Worst Commercial Beer You've Ever Had?

[Wiscohio_brewer]

Leinenkugel's Original. It was horrible when I was 20 and it's horrible now. My least favorite commercial craft beer was called a little crazy by Revolution, a good brewery. It had an aftertaste of grape robutussin.

 

[fun4stuff]

Don't know if it's been said but that Piraate Ale, I couldn't even finish it.

WTF? That's a great beer

This one? http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/48/156/?ba=bros

Maybe you got a bad batch

 

[ThatVideoKid]

WTF? That's a great beer

This one? http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/48/156/?ba=bros

Maybe you got a bad batch

I agree. But maybe it isn't to some peoples liking.

 

[Precious_Paul]

Swamp Ape IPA by Florida Beer Company. Possibly a more flavor appropriate name would be Swamp Ass IPA. This thing was truly nasty. And I don't recall the exact price but it was a damn expensive four pack.

Good one, I've tried a few of theirs and no

 

[NatureOfTheYeast]

Had a bottle of new Belgium Ranger that was super nasty. It tasted like wet socks. Or rather it tasted like wet socks smell because I've never tasted wet socks. Probably just a skunked bottle but I've never been able to buy Ranger again.

Every bottle of Ranger and Rampant for 3 years taste kind of like that to me. Not a gnarly funky stench, but more like seaweed and cardboard box, with wet sweaty fabric. Not BO sweat though, just fresh sweat. mmm, the fresh scent of fresh sweat. Get yours today! Anyway...

Texian brewing is my worst commercial experience. Local brewery to me, directly across from a cattle operation. A year or two ago, every single beer they put out was infected with various bugs, including leuconostoc. Leuco is like damp decaying hay with a touch of vomit, not something you'd want in a beer. They started canning, and cans were actually exploding. Retailers stopped carrying them, they mentioned nothing about it on the social medias and kept carrying on like nothing happened. The owners seemed like really prideful and kind of arrogant people when I went to the brewery after they opened and were probably unaware of the problem or didn't care. Since then all the beers they release are "wild" or "sour" beers in 750s at like 13 dollars a bottle. Talk about turning chicken sh!t into chicken salad! Haven't tried them since.

 

[EcuPirate07]

WTF? That's a great beer

This one? http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/48/156/?ba=bros

Maybe you got a bad batch

That's the one. I might have to revisit, but it's the only one I've ever pored down the drain.

 

[Altrez]

Im sure its better now so not knocking it but growing up 25 years ago milwaukee's best was $5 a case and we called it diarrhea beer, you had to be hard up to buy it because you paid for it the next day

The Beast is one of my go to cheep beers I wish I could find it on tap around here! I love it!

-Altrez

 

[brewbama]

Blatz, Stroh's, OB (Oriental Brewing)... they all suck

 

[MaryB]

August Schells beer during HeritageFest when they are running green beer to the fest grounds... stuff is flat out bad! Back when New Ulm MN still held a week long drunk!

 

[Desertbrewer]

Stone Master of Disguise... This was part of their "Stochasicity Project" a couple years ago. Supposedly a "blonde imperial stout" with coffee.

Tasted like 3 day old diner coffee poured into a syrupy blonde mess. Freakin disgusting and turned me off of coffee beers for quite some time.

 

[CoreyD]

Coors Light. It's just watered down carbonated urine. Nasty coating on your tongue that doesn't go away for 2 days. Can't drink anything from Budwiser either. Just bad stuff. Bud gives me a nasty headache, even if I only drink 1/2 a bottle.

 

[Jwin]

Coors Light. It's just watered down carbonated urine. Nasty coating on your tongue that doesn't go away for 2 days. Can't drink anything from Budwiser either. Just bad stuff. Bud gives me a nasty headache, even if I only drink 1/2 a bottle.

2300 posts late there sir.

I'll take this opportunity of sarcasm to reiterate Sam Adams White Christmas. Boston Lager + tincture of potpourri and butt sweat. Received a double pour from my buddy and I.

 

[specharka]

As much as I dislike BMC, to me it's fairly inoffensive watery swill. I won't buy it for myself but I'm not going to turn one down when offered.

On the other hand, I have to say Sam Adams Cherry Wheat has to be one of the most repulsive things I've ever had. Tastes like a mixture of Robitussin and candy sugar, just awful under attenuated syrupy mess. That and Blue Moon Honey Wheat...I don't know what it is about wheat beers that drives breweries to add a crap ton of sugar and fruit to them. They are almost universally terrible.

Also this:

http://beerstreetjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/Shock-Top-Strawbanero-Wheat.jpg

Absolutely disgusting.

 

[ThatVideoKid]

As much as I dislike BMC, to me it's fairly inoffensive watery swill. I won't buy it for myself but I'm not going to turn one down when offered.

On the other hand, I have to say Sam Adams Cherry Wheat has to be one of the most repulsive things I've ever had. Tastes like a mixture of Robitussin and candy sugar, just awful under attenuated syrupy mess. That and Blue Moon Honey Wheat...I don't know what it is about wheat beers that drives breweries to add a crap ton of sugar and fruit to them. They are almost universally terrible.

Also this:

http://beerstreetjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/Shock-Top-Strawbanero-Wheat.jpg

Absolutely disgusting.

Agreed 100%, it's not good, but it's not absolute swill like some other American standard lagers. It's also not loaded with offensive off flavors, and it's not trying to over-appeal to non beer drinkers(cough cough shock top)

 

[jimdkc]

On the other hand, I have to say Sam Adams Cherry Wheat has to be one of the most repulsive things I've ever had. Tastes like a mixture of Robitussin and candy sugar, just awful under attenuated syrupy mess.

Agree wholeheartedly about the Sam Adams Cherry Wheat. Nasty, artificial cough-syrup cherry flavor! Just like Robitussin!

 

[CoreyD]

2300 posts late there sir.

I'll take this opportunity of sarcasm to reiterate Sam Adams White Christmas. Boston Lager + tincture of potpourri and butt sweat. Received a double pour from my buddy and I.

I'm sorry. Didn't know that I wasn't allowed to have the same opinion as somebody else.

 

[jonnyv]

Mad Elf. Love just about everything else that Troegs makes.

 

[MrFancyPlants]

Seconding Sam Adams Cherry Wheat. I haven't had it since a keg party in college, but that stuff was terrible.

 

[CGVT]

Seconding Sam Adams Cherry Wheat. I haven't had it since a keg party in college, but that stuff was terrible.

Somebody bought a keg of that stuff for a party? Whoa!

 

[m1k3]

I had a friend that loved Sam Adams Cherry Wheat. Me not so much.

I'd have to say that my vote for worst commercial beer would be the ones that made it to me "not as designed". I have had infected, skunked and oxidized beers that were undrinkable from "Craft Breweries". So, a defective beer is much worse that a recipe that you may not agree with.

 

[chuckcomm]

Lone Star....went to the brewery years ago....beer was free...since I didnt like the regular i stayed with Lone Star Light and it was like drinking club soda.

 

[MFWINZLOW]

Without a doubt - the most vile and evil:

Haffenreffer Private Stock...blech and just NO....NO!

 

[brew703]

Anything Sam Adams, Coors and Bud products.
Local brewery makes this beer called King Cake Ale. Downright awful. Guess it's just me because they sell a lot of it with cinnamon sugar around the rim. Chicks buy it but my wife cant stand the stuff. Guess it all depends on the person. And the root beer crap. That stuff is horrible.

 

[Yeastieboy]

Agreed 100%, it's not good, but it's not absolute swill like some other American standard lagers. It's also not loaded with offensive off flavors, and it's not trying to over-appeal to non beer drinkers(cough cough shock top)

Anything ShockTop is just plain nasty. You can judge someone as a human being without even talking to them if they are drinking ShockTop. This actually holds true for many different beers. Think about all the conclusions you can draw by the beer you see someone buying. 🤔

Other great examples that speak volumes about someone as a human include Sam Adams, Leinenkugel, Pabst... even Heineken, Red Stripe, and Corona... trying to be all worldly. 🤓

 

[ThatVideoKid]

Anything ShockTop is just plain nasty. You can judge someone as a human being without even talking to them if they are drinking ShockTop. This actually holds true for many different beers. Think about all the conclusions you can draw by the beer you see someone buying. 🤔

Other great examples that speak volumes about someone as a human include Sam Adams, Leinenkugel, Pabst... even Heineken, Red Stripe, and Corona... trying to be all worldly. 🤓

I mean....the regular shock top isn't as offensive as the rest of its line, still offensive, but I will admit to having a pint or two when I started drinking beer. I moved past that crap very quickly though.

 

[thunderwagn]

Anything ShockTop is just plain nasty. You can judge someone as a human being without even talking to them if they are drinking ShockTop. This actually holds true for many different beers. Think about all the conclusions you can draw by the beer you see someone buying. 🤔

Other great examples that speak volumes about someone as a human include Sam Adams, Leinenkugel, Pabst... even Heineken, Red Stripe, and Corona... trying to be all worldly. 🤓

Different strokes for different folks. I've enjoyed all those beers at one time or another. Most Shock Tops aren't for me, but I do enjoy the Pretzel from time to time.

 

[Yeastieboy]

See, I just judged you as humans... [emoji736]

 

[wolves63]

903 Brewers Land of Milk and Honey. It is the first mircobrewery beer I have had to pour out. The beer is cloyingly sweet. They used way way too much lactose in it and not enough roasted malts to counter it. I would guess based on my own experiences they used 2 lbs of lactose per 5 gallons.

 

[woo_pig]

Different strokes for different folks. I've enjoyed all those beers at one time or another. Most Shock Tops aren't for me, but I do enjoy the Pretzel from time to time.

I second that. I found the pretzel one to be interesting and not to bad .That's the only one I have had that I enjoyed from them .The rest are very bland .

 

[Kharnynb]

back home (netherlands) i'd drink heineken if it was on tap and i was being cheap, wouldn't pay premium for it in a foreign country though.

US heineken is different than here though, it's generally worse.

Haven't had the really bad US-branded stuff such as bud ice/light etc. they don't export those here

Worst recently was some store-brand "lager" from lidl....weird metallic flavour.