Worst Commercial Beer You've Ever Had?

[Garth_86]

Sorry, yes good way to put it "skunk bomb".

 

[downtown3641]

Bud Light Chelada. The worst thing ever, and I only had a sip in college and I still remember it. As far as craft goes, the worst was a 2008 bottle of DFH Fort. Tasted like raspberry juice and grain alcohol. Don't know went wrong there, but every other Dogfish Beer I ever have had has been enjoyable.

I have to agree on the '08 Fort. Raspberries and booze and very thick. I have to wonder if it would improve with age. Regardless, that's not something I'm spending $20 on again.

 

[ChessRockwell]

an inevitable skunk bomb

Yep, that's a good way to describe what it is about the Grolsch I don't like. Hadn't occured to me that it might be the green bottles that caused it, good point!

 

[Erroneous]

Why some brewers put beer that gets exported across the Atlantic into green bottles is beyond me, but the result is an inevitable skunk bomb. Same thing with Pilsener Urquell and Heineken - the latter makes me snicker every time a ********* drinking the stuff (typically straight from the bottle) refer to themselves a beer snob, almost inevitably as part of a complaint about how they are "too" picky about beer.

But if it's from a can (and I assume the same for draught), it's alright. Certainly not horrible. Although of the three main euro-skunks I mentioned, Pilsener Urquell is the most notable - pretty much just as bad as the others when bottled, but when it's from a can or a keg that's reasonably fresh, it's actually a fantastic beer.[/QUOTE]

Funny I hear this all the time on here but every time I've bought a green bottle beer from my grocery store I've had no skunk. Maybe it's the distributors because I've had Urquell and Heineken to no ill effect.

 

[gmcastil]

Without a doubt, the worst beer I've ever had was the Anchor Brewing Christmas ale from 2009. It was my first real holiday-style beer and it single-handedly turned me off to holiday brews, until this year. Was dreadful - they had infused it with pine needles or something like that, but it was entirely over the top. All I could taste were pine needles - I think it's the only six pack that I've never actually finished.

 

[Ultrazord]

Coastal Fog IPA - Labeled as an IPA but more like...a terrible....terrible...none IPA....gross...bleh.

It was the only beer I ever returned. Thankfully bevmo was accommodating even after drinking half of one. So bad...Sooooooooooooo bad.

 

[Airborneguy]

Bullet Proof Vest... check.

Kevlar Helmet... check.

One in the chamber... check.

Worst beer ever?

Oaked Double Bastard.

 

[HokieBrewer]

Bullet Proof Vest... check.

Kevlar Helmet... check.

One in the chamber... check.

Worst beer ever?

Oaked Double Bastard.

troll.

 

[Airborneguy]

Nope, I actually mean it. I even have a picture of me drinking it and almost throwing up. The sad part is, I was on a salmon fishing trip in Alaska and it ruined an entire night of fishing.

 

[mcaple1]

Deschutes "The Abyss" 2008. I know I'm going to get hell for this one, but I honestly was just not a fan. I have had much better RIS's that didn't have that really tannin bitter aftertaste that I got from this. Sorry guys, but I'm a fan of Surly Darkness.

 

[mcaple1]

Oh yeah, and for macro....Bud Light Chelada. Not even sure why I bought the stuff....guess the can looked cool. Didn't even realize what I was getting myself into. I threw both cans away.

 

[tdogg]

macro: either red dog or some schlitz product that came in an aluminum bottle
worst overall: XXX Camo malt liquor
"craft" brew: LEFFE BRUN. i know ill get flamed for this, but that beer seemed like an overdone catoony version of a belgian. wierd.

 

[Darwin18]

The Blue Moon seasonal pumpkin beer. Just awful. A six pack was left in my refrigerator after a party, and it was just undrinkable.

 

[davekippen]

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.....

I hope the Pokey Stix were OK. Those damn things are like crack.

 

[bink00]

The worst crap I ever drank was Rhinelander...the local liquor store had it on sale for like 4 bucks a case once and I was like hell...its beer. I enjoyed giving it to my 19 year old brother...haha He wouldnt even drink it.

My dad always tells me the store of him and my grandfather (his father in law) going camping while deer hunting one weekend. This was back in the 60s. My grandfather told my old man to get the bourbon and he would get the beer. My dad shows back up with a bottle of Beam that nearly broke him, and my grandfather shows up with a couple of six packs of "Beer". Totally silver cans with only one word on it...BEER. Dad said it was the worst $h!t he ever drunk. And my dad is one of those that will eat or drink ANYTHING and like it. My grandfather just looked at him and said..."you dont drink for the taste, what the hell does my daughter see in you anyways!" I miss my grandfather.

 

[LTownLiquorPig]

I went to Iowa once to visit family and was fed old milwaukee and sweet corn for about a week. The sweet corn was great but a couldn't drink another Milwaukee for money.

Ha! when I was a kid one of my go to's was Old Milwaukee. Nobody else I knew would drink it, so I knew it would never go missing at a party.

 

[TrooperThorn]

Milwaukee's Best
The worst horse p*$$ ever. Me versus a case when I was 15 and too dumb to know better.

Drank too much, went to the dam. Car surfing ensued. Ouch.

 

[mrwilson]

Grolsch, the only beer I ever poured out while in high school! Nasty! This from a guy that drank .99 cent quarts of Old Milwaukee.

I've had Pilsner Urquell at the factory in Pils and it was awesome.

 

[sbegraft]

Heinekin

 

[Kate00]

Silverback by Wynkoop. Tastes like licking a dirty ashtray, unless theyve changed it.

 

[HolidayIF1488]

Don't really care for the Ranger IPA.

 

[WhiskeySam]

Somebody said it earlier -- it's either Tequiza, which I had forgotten even existed, or Bud Light Lime. Who the hell thought artificial lime flavoring would make beer good? I didn't think Bud Light could get worse, but I was very wrong.

MGD Light tastes like apple juice. That's fine if you're wanting to drink apple juice. But it's bad **** man.

 

[HolidayIF1488]

Remember that one bud light commercial..........oh you mean that kind of commercial. My bad.;-)

 

[raptorvan]

Strobe used to be good...30 years ago.
strike 1 going to Lansing
Strike 2 drinking strohs

But I would think my worst beer was a toss up between bud at a bar over looking their factory, Milwaukee, schlitz, pabts.....you get the idea...in fact I got so disgusted with it all I started homebrewing when I was 17.

 

[Refly]

I was recently in Tampa, and was looking for a local brew to try out. What I got was "Florida Ave." This abortion had to be the worst excuse for a brew I've ever tasted. No carbonation, thin and watery, no traces of any type of ingredients, with a subtle hint of copper. At first I thought it might have been just a bad apple, but after the first sip of the follow-up, I knew it was just god-awful.

Do not, repeat, DO NOT drink this beer.

I which I read this a couple of weeks ago. I was also in Tampa and looked at it on tap and said "gee nice to see a local craft beer in the hotel bar, I'll try one."

It's watered down and lacking "beer" flavor let alone anything identifiable like malt or hops. 2 sips and it was on to something else.

Fortunately the other beer on tap was a Sam Adams seasonal (alpine spring) which was very drinkable.

 

[brownribbon]

Mgd 64.

 

[teaser452]

Schlitz. Black label. Natty light.

But I am stunned by the SA hatred. If agree that their seasonal/flavored beers are hit and miss year to year. But Boston ale and Boston lager are pretty damn good go to brews.

I understand everyone's tastes are different, but if you think Boston lager sucks, I'd have to question your taste in beer.

On a side note, a friend of mine from Germany visited here a few years back. He hated all the beers on tap in Boston. Even after I took him to a place with 300 beers on tap, he couldn't did one he liked.

He liked Coors Banquet Beer the best. He said it was the most like German beer. He must have drank 15 cases of the stuff while he was here.

Go figure.

 

[ronclark]

I am going to have to go with Natural Light. This is one of two beers that I threw up without being drunk. The other was Giessener.

After drinking Giessener, I realized why Licher beer from a nearby city is consumed more than the local swill.

 

[maltbarleyhops]

Big Flats - without a doubt. i knew Walgreens beer couldnt be anything but awful, but i tried it.

The word "abortion" always come to mind when i think of that August evening.............

 

[Brew_Force]

Big Flats - without a doubt. i knew Walgreens beer couldnt be anything but awful, but i tried it.

The word "abortion" always come to mind when i think of that August evening.............

Omg... I've seen this at walgreens and I always laugh. Big... Flats...? God, what could possibly be in that can that's worth drinking at such a low price? Feed mash? I've often thought of trying it, but I never thought it was worth the money