Worst Commercial Beer You've Ever Had?

[BargainMugs]

I would drink a case of Red Stripe, Corona or Bud Light before I would drink another Wild Blue.

I saw Anheuser-Busch released Wild Black, that might be worse, but I can't see how that's possible.

 

[CreamyGoodness]

I would have to say the Victoria I had in Mexico was pretty rank.

 

[Gus_13]

Worst beer for me was Beck's... Never could get to like it. And usually I don't mind a little skunky beer. Every time I try this I don't even want to finish it.

 

[worterworld]

Coors light

 

[stillbrewin]

About 15 years ago me and some friends drove up to canada on a fishing trip. We each got a case or a bottle at the duty free. You can only bring 1 of either per person into the country. Well that stuff didnt last long. We were young and broke, and could not beleive the beer prices in Canada. We bought a case of the cheapest beer we could find. Gentle Ben I believe it was called. Well we were driving along drinking it for about an hour and it was some nasty crap. After a while we realized we were not getting buzzed. After a closer inspection of the case it turns out it was NA. I cant beleive I drank that swill for nothing. Funny to think about it now though.

 

[bdupree]

Budweiser and Clamato Cheleada. Anybody that would drink that stuff is mad at theirself.

 

[deercreek]

It's a toss up between Bud Light Lime and Indiana's Best.

 

[paranoiddroid]

me and 4 real ale drinkers tried to finish a bottle of

its a Bavarian beer that tastes like a mix of warm steel reserve and bong water.

the other would be at a real ale festival I handed over my ticket for a beer that I recall was called Black Mass, it was a traditional British stout brewed and described a a sulfur stout, dunno if it was in the keg or what but I got a half pint glass of a gorgeous looking deep black stout that smelled of rotten eggs as I was drinking it, it was a cracking beer over shadowed by the overpowering stench off foul.

 

[BuddyBrews]

So many bad beers out there! I'd have to say i really hate the taste of tucher, heiny, and Rolling rock. Nasty!!

 

[Cincy17]

I don't know if anyone had mentioned this. A couple years ago at a party, I had something called Beer-30 that came in a plum purple can. It was only like $10 a 30-pack and became somewhat popular around the college I was attending at the time. It has been the only beer I couldn't finish, and I will drink a lot of the beers already mentioned in this thread on occasion without (much) complaint.

 

[HoppyDaze]

steel reserve, strohs, red dog...

 

[RawHyde]

Samuel Adams Alpine Spring... Taste like Pine-Sol smells. I thought it would pretty bad.

 

[bottlebomber]

steel reserve

You know, there have been a lot of beer to come through this thread over the months... Most of them are like milk and honey compared to Steel Reserve. That is the absolute worst tasting swill on the market, bar none.

 

[WesleyS]

You know, there have been a lot of beer to come through this thread over the months... Most of them are like milk and honey compared to Steel Reserve. That is the absolute worst tasting swill on the market, bar none.

I've never had steel reserve, but I doubt it, or any other beer in this thread is as bad as Sam Adams Triple Bock. The only way anyone could post any other beer as being the worst is if they haven't had SA Triple Bock. It seriously tastes like a mixture of overly burnt sugar caramelized on a piece of wet cardboard that was used as a dog bed and the dogs laying on it were slathered with soy sauce daily. When this black, still liquid touches your tongue it wraps around it and coats it like some sort of nasty oil. The flavor doesn't go away until alot of scrubbing your tongue and mouth. It is the worst excuse for beer I've ever had the displeasure of putting in my mouth. I would drink any other beer over that stuff any day.

 

[bottlebomber]

I've never had steel reserve, but I doubt it, or any other beer in this thread is as bad as Sam Adams Triple Bock. The only way anyone could post any other beer as being the worst is if they haven't had SA Triple Bock. It seriously tastes like a mixture of overly burnt sugar caramelized on a piece of wet cardboard that was used as a dog bed and the dogs laying on it were slathered with soy sauce daily. When this black, still liquid touches your tongue it wraps around it and coats it like some sort of nasty oil. The flavor doesn't go away until alot of scrubbing your tongue and mouth. It is the worst excuse for beer I've ever had the displeasure of putting in my mouth. I would drink any other beer over that stuff any day.

Lol! I would almost seek it out after a description like that.

 

[iambeer]

Worst one I've had today: Leinenkugel's Creamy Dark. $5 a 6 pack? I shoulda known. Still, it's worth about $5 a six pack, except I'd rather not drink the other 5. It's just very watery and it doesn't call me back. Luckily I have a Sierra Nevada porter to erase the horrible void.

 

[spearko520]

I've never had steel reserve, but I doubt it, or any other beer in this thread is as bad as Sam Adams Triple Bock. The only way anyone could post any other beer as being the worst is if they haven't had SA Triple Bock. It seriously tastes like a mixture of overly burnt sugar caramelized on a piece of wet cardboard that was used as a dog bed and the dogs laying on it were slathered with soy sauce daily. When this black, still liquid touches your tongue it wraps around it and coats it like some sort of nasty oil. The flavor doesn't go away until alot of scrubbing your tongue and mouth. It is the worst excuse for beer I've ever had the displeasure of putting in my mouth. I would drink any other beer over that stuff any day.

I'm with you on the triple bock- i split a case with a buddy in 94. we paid 120 bucks for it, and that was the most i could ever imagine paying for beer back then. we drank bottles on and off over the years, and not a one has improved with age- in fact many of the corks dried out and rotted in the bottles- they probably should have been stored on their sides, contrary to sam adam's advice on the side of the bottles. I drank my last one a couple years back and it still sucked. My buddy has 5 bottles left- he is still clinging to the belief that we made a worthy investment and that all those bottles need is a few more years under them.

 

[the_bird]

Thankfully, I didn't pay for my sample of Triple Bock - someone had a bottle at a Utopias brewfest. Completely agree about how horrible it was. A little more "oyster sauce" than "soy sauce," but completely undrinkable. Just pushed the yeast too hard, it seems - but it's hard for me to imagine that the beer would have been all that good even if it was "clean." Probably tied with that "*************" from Dogfish Head, though - the DFH beer was absolutely vile as well.

EDIT: I bet the Triple Bock would make one helluva marinade, maybe for some beef for a quick stir-fry... but that would be one might expensive marinade!

 

[CreamyGoodness]

Is there already a thread for cheap or unassuming beers that we enjoy far more than we are expecting?

 

[Revvy]

Is there already a thread for cheap or unassuming beers that we enjoy far more than we are expecting?

yes

What beer did you really want to HATE, but it surprised the heck out of you?

and Guilty pleasures

 

[BuddyBrews]

Ok considering i just paid paid 4 dollars for a bottle of this beer at a bar i feel it one of the worst beers i have ever had. Dogfishhead 60 min ipa is freekin terrible How is this considered a "craft" beer. My girlfriend that has no prejudice to any beer or brewery said it reminded her of the last time she drank a 40 oz of Mickey's. Im sorry to whoever likes this beer but grosss. Given it its last of MANY chances.

 

[Wingfan13]

Ok considering i just paid paid 4 dollars for a bottle of this beer at a bar i feel it one of the worst beers i have ever had. Dogfishhead 60 min ipa is freekin terrible How is this considered a "craft" beer. My girlfriend that has no prejudice to any beer or brewery said it reminded her of the last time she drank a 40 oz of Mickey's. Im sorry to whoever likes this beer but grosss. Given it its last of MANY chances.

Whaaaa ? Not that 60 is even in my top 10 favorite IPA's but there MUST have been something wrong with the beer. Left in the sun ? Left in a hot truck ? Old as hell ?

 

[Erroneous]

Indeed, 60 minute is decent, better than a great many ipas I've had. Not saying you should try it yet again but would like to know what turns you off to it

 

[BuddyBrews]

Indeed, 60 minute is decent, better than a great many ipas I've had. Not saying you should try it yet again but would like to know what turns you off to it

Thats what everyone says. Maybe its my taste buds but it really has an awful taste to me. Some not so tasty bitterness, weird malt sweetness..... that about all i get from it. I dunno but sweet to the people that "Think its decent".

 

[BuddyBrews]

Whaaaa ? Not that 60 is even in my top 10 favorite IPA's but there MUST have been something wrong with the beer. Left in the sun ? Left in a hot truck ? Old as hell ?

At a restaurant/pub that has tons of business. I doubt it was old or skunked. I have been turned off every time i have tried it. I always wonder if thats the case.....

 

[emjay]

That is ridiculous. 60 minute doesn't taste at all offensive, and is pretty tame as far as IPAs go. The only way I can see somebody hating it is if they just plain hate hops, and therefore any style that is hop-focused. It's a bit too floral for it to be one of my favorites, and I do greatly prefer 90 minute, but it's hard to imagine that anybody who likes American craft beer can hate the 60 minute so much.

So I have to agree that something happened to the beer. Perhaps it was oxidized or lightstruck, but in any case it was almost definitely mishandled - likely the distributor or retailer, but possibly also the consumer and, least likely of all in this case, the brewery itself.

And this highlights how important it is to not just write off a beer entirely just because you had one bad bottle or glass. And also justifies the length some breweries go to in order to ensure their beer is handled and served to their standards, because many customers can easily be lost due to a single distributor or retailer not caring about preserving the integrity of the product and the quality that ends up reaching the consumer. Which of course causes many to conclude that the beer is just bad overall and making sure to avoid it in the future because they (think they) don't like it.

 

[emjay]

At a restaurant/pub that has tons of business. I doubt it was old or skunked. I have been turned off every time i have tried it. I always wonder if thats the case.....

I posted a tad too late, heh.

Did you get it in a bottle or on tap?

 

[BuddyBrews]

That is ridiculous. 60 minute doesn't taste at all offensive, and is pretty tame as far as IPAs go. The only way I can see somebody hating it is if they just plain hate hops, and therefore any style that is hop-focused. It's a bit too floral for it to be one of my favorites, and I do greatly prefer 90 minute, but it's hard to imagine that anybody who likes American craft beer can hate the 60 minute so much.

So I have to agree that something happened to the beer. Perhaps it was oxidized or lightstruck, but in any case it was almost definitely mishandled - likely the distributor or retailer, but possibly also the consumer and, least likely of all in this case, the brewery itself.

And this highlights how important it is to not just write off a beer entirely just because you had one bad bottle or glass. And also justifies the length some breweries go to in order to ensure their beer is handled and served to their standards, because many customers can easily be lost due to a single distributor or retailer not caring about preserving the integrity of the product and the quality that ends up reaching the consumer. Which of course causes many to conclude that the beer is just bad overall and making sure to avoid it in the future because they (think they) don't like it.

Well i LOVE hops so that not the case. But i didn't taste or smell any... And i totally felt it was offensive tasting. But you may be right. Def tasted old would be one way to describe. But also it has always to me...

 

[BuddyBrews]

Bottle 60 min IPA yaaack..

 

[CBMbrewer]

Gameday. $3.99 a CASE! 'nough said.