Worst Commercial Beer You've Ever Had?

[JoeyChopps]

Keystone Light. Hands down. But I can't be too critical. That dirty 30 got me through the summer cheap! Then I discovered REAL beer and then I found out that I can make my own real beer! And here I am!

Drink some more "REAL" beer and I bet you won't think keystone light is that bad. Hell I drink it all the time. Try rouge voo doo maple bacon ale and tell everyone at HBT the keystone light is still the worst.

 

[beeber]

I just had an evil genious kolsch style. The hops tasted like some form of hallertau, but it was so soapy tasting it was incredibly hard to drink. I don't know if it was a bad bottle, but I don't think I would buy that again, ever.

 

[Anelda]

Bell's Oarsmen has to be one of the worst. Its supposed to be a berliner weisse and about the only thing they got right was the color and abv. Smelled like wet moldy grain...which is fine since a lot of berliners have a weird smell.

Then I took a swig and the first impression was this tastes exactly like vomit. The overall lemonness just enhanced the taste further. Then theres the huge wheat character that just disnt meld well. I know berliners are usually half wheat but this beer was awful. Not tart, not dry, not crisp and definitely not refreshing.

 

[urbanmyth]

You had to have gotten a mishandled bottled of Oarsmen. It's a well made beer every time I buy it.

 

[Anelda]

You had to have gotten a mishandled bottled of Oarsmen. It's a well made beer every time I buy it.

Nope, not in bottle. It was on draft at a very reputable beer bar here in Orlando.

 

[BorealBrewer]

Rolling Rock. I can't believe that stuff has a following. It tasted like an organic chemistry problem, where one has to determine what the unknown aldehydes in the sample might be.

I've had questionable commercial beer, questionable homemade beer, taken courses were a neutral brew was deliberately spiked with off flavours - and RR was still worse.

 

[bobot]

I could swear that I'd already posted in this thread, but it must've been another.
My worst commercial beer is a tie for first:
Dogfish Head 120 (sorry hopheads, and I'm one, but I hated that overpriced crap.)
Sam Adams Cranberry Lambic.
I won't be giving either of those a second chance.

 

[intrepidbrewer]

A friend gave me a beer he bought at grocery warehouse,1/2 rack $4.99, it was called Game Day and lived up to its cost.:

 

[JDFlow]

Hamms

 

[Bulls Beers]

Blatz was pretty bad, but very cheap.. Good for a bunch poor 18 year old's back in the day...

 

[emjay]

Bell's Oarsmen has to be one of the worst. Its supposed to be a berliner weisse and about the only thing they got right was the color and abv. Smelled like wet moldy grain...which is fine since a lot of berliners have a weird smell.

Then I took a swig and the first impression was this tastes exactly like vomit. The overall lemonness just enhanced the taste further. Then theres the huge wheat character that just disnt meld well. I know berliners are usually half wheat but this beer was awful. Not tart, not dry, not crisp and definitely not refreshing.

Sounds like dirty tap lines.

 

[Upthewazzu]

Rainier Beer. So, so bad. But some people up in the NW live on that stuff. I bought a 12 pack and ended up giving the remaining 11 to my brother in law.

 

[chezteth]

Old Milwaukee. Wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy.

 

[DoubleAught]

Without question!

 

[WarrantedFED]

Without question!

Every time I see someone buy this I just think "why?"

 

[Qhrumphf]

Without question!

Apparently they're working on another one? Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana?

Those two companies should be banned from working together.

 

[WarrantedFED]

Apparently they're working on another one? Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana?

Those two companies should be banned from working together.

That might be okay...ish

 

[histo320]

Honey Brown.......nuff said.

 

[WarrantedFED]

This was the worst beer I ever tasted. $20 into the sewer :O

 

[Qhrumphf]

This was the worst beer I ever tasted. $20 into the sewer :O

I actually really enjoyed that one (especially after aging it a while). One of the few American Flanders-styled ales I've thought held a candle to the Belgian ones.

 

[bottlebomber]

This was the worst beer I ever tasted. $20 into the sewer :O

Dude you're nuts.. Do you even like sour beers? That ones not bad at all.

 

[CatHead]

This was the worst beer I ever tasted. $20 into the sewer :O

Doesn't all beer eventually end in the sewer? Just some take the long route.

 

[WarrantedFED]

Apparently my tastes are not yet properly refined. The reviews were just raving for this one. I clearly didn't understand the style and I focused on the "Red Ale Aged in Oak Barrels" - and missed the significance of "Flanders Style".

I was prepared for tart, but not for the complexity that laid before me. Perhaps this is more of a FAIL tale on my part, but ewww.

 

[MeatyPortion]

Apparently my tastes are not yet properly refined. The reviews were just raving for this one. I clearly didn't understand the style and I focused on the "Red Ale Aged in Oak Barrels" - and missed the significance of "Flanders Style".

I was prepared for tart, but not for the complexity that laid before me. Perhaps this is more of a FAIL tale on my part, but ewww.

Enh, consider it part of your experience in branching out to different styles. I absolutely hated rauch bier the first time I tried one, and now I love the style. Sour beers, if I had tried one around that same time, would have met with a similar dislike. If you want, you could try going to a bar that specializes in off the wall beers (at least by most standards) and ask them if you can try several Flemish style ales or which ones they would recommend.

Or not, you could leave it and come back to it when, and if, you're ready to try again.

 

[kingogames]

Rolling Rock, Heiniken, anything from SE Asia (beer Chang is OK, but maybe just because I was so desperate at the time!), Carlsberg, Red Stripe

 

[Oldskooler]

Old Style beer. One can and I had a monster of a headache. Killed the buzz and the day.

 

[birdroad]

Twisted Pine's Billys Chillies was UNDRINKABLE.

http://www.twistedpinebrewing.com/billys-chillies/

 

[kingogames]

We always considered Kokanee to be "the best of the worst" though!! Props to Canada!

 

[jerrodm]

I actually really enjoyed that one (especially after aging it a while). One of the few American Flanders-styled ales I've thought held a candle to the Belgian ones.

I'd be seriously discomfited drinking beer brewed in a place called Placentia...

 

[PastorofMuppets]

Worst I ever had was miller lite from a keg at a wedding.
eee gats horrible.

Normal miller lite carbonated like a sprite is retched stuff.

I am also NOT a fan of any bud product.

sam adams cran lambic makes my gag reflex come up even now.