I got no hops. Didn't taste at all like an IPA to me. I wouldn't qualify em as worst commercial beer ever though...

 

[Toga]

I have a new worst...................Kennebunkport Blueberry Wheat Ale

Smells fruity just not blueberry. Tastes horrible. I gave it a second try a few days later...........even worse. Could not get past the second sip. Dumped both glasses. Best description: Think of a bowl of fruity pebbles with Coors light instead of milk.

 

[osagedr]

Had seen this thread pop up now and then but always thought "I must be lucky; I've had commercial beers I didn't think were great, but nothing I really consider 'bad'."

That all changed last night. Had a Thwaite's Very Nutty Black. Just terrible IMO. I don't know anything about the beer but it seemed like they took a very light ale recipe then dumped in a huge amount of a very dark roasted grain. The beer is extremely astringent. I get no malt, no hops, no body...just astringency.

Edit: read some reviews online after posting here and nobody else hates it as much as me. Starting to wonder whether the bottle I had was infected?

 

[mrwilson]

Grolsch. I was 16 too and poured it out. What 16 year old ours out free beer!? It was bad. Haven't tried it since.

 

[EROK]

Ichibod's Pumpkin Ale....by far the WORST beer ever tasted......even tried one bottle 4 months later and it was still SH!T. I mean BAD !!!

 

[Phunhog]

A friend gave me a bottle of Double Take Brewing Co. IPA.....awful....just plain awful. No hop flavor, aroma, or anything. The bitterness is super harsh and almost painful. I think it is like 5 bucks for a sixer so that explains it.

 

[Jsmith82]

Go ahead and put this one up there haha.. Found this gem at Walgreens, 2.99 a sixer. I made a deal with a buddy that if we find any sixer for under 3 bucks during this summer, we have to buy it. I wonder if they will buy the 5 pack back?

Big Flats Premium Light. Thumbs down.

 

[aerialmedical]

Big Flats Premium Light. Thumbs down.

Oh yeah, that good 'ole Big Flats Walgreen's is pushing on the world....sad, sad, sad...it was funny, today my father said he had picked up the sixer of Big Flats and enjoyed 'em. Send me your 5 pack, J - I'll pass 'em on to the old man.

 

[LVBen]

A friend gave me a bottle of Double Take Brewing Co. IPA.....awful....just plain awful. No hop flavor, aroma, or anything. The bitterness is super harsh and almost painful. I think it is like 5 bucks for a sixer so that explains it.

I've got a few of those sitting in my fridge. I bought them for a few weeks ago (had never heard of it before, so I decided to try a six-pack.)

I wouldn't call it the worst beer I've ever had, but the bottles are still undrinken for a reason.

 

[Cosper123]

Sam Adams Rustic Saisen.

I read through a lot of these and don't get the Sam Adams hate. The Sam Adams Light for example...had no flavor but hardly the worst. The Summer Ale was something that wasn't really that bad...Starting to think people just have it out for Sam Adams with offerings like that compared to various other possble worsts. But this Rustic S!@# is hard to drink. It tastes like Satan ate a bunch of jasmine and then pissed it out...then drank that and pissed it out again.

 

[mrduna01]

Sam Adams Rustic Saisen.

I read through a lot of these and don't get the Sam Adams hate. The Sam Adams Light for example...had no flavor but hardly the worst. The Summer Ale was something that wasn't really that bad...Starting to think people just have it out for Sam Adams with offerings like that compared to various other possble worsts. But this Rustic S!@# is hard to drink. It tastes like Satan ate a bunch of jasmine and then pissed it out...then drank that and pissed it out again.

I enjoyed it!

 

[SoxFan33]

Steel Reserve or Milwaukee's Best ICE

I second that on the Steel Reserve. Drank it once (it was $1 for a 20oz can or something like that) and it gave me terrible heartburn for 2 days afterward. Never had that happen with any other beer. Stuff is awful.

 

[chumpsteak]

New Belgium Mothership... it sticks out in my mind for being horrible.

Agreed. I love NB beers, but the Mothership Wit is horrible. Tastes like sucking on a clove. I thought the pack I got was broke, but apparently it's supposed to taste like that? Ugh.

 

[emjay]

Dominus Vobiscum Blanche

It's a wit I tried yesterday... first drainpour in ages. And yet it's 91st %ile on ratebeer, and 98th for style. Those people must be frigging sheep, as this beer was objectively awful, NOT a bad batch - the problem was due entirely to a disgusting overuse of coriander. I actually like coriander in many beers, but the intensity was beyond identifiable (which is bad enough), and to the point where I might as well have just chewed on a fistful of the stuff. Gross.

 

[LVBen]

Agreed. I love NB beers, but the Mothership Wit is horrible. Tastes like sucking on a clove. I thought the pack I got was broke, but apparently it's supposed to taste like that? Ugh.

I'm glad I'm not the only one.

NB Mothership Wit is one of the only commercial beers that I've ever had to dump!

 

[brick]

A local brewery had just opened up last fall, and I was given a sixer of their oaked oktoberfest. To date this is the only beer that I have been truly unable to drink, and I tried fully five times over several months thinking it might mellow. I understand the oak thing but this was like sucking on splinters. Malt and hops were undetectable behind that astringent mess. I can't fathom how the brewmaster achieved that, nevermind decided to put it on the shelves.

 

[macsyrinx]

Hamm's

 

[pascott6]

Miller Lite

 

[dabeers]

Shipyard Pumkinhead...had it a couple of years ago and was absolutely terrible. And I do like pumpkin beers like Dogfishhead and Schlafly, and of course my own. Never again.

 

[Double_D]

I had Hop Box from Joseph James and it was terrible. Defect city.

 

[C-Rider]

Sam Adams Sasson (sp)

 

[jfrank85]

Sam Adams Rustic Saisen.

I read through a lot of these and don't get the Sam Adams hate. The Sam Adams Light for example...had no flavor but hardly the worst. The Summer Ale was something that wasn't really that bad...Starting to think people just have it out for Sam Adams with offerings like that compared to various other possble worsts. But this Rustic S!@# is hard to drink. It tastes like Satan ate a bunch of jasmine and then pissed it out...then drank that and pissed it out again.

Probably one of the worst SA's ive ever had. Tasted like medicine imo.

 

[bwomp313]

Sam Adams Triple Bock

 

[rycov]

the saison? really? it wasn't fantastic. but imo it was another "eh, this almost tastes like a craft beer" didn't really have much flavor, but still decent. maybe you got bad bottles? (or maybe i did?)

 

[El_Matador]

Jester King's very aptly named Commercial Suicide.

Tastes like dirty water fermented inside the ass end of a hobo.
They make a bourbon barrel aged one as well. Tastes like bourbon barrel aged dirty water.

It's absolutely atrocious, no body, no aroma, no mouthfeel, no alcohol. I have the sneaking suspicion they're playing a joke on us, as the rest of the beers they make are waaay above average. The black metal and boxer's revenge are nothing short of amazing.

 

[corkybstewart]

the saison? really? it wasn't fantastic. but imo it was another "eh, this almost tastes like a craft beer" didn't really have much flavor, but still decent. maybe you got bad bottles? (or maybe i did?)

I thought it was the best beer in the summer sampler I bought. I like SA in general as long as it's not one of their gruesome fruit concoctions.