Worst. IPA. Ever.

[Lefou]

I've sworn off any more Blue Moon seasonals. The last two of three were way below par. The Peach brown ale was a disappointment as was their latest Pils table beer offering. The Peach ale was sharply peachy and hoppy, bordering on a mild IPA, leaving a sour aftertaste. The Pils was more of a dark golden Octoberfest marzen color, malt-forward, but no head. The pumpkin ale was ok, though.

Wife brought home a 1liter imported saison du chateau from work. A guy's travel bag with beer sample from the Philly competition was overweight, so he was going to dump it, but she brought it home to me. Not a bad beer ... until the metallic taste hit. Now I know why he was going to dump it. I've brought beer home in carry-on from Germany before but that was long before the airlines started with the TSA hassles and charges.

 

[dyqik]

I think until you have tasted green king IPA you are in no position to claim an IPA is bad. To even call it an IPA is a joke

The only thing nearly as bad as its taste is its near ubiquity in Greene King run pubs, which make up the largest brewery pub chain in the UK.

 

[Hanglow]

It's absolutely fine for GK to call that beer an IPA, it has a hundred year history after all. IPAs in post war uk were just fairly weak bitters. It is most certainly ****e though and would be my pick for the worst "IPA" I've had

Bit of a shame what GK/Wells/Marstons etc and their ilk have done to their brands they've acquired over the years, sad to see (and taste)

 

[WestMichBrewer]

Torpedo the worst? Not sure about that one. I love torpedo. But I'd say the worst I had is diabolical IPA by north peak brewing in Michigan. Tasted way to piney for me. No fruit flavors just all pine. Not appealing.

I've had Diabolical a few times and I liked it!
Guess I like "piney".

 

[BreezyBrew]

It seems like people either love Stone's RuinTen or hate it. I loved it.

 

[beskone]

I had Knee Deep Lupulin River DIPA yesterday. Maybe not the worst ever but I wasn't feeling it, was overly harsh.

 

[lumpher]

I can't say it's a bad IPA, it's just a bad IPA for me; for me, the All Day IPA is one I can't get past.

The mouthfeel on this 1 is non-existent. If any at all, I'd have to say it reminds me of slimy water. The taste isn't bad, but the feel almost makes me gag.

 

[jekeane]

How Guiness Nitro IPA isn't number 1 on everyones hate list ill never know...

 

[brew703]

Abita Wrot Iron IPA is absolutely the worst IPA I've ever drank. Also all Sam Adams. Haven't found one that I like.
On the flip side, Parish Brewing Ghost in the machine is a DIPA and it's the best. Very smooth and citrusy at 100+ ibu.

 

[brewprint]

The worst I've had is the grapefruit Sam Adams rebel ipa. If you enjoy the taste of sand/dirt/mud in an ipa then this is for you!

 

[Calichusetts]

Yikes...how did this thread make a comeback. At this point, we can rename the thread "List of IPAs."

 

[daveMN]

Yikes...how did this thread make a comeback. At this point, we can rename the thread "List of IPAs."

You could, except that I'm choking down a Magic Hat Electric Peel grapefruit IPA. What a mess.

 

[LilLostCoveBrewer]

I love IPAs so it's hard to really label one "terrible" or "worst". However, I did have a Deviant Dales DIPA from a dingy bar one time and it was without doubt the worst beer I had ever tasted. It smelled and tasted like I was drinking dirty running sock juice! I swore the beer off for awhile and then had someone offer me one the other day. Not that bad, but not the sock juice as before. My guess is the dingy bar's draft lines were filthy.

Man, that beer still gives me the hibbie jibbies .... Yuck!

 

[johngg123]

I had a sip of a 2013 ranger last night, that was horrible.

A 2013 anything is a nasty IPA! But yeah I agree with the crowd on Ranger. Pretty bad. Great place to get fresh IPAS is grocery store or trader joes because they have really fast turn over. Even though trader joes keeps its beer warm, I've bought it while still cold to the touch from coming off the truck.

It blows my mind when liquor stores boast how they have 1000's of craft beers, but you walk in and it's all warm and dusty on the shelves. They just rotate the old beer into the cold box.

 

[Wooden]

The worst I've had is the grapefruit Sam Adams rebel ipa. If you enjoy the taste of sand/dirt/mud in an ipa then this is for you!

I wish I could have tasted the sand/dirt/mud in it. I would have welcomed an added dimension of complexity and mouthfeel those could have contributed to this beer...

 

[brewprint]

I wish I could have tasted the sand/dirt/mud in it. I would have welcomed an added dimension of complexity and mouthfeel those could have contributed to this beer...

Did you enjoy that beer?

 

[Wooden]

Did you enjoy that beer?

Ha! No. It was terrible .... It was in my top 3 worst "IPA's"

All I could taste was some kind of artificial grapefruit flavoring blanketing a very generic tasting "beer".

 

[brewprint]

Ha! No. It was terrible .... It was in my top 3 worst "IPA's"

All I could taste was some kind of artificial grapefruit flavoring blanketing a very generic tasting "beer".

Haha I wasn't sure.

I seriously can't believe the brewmaster let this one out. Most of their beers I enjoy. This one is utterly terrible.

 

[Altrez]

Nitro Guinness IPA is the worst beer I have ever had.

-Altez

 

[Wooden]

Haha I wasn't sure.

I seriously can't believe the brewmaster let this one out. Most of their beers I enjoy. This one is utterly terrible.

Yeah, I am not sure what they were getting at here. Sometimes I wonder, (because I see so many new flavors from them, esp. Along the lines of flavored beers) if they don't have some kind of strategy to like make a new "seasonal" flavored beer when, like they don't have the right market demand or right supply of ingredients, or what, for something else.

I mean, the grapefruit flavoring covers up a lot of what is going on in the base beer itself. Couldn't tell you much about what the base "beer" (malt/hops/etc) is/was, but I doubt it was designed for this beer...

Either that or they decided to go after a demographic of untapped market of potential craft beer drinkers, like women, under the misguided impression that marketing it with a label and artificial flavors resembling a fruit will make them (or their significant others) want to purchase it in hopes they will like beer...

I was so disappointed... I thought they were gonna make a "grapefruit" IPA by using lots of aroma hops with "grapefruit" flavors. I should have taken them literally (or read the fine print). Still, it is terrible. I get a lemon-pledge taste to be exact.

 

[Yeastieboy]

BJs Blowhouse HopStorm IPA

 

[brewprint]

Yeah, I am not sure what they were getting at here. Sometimes I wonder, (because I see so many new flavors from them, esp. Along the lines of flavored beers) if they don't have some kind of strategy to like make a new "seasonal" flavored beer when, like they don't have the right market demand or right supply of ingredients, or what, for something else.

I mean, the grapefruit flavoring covers up a lot of what is going on in the base beer itself. Couldn't tell you much about what the base "beer" (malt/hops/etc) is/was, but I doubt it was designed for this beer...

Either that or they decided to go after a demographic of untapped market of potential craft beer drinkers, like women, under the misguided impression that marketing it with a label and artificial flavors resembling a fruit will make them (or their significant others) want to purchase it in hopes they will like beer...

I was so disappointed... I thought they were gonna make a "grapefruit" IPA by using lots of aroma hops with "grapefruit" flavors. I should have taken them literally (or read the fine print). Still, it is terrible. I get a lemon-pledge taste to be exact.

Yeah I don't know who they're trying to tap into. I thought the beer may be a competitor to the sculpin...which is why I tried it. I haven't even had the actual grapefruit sculpin so I couldn't say if theirs is terrible either.

I agree though. I have no idea what hops were used or malt. Lemon pledge? I believe you're onto something here.

 

[Killshakes]

I know this is an old thread, but I just had a can Guinness Nitro IPA yesterday and it has definitely made my Top 5 Worst IPA's list. Imagine just tossing a handful of pocket change into a pint glass, filling it half-full with some slightly skunked Yuengling lager and then topping the whole thing off with Guinness Stout. And there you have it. I simply can't imagine how a company like Guinness could have put its name on this product. I drank about half of it and dumped the rest.

 

[arnobg]

I know this is an old thread, but I just had a can Guinness Nitro IPA yesterday and it has definitely made my Top 5 Worst IPA's list. Imagine just tossing a handful of pocket change into a pint glass, filling it half-full with some slightly skunked Yuengling lager and then topping the whole thing off with Guinness Stout. And there you have it. I simply can't imagine how a company like Guinness could have put its name on this product. I drank about half of it and dumped the rest.

You're not alone. I tried it probably a year or two ago and it is still to this day the only IPA I have ever had to dump because I couldn't even swallow it.

 

[CrimsonYeti]

I know this is an old thread, but I just had a can Guinness Nitro IPA yesterday and it has definitely made my Top 5 Worst IPA's list. Imagine just tossing a handful of pocket change into a pint glass, filling it half-full with some slightly skunked Yuengling lager and then topping the whole thing off with Guinness Stout. And there you have it. I simply can't imagine how a company like Guinness could have put its name on this product. I drank about half of it and dumped the rest.

I add a 3rd to this. Flat and not bitter. Very uninteresting flavor profile. Sometimes nitro is bad but i think this just started as a bad beer.

 

[Hanglow]

I know this is an old thread, but I just had a can Guinness Nitro IPA yesterday and it has definitely made my Top 5 Worst IPA's list. Imagine just tossing a handful of pocket change into a pint glass, filling it half-full with some slightly skunked Yuengling lager and then topping the whole thing off with Guinness Stout. And there you have it. I simply can't imagine how a company like Guinness could have put its name on this product. I drank about half of it and dumped the rest.

Guinness have a long history of being unable to make a decent beer beyond porter and stout. All their attempts to date have been terrible - their recent rye pale, golden ale and lagers have been contemptible

Which is funny as Arthur Guinness originally tried brewing ale, but failed and had to get an english porter brewing family in to make his company successful

 

[MHBT]

Any IPA that sat too long and turned into a caramel bomb

 

[mitchard]

Any IPA that sat too long and turned into a caramel bomb

As long as it was a double IPA, you might end up with a nice session barleywine!

 

[dyqik]

I have finally found an IPA worse than Greene King's notI, notP, barelyA:

Long Trail's Evergreen Blaze IPA

They've made a selection pack (Blaze Box) of different versions of their pretty good Green Blaze IPA - the Grapefruit one is good, the original is good, and the Citra option is good. The Evergreen one made with spruce tips tastes of nothing other than fake pine smell - pure Pinesol and/or car air freshener. I'm sure spruce tip beer can be OK, but combined with the "thickness" you get from well-hopped IPAs, it also has the mouthfeel I imagine Pinesol does.

Not only is it the worst IPA I've ever tasted - no one present managed more than one sip - it's easily the worst beer I've ever tasted that didn't have a major technical flaw.

 

[Mainer]

Shipyard Black IPA. Did they add the roofing tar during the mash, or at flameout?