Social Question

seawulf575's avatar

What is the worst beer you have ever tried?

Asked by seawulf575 (17136points) May 12th, 2023

Lots of blow back going on against Bud Light these days. I’ve never been a Bud Light fan so they didn’t lose my money, they just never had it. But this got me thinking: what is the worst beer I have ever had? I thought long and hard and had to settle on Old Dutch. It didn’t use barley or rice as a base…it used Corn. It had the consistency of motor oil and left an oily film in your mouth. I tried this when I was 18 and all the kids at the party realized quickly how bad it was and even underaged kids wouldn’t touch it. So what is the worst beer you have ever tried?

Observing members: 0 Composing members: 0

26 Answers

LadyMarissa's avatar

As far as I’m concerned, ALL beer is nasty!!!

Blackwater_Park's avatar

It honestly is Bud Light. It is so watered down, basic and unappealing. It offers nothing. This true for most domestic light beer. That said, there is a “sour” beer trend that I just cannot get on board with. For the sake of recognition here, seaquench is one I cannot stand but I would still take it over a light domestic beer of any kind, especially Bud Light.

jca2's avatar

I’m not a beer drinker so I couldn’t say.

I’m not a wine drinker either. My choice for that would be a white or a rose but I don’t know wines and I might have wine once or twice a year.

If I’m at a party where it’s open bar, I will have a 7 and 7. I know it’s old fashioned to even say that but that’s what I’ve been drinking for years, since I started drinking. It tastes like soda because the majority of it is soda. I started having that because in Saturday Night Fever, John Travolta’s character drank it. The first time I went to a bar, around age 16 (they didn’t card in those days if you looked old enough, this would have been around 1982), the bartender asked what I wanted and I had no clue so Saturday Night Fever popped into my head and that was the only drink I knew the name of.

I drink liquor maybe five times a year, tops. Two or three of those occasions might be a holiday party, and the other two might be the rest of the year, like dinner at family’s house or dinner in a restaurant for some occasion.

Caravanfan's avatar

Beer brewer here (I have a session IPA and a barleywine fermenting right now). Bud Light is fine for what it is, and is perfect for a hot summer day when you’re working in the yard.

I had to check back through my notes, but the worse beer I’ve had recently was Owl’s Brew Radler The Blondie

elbanditoroso's avatar

Commercial or home brewed?

I have had some really awful homebrewed stuff that a friend had made. I think he was a novice and his beer just didn’t have it :-(

The worst commercial beer was in Taiwan; it was something brewed there and it just wasn’t very good.

Caravanfan's avatar

@elbanditoroso The key thing in homebrewed beer is to keep everything sanitized after the wort boils. Infection kills beer

KNOWITALL's avatar

Olympia. Sweet and disgusting. Milwaukees Best is a close second.
I drank Bud Light in college, some Busch Light later. Good old Budweiser is a staple here in Missouri. Bud light is not great but it’s not horrible.

Fun fact: Beer is one of the worst for your body.

NoMore's avatar

Shiner. Locally brewed Texas beer. It sucks.

Lightlyseared's avatar

Anything that contains more than water, malted barley, yeast and hops.
If you’re starting with high fructose corn syrup as your base what you get is going to be crap.

filmfann's avatar

Beers I like:
MGD
Bud
Lucky Lager
Bohemia
Some dark beers

Beers I don’t like:
Corona
Coors
Pale Ale

kritiper's avatar

There was a beer I tasted at Fort Knox, Kentucky. I think It was called Blatz.
Bleeh!
Coors is OK. I drank a lot of that back in the day. (Don’t drink it along with any other beer!)
I drank a lot of Bud Light, which is OK. If I drink any beer now it’s Miller.

ragingloli's avatar

All of it.

seawulf575's avatar

@kritiper I remember Blatz. It was a bit raspy, that’s for sure. Mickey Big Mouths was another one. It wasn’t bad as beers go, but it was highly likely you would get a skunky one that was horrible.

Acrylic's avatar

Anything labeled “craft.” I don’t drink anymore, used to be an alcoholic but quit, but when on my worst times would avoid them. I would drink them, addiction does that to you, but they’d be last resort options when all others were exhausted.

janbb's avatar

Coors Light. I like Amber ales and IPAs.

KNOWITALL's avatar

@seawulf575 Shudder, Mickeys are so gross

kevbo1's avatar

I had something blonde (lager, pilsner, I forget) from the now defunct Eske Brew Pub in Taos. It tasted like dirty socks. Apparently, it wasn’t just me.

Heineken made me barf when I was just starting to drink beer, so it’s not a favorite simply for aversion reasons.

Like @KNOWITALL, I had the displeasure of drinking Milwaukee’s Best, which was the cheap case of choice for parties at my midwestern college.

gondwanalon's avatar

I never could stand the taste of beer. When I was about 8 years old my 30 year old uncle gave me a beer. I was so disappointed when I tasted it. I handed the beer off to my younger cousin who claimed that he liked it.
Vine is just rotten grape juice. Disgusting.

Tropical_Willie's avatar

Ringes Carlsberg Elephant beer in a green bottle that sat out in the sunlight, it went “skunky” smelled and tasted terrible

Blackwater_Park's avatar

I forgot about Grolsch lager. I don’t know why I hated that beer but I did not like it. I used to buy it for the resealable flip top bottles back when I was a home brewer.

mazingerz88's avatar

That one beer bottle my buddies handed me saying it’s a great beer. It was piss. Actual. Jerks.

@Tropical_Willie Carlsberg works only when quite chilled.

gorillapaws's avatar

Tossup between Beast (aka Milwaukee’s Best), and a brown ale I had once that had this sickly sweetness from the malt falling into the lovibond “uncanny valley” where it’s not dark enough to be a stout. I generally enjoy beers that showcase malt character, but not usually sweet malt flavor.

raum's avatar

Can’t remember the actual name. But tried a mint beer once. Thought it’d be refreshing like a Moscow mule. But tasted more like a boilermaker with a shot of mouthwash.

Brian1946's avatar

Brew 102.

You hosers should consider yourselves lucky that unlike Snake Plissken, this fermented bong water never escaped from LA. ;)

Zaku's avatar

Almost all corporate US beer, which I have always not liked, but not really distinguished between types.

I like some dark real German, Belgian, and Irish beers. Oh, and Dos Equis. Other beers, I tend to avoid, or only taste and don’t like enough to want to drink any more, even when they’re high quality.

Answer this question

Login

or

Join

to answer.
Your answer will be saved while you login or join.

Have a question? Ask Fluther!

What do you know more about?
or
Knowledge Networking @ Fluther