Worst Commercial Beer You've Ever Had?

[Fizzycist]

I had a bomber of something called The Physic from a liquor store in CO. The head looked like dish soap bubbles, and when you tried a sip, it actually tasted like soap. Guess they couldn't get a real head and tried to fake it with Dawn.

 

[Tomsamba]

Wow....thinking about bad beer... I'm old so I remember many...but all time worst had to be a beer I drank in Pottstown PA. It came in a paper milk carton, quart size.... Wow ... I drank it forty some odd years ago.... I think it may have been called "Sunshine beer"..... And I still remember how bad it was.... They told me the brewery closed down when their horse died. But I drank it .... Only beer I could not drink was Watney's Stingo..... I like Malta and could not drink Stingo.... But "Sunshine" was before I began to make my own and had no standards, "Stingo" was after...

 

[bottlebomber]

I kind of like the idea of getting served a beer in a paper carton... too bad it sucked.

 

[rycov]

yeah i would have to try a beer in a paper carton.

 

[MN_Jay]

Mine was a shiner, I think it was called red ruby or something like that - dumped the other 5 bottles, couldn't even force one more down.

 

[mikeysab]

Stone vertical epic 11 was up there for me. Base beer was great, but once that pepper taste hit my palate, I almost vomited. I tried to fight through but couldn't do it

 

[Qhrumphf]

Stone vertical epic 11 was up there for me. Base beer was great, but once that pepper taste hit my palate, I almost vomited. I tried to fight through but couldn't do it

I didn't think it was that bad. Previous incarnations were definitely better, but it wasn't like this was dump-worthy or anything. I'm thinking if I'd cellared it the pepper taste would mellow a bit.

 

[mrmuskie]

Hub city amber ale. I had it twice. first time it was infected so it was like rotten yogurt and the second time (2 months later) it was.... you guessed it infected! come on guys get your stuff together. It was so bad that i even emailed the company just to give them a heads up.

 

[badbrew]

Elephant was one that comes to mind.

 

[pyth]

Löwenbräu for sure. We called it the 8 packs 9th beer in high school. You'd get an 8 pack of Keiths, and 1 tallboy of Löwenbräu to drink when the 8 pack was gone. There was no way you could drink that before you had 8 other beer in you.

It had an okay taste on your first sip, and okay when you swallow, then the aftertaste hits, and it was like if you put some water in an ashtray, and then put some wet ash in your mouth. Pure ashtray.

 

[StittsvilleJames]

Löwenbräu for sure. We called it the 8 packs 9th beer in high school. You'd get an 8 pack of Keiths, and 1 tallboy of Löwenbräu to drink when the 8 pack was gone. There was no way you could drink that before you had 8 other beer in you.

It had an okay taste on your first sip, and okay when you swallow, then the aftertaste hits, and it was like if you put some water in an ashtray, and then put some wet ash in your mouth. Pure ashtray.

I think I would rather 8 lowenbrau's before I attempted a Keith's..lol

 

[mikeysab]

I didn't think it was that bad. Previous incarnations were definitely better, but it wasn't like this was dump-worthy or anything. I'm thinking if I'd cellared it the pepper taste would mellow a bit.

I don't doubt that it was good, If you like pepper beers, but when that pepper flavor hit me, I couldn't take it. Also, I had just drank a hobgoblin. I think if I just drank the Stone on its own, it wouldn't have bothered me. It killed me to not like a Stone beer, but that one element of that beer didn't agree with me.

 

[aiptasia]

Schaffer. Bleah!

 

[husker]

The beer was called Beer 30. It didn't even get close to tasting like beer. It was a dollar at a bar and I had to try it. The bartender warned me, I should have listened.

 

[pyth]

I don't doubt that it was good, If you like pepper beers, but when that pepper flavor hit me, I couldn't take it. Also, I had just drank a hobgoblin. I think if I just drank the Stone on its own, it wouldn't have bothered me. It killed me to not like a Stone beer, but that one element of that beer didn't agree with me.

Tis the pride of Nova Scotia! But to be honest, since I both quit smoking, and started brewing my own beer, I can't drink it anymore. A combination of being used to better craft brews, and regaining taste buds has exposed what a truely bad beer Keiths really is.

 

[emjay]

Löwenbräu for sure. We called it the 8 packs 9th beer in high school. You'd get an 8 pack of Keiths, and 1 tallboy of Löwenbräu to drink when the 8 pack was gone. There was no way you could drink that before you had 8 other beer in you.

It had an okay taste on your first sip, and okay when you swallow, then the aftertaste hits, and it was like if you put some water in an ashtray, and then put some wet ash in your mouth. Pure ashtray.

I know a lot of people who insist that hops taste like "ashtray". Can't remember what Löwenbräu tastes like (wasn't THAT bad), but I wonder if that's it.

 

[TAPPOOL]

In Western Pa. if you wanted a case of the runs you drank Schmidts. Hence the nickname here for it was "Schitzs". Not even sure if they brew it anymore. I hope not. Better then prunes and a enema combined.

 

[mikeysab]

Tis the pride of Nova Scotia! But to be honest, since I both quit smoking, and started brewing my own beer, I can't drink it anymore. A combination of being used to better craft brews, and regaining taste buds has exposed what a truely bad beer Keiths really is.

I love when people do that. Haha

 

[Sinnick]

Not sure if it has been mentioned, but Magic Hat beers. I live in KY/TN and it is everywhere. I was excited to find a new beer at first but man it was awful. Especially the not quite pale ale. Horrible...Anyone else ever had it? Explain why it is so off tasting please.
- nick

 

[Grumpybumpy]

Not sure if it has been mentioned, but Magic Hat beers. I live in KY/TN and it is everywhere. I was excited to find a new beer at first but man it was awful. Especially the not quite pale ale. Horrible...Anyone else ever had it? Explain why it is so off tasting please.
- nick

It's very sweet for a pale. Not a huge fan of it either, but my sister really likes it.

 

[Erroneous]

Magic hat #9 not quite pale ale has a little apricot. Quite popular around my friends actually.

 

[emjay]

Magic hat #9 not quite pale ale has a little apricot

This. Not the biggest fan of it, but it's nowhere near the worst beer ever. Though I can imagine that not being aware that it has apricot (and thus expecting something like a typical APA) would make it seem much worse.

 

[drainbamage]

This. Not the biggest fan of it, but it's nowhere near the worst beer ever. Though I can imagine that not being aware that it has apricot (and thus expecting something like a typical APA) would make it seem much worse.

+1 I think Magic Hat #9 is a little overrated (I know a lot of people who rave about it), but I wouldn't put it in "Worst. Beer. Ever." territory. I guess I can see how other people could like it, and I give Magic Hat props for experimenting, I just think the apricot gives it a funky aftertaste.

 

[Winters49441]

Wiedemann's beer is probably the second worst beer ever. The worst beer ever is Steel Reserve. I dumped that **** down the drain.

 

[OldWorld]

Camo X Black...It's about 2$ a can and 12 percent alcohol...Absolutely nasty. I think a glass of jug wine wine is ambrosia compared to the Camo.

 

[aerialmedical]

Abita Christmas Ale...bleh. Bah humbug to that!

 

[BrewKnurd]

Abita Christmas Ale...bleh. Bah humbug to that!

Really? I have a couple left in a 6-pack, and while its not great, I certainly wouldn't say its bad. If anything, its just kinda non-descript. Nothing stands out enough for it to merit a "worst beer" designation. At least not for me. Sorry it was bad for you!

 

[flyingfinbar]

I think I've given up on Christmas/holiday beers in general. All I've tried just seem like over spiced, under hopped, high gravity disasters! I'm sure, if I tried the right one, that my mind could be changed, but it hasn't happened yet.

 

[urbanmyth]

The worst I've had is Rinkuškiai Before-After Triple Bock. I tried it about a month after really getting into craft brews. Even after trying and enjoying many brews I would not have liked prior to becoming a homebrewer, this was awful. Tasted like somebody took Easter vomit and filtered it through wildflowers and orange peels. Hoping once I get up the courage to try a triple bock again, I choose one worth drinking.

 

[agsensi]

Heineken is the worst beer I've ever had. I found Corona and Red Stripe pretty repulsive too. Followed closely by Bud Light.

I agree