Worst Commercial Beer You've Ever Had?

[GRBrewer]

It's still probably better than piss beer, but as far as micros go, I bought a 4 pack of Mad River Double Dread imperial red. It was almost undrinkable. I gave 1 away and have 2 sitting in my fridge, taunting me. There were huge chunks floating in it, and the taste was pretty nasty. I don't remember the specifics, since it was a couple months ago, but it was downright unpleasant. It gets mostly good reviews on beeradvocate, with some bad reviews, so I suppose it's possible they had a bad batch.

Large chumks of stuff?! That has to be an infected batch...

 

[drainbamage]

Crazy Ed's Cave Creek Chili Beer. You know, the ones in the clear bottle with the sickly-looking jalapeno at the bottom. I tried one at an "everybody bring a 6-pack of something random" beer party, so thankfully I didn't have to pay for it. It's like a skunky Corona Light with a bunch of Tabasco sauce in it. I got about 1/4 of the bottle down and dumped the rest in the yard, but my stomach felt horrible the rest of the night.

I had Sam Adams cherry wheat a couple years ago and it tasted pretty good. Last years though was cough syrup. Maybe they changed the recipe?

Leinenkugel's Berry Weiss is like that too. Thick, syrupy, and way too sweet IMHO.

 

[Piratwolf]

For my money, Sam Adams Old Fezziwig is doubly disappointing: not only was it undrinkably unpleasant, I was bummed b/c I'm a Christmas Carol fanatic

"All your home brew are belong to us!"

 

[makomachine]

I had my worst beer ever on my recent visit to SoCal - a 6 pack of Firestone Walker Pale Ale that was an herbal nightmare. I'm guessing a bad batch as the hops were way off (herbal), had zero bitterness, and was extremely watery. Disappointed to say the least. I also had a bomber of their stout (forget the name) and found it to be mediocre. I expected great things from them and left CA with a pretty poor view of their offerings.

 

[KayaBrew]

Crazy Ed's Cave Creek Chili Beer. You know, the ones in the clear bottle with the sickly-looking jalapeno at the bottom. I tried one at an "everybody bring a 6-pack of something random" beer party, so thankfully I didn't have to pay for it. It's like a skunky Corona Light with a bunch of Tabasco sauce in it. I got about 1/4 of the bottle down and dumped the rest in the yard, but my stomach felt horrible the rest of the night.



Leinenkugel's Berry Weiss is like that too. Thick, syrupy, and way too sweet IMHO.

Cave Creek...yeah that a sh*tty beer! Un-freakin'-drinkable.

 

[ilikethetrees]

Lost Abbey's Angel's Share Brandy Barrel-Aged. Simply awful. Just spent a ton of money on this and it was completely flat and oxidized up the wazzoo. This one was a big surprise and a real learning experience. It's a damn shame, too. The flavor potential is really there with the dark fruit, rich big-hearted malt and caramel tones, but everything surrounding it is awful. Super boozy, stale, and flat as my tap water. Felt like I had poured myself and my fiance a pint of cheap weak thick brandy.

Might be salvageable as a base for a reduction sauce for some red meat dish, on the up side!

Anyone else try this beer? Super gross!

 

[SwampassJ]

Lost Abbey's Angel's Share Brandy Barrel-Aged. Simply awful. Just spent a ton of money on this and it was completely flat and oxidized up the wazzoo. This one was a big surprise and a real learning experience. It's a damn shame, too. The flavor potential is really there with the dark fruit, rich big-hearted malt and caramel tones, but everything surrounding it is awful. Super boozy, stale, and flat as my tap water. Felt like I had poured myself and my fiance a pint of cheap weak thick brandy.

Might be salvageable as a base for a reduction sauce for some red meat dish, on the up side!

Anyone else try this beer? Super gross!

Call or email the brewery and let them know they have some flat beers out there.

 

[ilikethetrees]

I'm pretty sure they know by now. Beeradvocate.com ratings for that version of Angel's Share are rife with statements about the flatness of the beer. Must have been a packaging mishap. The one I had was from 2008, by the way.

Like I said, the flavors were a great idea and individually were quite enjoyable, but something wacky happened along the way.

No disrespect to Lost Abbey. Those guys do a great job all in all.

 

[MDVDuber]

Haven't fished through all 130 pages of this thread - but having just come back from India - I can say with certainty that the worst commercial beer I've had in recent memory is Kingfisher!

 

[Monstar]

Just want to say again that Shlitz is by far the worst beer ever.

 

[jc587491]

Just want to say again that Shlitz is by far the worst beer ever.

I second that motion, my roommates and I decided to get that for beer pong one time because it was cheap and well, it couldn't be worse the C***'s Light right? WRONG! Terrible. We could not even use it for beer pong! Had to go back to the store.

 

[Monstar]

We could not even use it for beer pong!

Wow. Glad you agree. That there is some pretty definitive proof that Schlitz is indeed the worst beer created!

 

[angolajones]

Had some Warbird from Fort Wayne. Now out of business. Had to throw it out.

Jonesy

 

[borden]

I tried the Sam Adams Bonfire Rauchbier the other day and I thought it was so disgusting I poured out the last half of the glass. I've had some great smoked beers in my time, but this was awful. Tasted like liquid smoke or something -- no nuance, no complexity, no enjoyment. It saddened me.

 

[H-ost]

Taproom #21 Brewing Company - Moe's Backroom Amber Ale

I bought it to fuel my first AG brew last weekend because I was brewing an Amber Ale... I really hope it turns out nothing like this, it made me nervous.

 

[klars]

I taught English in Taiwan for a spell. Their national beer "Taiwan Beer" in a can with blue writing.

Close second is that swill by Sleemans called Clear.

 

[GRBrewer]

Have any of you guys tried Simpler Times Lager made by Minhas Craft Brewery Its very very sweet, and tastes a little like corn. Really nasty stuff when it comes to being beer. But hey, at 6.2% abv...its not all bad.

 

[Eternalodyssey]

I tried "Milwaukee's Best Light" the other night and ended with disastrous results. I am in the military and when we're moving inbetween locations, we come up with some weird ideas to fill the empty time inbetween. I was once dared to drink Air Conditioner condensation water. I went through with it and regret it since. But not as much as I regret drinking MBL. That stuff literally made air conditioner condensation seem preferable. Crazy to realize some people drink that stuff on a regular basis.

 

[bottlebomber]

Have any of you guys tried Simpler Times Lager made by Minhas Craft Brewery Its very very sweet, and tastes a little like corn. Really nasty stuff when it comes to being beer. But hey, at 6.2% abv...its not all bad.

They sell it at Trader Joes... its 2.99 a 6 pack. I drank one, and shot the other 5 at the range.

 

[drocu]

Sam Adam's Triple Bock. It may have been a bad bottle to be fair but it tasted like soy sauce. In fact, I couldn't drink any dark beers for quite a while afterwards because they all reminded me of that soy sauce taste. Disgusting.

 

[bottlebomber]

Good lord... according to this thread, SA makes at least 40 different beers, and they all suck.

 

[jonmohno]

I have not tried all Sam Adams,but mainly always avoid them, but i always like to try sometihing once, ive tried a few and i remeber thinking the winter lager last year was decent. That about wraps it up folks. Maybe a beer or two from them. Even the homebrew varity looked ****ty.

 

[SwampassJ]

Good lord... according to this thread, SA makes at least 40 different beers, and they all suck.

No, just the ones that taste like cough syrup, smoke, soy, lemon, and any other experiment that shouldn't of made it out of a small test area.

 

[H-ost]

I tried "Milwaukee's Best Light" the other night and ended with disastrous results. I am in the military and when we're moving inbetween locations, we come up with some weird ideas to fill the empty time inbetween. I was once dared to drink Air Conditioner condensation water. I went through with it and regret it since. But not as much as I regret drinking MBL. That stuff literally made air conditioner condensation seem preferable. Crazy to realize some people drink that stuff on a regular basis.

The BEAST has always been my least favorite but having stayed away from it for so many years I completely forgot about it...

 

[dcHokie]

The BEAST has always been my least favorite but having stayed away from it for so many years I completely forgot about it...

I drank +/- 1 million Beast Lights in college before I knew of good beer.

 

[flyfisherwes]

Heinekin

 

[lewstherin]

About 10 years ago my old band was playing a gig in Lansing and then another in Detroit on back to back nights. So we begin the long, fun drive from Madison to Detroit. Our van breaks down in Gary, Indiana which is a beautiful little city and we have it towed to a mechanic. After several Deliverance-like hours we're back on the road again but have no chance in hell of making the Lansing gig. We get there in time to see one of the other bands and play pinball after 15 minutes of which we hit the road to find a hotel. And beer.

We bought a 24 pack of Strohs after running over a gigantic dead raccoon.

Long story short, we got tanked on Strohs at 3 in the morning in the hotel room, trashed it, watched our vocalist and guitarist fight and roll around in the freshly ordered pizza from a Gumby's imitator, laughed at the guitarist (who we locked out of the room for being too drunk for even us to stand) outside the room screaming to be let back in, and then all passed out.

I will never drink Strohs again.

Yes, I got the pizza fight on tape: YouTube - Don vs Luck

i can only conclude you were already completely wasted when the van broke down. only a person who's blind drunk could ever consider gary, indiana a "beautiful little city".
the worst beer i've ever drank was this piss water called "crazy stallion". i got a block down the road from the liquor store, popped the top and took a long pull, then preceded to turn around and hand the beer back to the cashier. i said "this beer is flat and has turned to vinegar or something." she let me grab another one and i went through the same routine. i just threw the thing out the window. it's a rare moment when i can't choke down a cheap 24 ounce on lunch break. but it happened with that crap.

 

[JonM]

Sam Adam's Triple Bock. It may have been a bad bottle to be fair but it tasted like soy sauce. In fact, I couldn't drink any dark beers for quite a while afterwards because they all reminded me of that soy sauce taste. Disgusting.

Ugh. There were chunks. I could smell that nasty sh*t across the room and I continued to smell it for hours after I poured it out.

 

[CreamyGoodness]

The one that always makes me giggle is Schlitz. Ive had cans that sorta burned on the way down. That aint right... lol. But I cant complain, I bought 3 cases with the proceeds from our empties returns in college :rockin:

 

[TopherM]

I typically really like Belgian beers (not just the style, the country of origin), but I had PALM for the first time this weekend and thought it was utterly boring. It was like a Scottish 60, except they charge a premium price for it. Almost like a watered-down amber. Anyway, I wouldn't recommend it.