We've discussed the great array of microbrews on here before, but what is some swill that you remember drinking, likely as a combination of youthful indiscretion and/or economic necessity.
I was at a 7/11 getting coffee and a guy in front of me was buying Mickey's. It instantly brought up horrible memories of my college years and drinking that shit. X-(
That might be the worst I ever had, maybe tied with Icehouse.
I've drank a lot of custom brews but nothing quite matched the skunky taste of a Coors Light. I don't know why but that's pretty much the only I beer I ever struggle to finish.
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on February 24, 2021, 06:35:42 PM
I've drank a lot of custom brews but nothing quite matched the skunky taste of a Coors Light. I don't know why but that's pretty much the only I beer I ever struggle to finish.
Interesting. That's the only of the "cheap, available nearly anywhere " beers I can tolerate. Bud Light always tastes metallic to me and gives me an awful headache
Quote from: OCGuy81 on February 24, 2021, 06:43:19 PM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on February 24, 2021, 06:35:42 PM
I've drank a lot of custom brews but nothing quite matched the skunky taste of a Coors Light. I don't know why but that's pretty much the only I beer I ever struggle to finish.
Interesting. That's the only of the "cheap, available nearly anywhere " beers I can tolerate. Bud Light always tastes metallic to me and gives me an awful headache
It must be a subjective thing because I can tolerate anything Budweiser puts out there, same with Miller. Coors Light always tasted like it had been skunked out to me, not so much with regular Coors.
Milwaukee's Best Light
Quote from: cabiness42 on February 24, 2021, 06:49:44 PM
Milwaukee's Best Light
Damn you! Years of therapy trying to suppress memories of The Beast all for nothing! 😂😂
Drax from Romania. Neat label with a vampire. Horrible beer. I wound up pouring it down the toilet.
The worst non-skunked domestic beer I've had may have been Lone Star. I was born in Texas, so my father bought a six-pack of it the weekend after I graduated from high school. We all agreed it was awful and smelled like dishwater. Doesn't stop me from wearing my "Lone Star–National Beer of Texas" belt buckle, though.
I'll go with either Rolling Rock or Fat Cat.
Chris
Dogfish Head IPA is just disgusting to me for some reason.
I have never drank beer.
Great Value or Hires Root Beer are pretty bad, though.
Foulstuff... er, I mean Falstaff. The Choicest Product of the Brewer's Fart (a parody of their 1960s TV ads). This stuff was so bad, despite being a major brewer until the 1980s, it sold for $4 a case (as cheap as it got in that era).
A friend of mine back then used to brew his own beer. He bought cases of Falstaff and just dumped the "beer" down the drain. It wasn't even worth drinking them. It was cheaper to do that then buy a case of bottles from the brewery supply store.
Quote from: jayhawkco on February 24, 2021, 07:09:35 PM
I'll go with either Rolling Rock or Fat Cat.
Chris
I liked Rolling Rock. Never tried Fat Cat.
For me, the absolute worst was Little Kings. Nasty going down, a hundred thousand times worse coming back up.
Sometime in the last few years, I have learned my lesson in life ... leaving the alcohol on the shelf.
:awesomeface:
For legal reasons, I foresee this thread being bumped a couple times in the next few years.
Quote from: OCGuy81 on February 24, 2021, 06:51:37 PM
Quote from: cabiness42 on February 24, 2021, 06:49:44 PM
Milwaukee's Best Light
Damn you! Years of therapy trying to suppress memories of The Beast all for nothing! 😂😂
Juvie Brew :sombrero: Between that and Natty Ice
Quote from: jp the roadgeek on February 24, 2021, 08:56:30 PM
Quote from: OCGuy81 on February 24, 2021, 06:51:37 PM
Quote from: cabiness42 on February 24, 2021, 06:49:44 PM
Milwaukee's Best Light
Damn you! Years of therapy trying to suppress memories of The Beast all for nothing! 😂😂
Juvie Brew :sombrero: Between that and Natty Ice
Natty Ice + beer bong = regret😁
I dunno how other people can have a taste for this but Blue Moon, I can't stand the taste of it.
I have a very limited experience, but I remember Natural Light tasting somewhat nasty.
Or am I not supposed to answer this question...?
I'm not an IPA person, so any of those beers could be the worst for me. Or anything with a high ABV.
Keystone Ice. I'm not much an alcohol drinker because I don't like the taste, but that was my first college experience.
Quote from: interstatefan990 on February 24, 2021, 07:10:53 PM
Dogfish Head IPA is just disgusting to me for some reason.
IPA's definitely have a unique taste, especially the 90's, but there was a reason why they were brewed that way. 2 centuries ago. Some beers that are OK on a hot summer afternoon don't work while watching football in December, and vice versa. I'm not a fan of Porters at any time.
Quote from: jeffandnicole on February 25, 2021, 12:00:47 AM
I'm not an IPA person, so any of those beers could be the worst for me. Or anything with a high ABV.
I can tolerate a high ABV if I like the taste of the beer, but I'm with you on IPAs. I went to a place once that had beer from a dozen different microbreweries, and they were all IPAs. The only other option was Coors Light and that's what I got.
My IBU sweet spot is 20-35.
Worst I can think of off the top of my head was when a local brewery was running a contest where two groups of the non-brewing employees (the bartenders vs the cooks) made their own beers. The cooks' beer was like a cookies & cream white stout, and was awful.
Quote from: Flint1979 on February 24, 2021, 09:11:39 PM
I dunno how other people can have a taste for this but Blue Moon, I can't stand the taste of it.
My dad keeps that in the fridge. Of course, like myself, he's not much of a drinker.
I myself stay away from beer for the most part. I prefer sangria.
All beer. It's a dead tie for last between every beer I've ever had.
Quote from: OCGuy81 on February 24, 2021, 06:22:28 PM
I was at a 7/11 getting coffee and a guy in front of me was buying Mickey's. It instantly brought up horrible memories of my college years and drinking that shit. X-(
My first college drunk experience was due to Mickey's...aah...that takes me back...and not a good aaah...
IC (Iron City) Light out of Pittsburgh is my worst contender...quarter-draft ($0.25) nights...
I love craft beer, but I'm not a huge fan of IPAs or anything overly hoppy. But there have been a few I could drink. One I couldn't was Leinenkugels IPL (India Pale Lager). It. was awful, it tasted like drinking pine tree sap, it was that piney tasting. I forced down one, and then I used the rest of the 6-pack to boil brats. The brats actually tasted pretty good after boiling them in it, but drinking the beer straight was straight blech. I'm also not a fan of most beers that come in a 30 pack, especially Busch Light. For some reason my store sells about 2 pallets of it a week. Must be because it's a college town.
Frank Thomas, the baseball player, put his name on a product called "Big Hurt Beer". I tried it because of the name. It was actually a malt liquor with 7% ABV and it was wretched. An Internet search shows posts about it between about 2011-2013; I presumed it is now retired along with the Big Hurt himself.
I had a Gose around 2017 that I remember taking a few sips and then ordering something else. Don't remember the label.
Tie between these two:
Natural Light because it kind of tastes like water, and if I want something that tastes like water, I'd rather drink water.
Some fruit-flavored beer, which made me realize that fruit and beer do not mix well.
Quote from: gonealookin on February 26, 2021, 12:42:21 AM
Frank Thomas, the baseball player, put his name on a product called "Big Hurt Beer". I tried it because of the name. It was actually a malt liquor with 7% ABV and it was wretched. An Internet search shows posts about it between about 2011-2013; I presumed it is now retired along with the Big Hurt himself.
It was still available in-stadium as of 2019.
Quote from: gonealookin on February 26, 2021, 12:42:21 AM
Frank Thomas, the baseball player, put his name on a product called "Big Hurt Beer". I tried it because of the name. It was actually a malt liquor with 7% ABV and it was wretched. An Internet search shows posts about it between about 2011-2013; I presumed it is now retired along with the Big Hurt himself.
I saw some cans of Billy Beer at an antique store in Fauquier County, Virginia, in the 1990s. I didn't buy nor try it–given that they were produced in the 1970s, I imagine they would have been undrinkable. But that beer did have one of the best taglines ever. Billy Carter was quoted as saying, "This is the best beer I've ever had. I should know. I've had a lot."
Quote from: stridentweasel on February 26, 2021, 07:05:06 AM
Some fruit-flavored beer, which made me realize that fruit and beer do not mix well.
Depends on the beer. My local brewery makes a grapefruit double IPA that's delicious.
Chris
Quote from: 1995hoo on February 26, 2021, 07:58:23 AM
Quote from: gonealookin on February 26, 2021, 12:42:21 AM
Frank Thomas, the baseball player, put his name on a product called "Big Hurt Beer". I tried it because of the name. It was actually a malt liquor with 7% ABV and it was wretched. An Internet search shows posts about it between about 2011-2013; I presumed it is now retired along with the Big Hurt himself.
I saw some cans of Billy Beer at an antique store in Fauquier County, Virginia, in the 1990s. I didn't buy nor try it–given that they were produced in the 1970s, I imagine they would have been undrinkable. But that beer did have one of the best taglines ever. Billy Carter was quoted as saying, "This is the best beer I've ever had. I should know. I've had a lot."
"We elected the wrong Carter!" - Homer Simpson
Yuengling Lord Chesterfield Ale is pretty bad. Was just reminded of it while shopping yesterday.
Quote from: jayhawkco on February 26, 2021, 08:27:55 AM
Quote from: stridentweasel on February 26, 2021, 07:05:06 AM
Some fruit-flavored beer, which made me realize that fruit and beer do not mix well.
Depends on the beer. My local brewery makes a grapefruit double IPA that's delicious.
Chris
Yep. A lot of east coast breweries are making fruit-influenced beers like goses and sours that taste absolutely amazing (and some of them hit hard, at that). A lot of the hazy IPAs that are currently popular also can have some citrus influence to them.
Iron City.
Quote from: 1995hoo on February 26, 2021, 07:58:23 AM
Quote from: gonealookin on February 26, 2021, 12:42:21 AM
Frank Thomas, the baseball player, put his name on a product called "Big Hurt Beer". I tried it because of the name. It was actually a malt liquor with 7% ABV and it was wretched. An Internet search shows posts about it between about 2011-2013; I presumed it is now retired along with the Big Hurt himself.
I saw some cans of Billy Beer at an antique store in Fauquier County, Virginia, in the 1990s. I didn't buy nor try it–given that they were produced in the 1970s, I imagine they would have been undrinkable. But that beer did have one of the best taglines ever. Billy Carter was quoted as saying, "This is the best beer I've ever had. I should know. I've had a lot."
I happen to be reading Jonathan Alter's biography,
His Very Best: Jimmy Carter, A Life wherein the truth comes out:
Quote from: Jonathan Alter (pg. 318)
Shortly after his brother was elected president, Billy Carter hired a big-time Nashville agent, and by late 1977 he was hauling in $500,000 a year in celebrity endorsements, including peanut-flavored liqueur and, most famously, Billy Beer, which tasted so bad he would often pour the contents into the toilet and fill the can with vodka instead.
Quote from: stridentweasel on February 26, 2021, 07:05:06 AM
Some fruit-flavored beer, which made me realize that fruit and beer do not mix well.
I recently tried a grapefruit-flavored beer that my sister-in-law's roommate was drinking. That was really strange: it tasted like beer and grapefruit separately. Like, the flavors didn't mingle at all in my mind. What made it especially strange for me personally is that I love grapefruit but dislike beer.
Quote from: gonealookin on February 26, 2021, 11:44:25 AM
Quote from: 1995hoo on February 26, 2021, 07:58:23 AM
I saw some cans of Billy Beer at an antique store in Fauquier County, Virginia, in the 1990s. I didn't buy nor try it–given that they were produced in the 1970s, I imagine they would have been undrinkable. But that beer did have one of the best taglines ever. Billy Carter was quoted as saying, "This is the best beer I've ever had. I should know. I've had a lot."
I happen to be reading Jonathan Alter's biography, His Very Best: Jimmy Carter, A Life wherein the truth comes out:
Quote from: Jonathan Alter (pg. 318)
Shortly after his brother was elected president, Billy Carter hired a big-time Nashville agent, and by late 1977 he was hauling in $500,000 a year in celebrity endorsements, including peanut-flavored liqueur and, most famously, Billy Beer, which tasted so bad he would often pour the contents into the toilet and fill the can with vodka instead.
Heh, that doesn't surprise me one bit. Thanks for posting that. I wish my father were still alive so that I could send him that reference. He'd laugh his arse off.
Perhaps this shouldn't count because neither youthful indiscretion nor lack of funds come into play.
That being said, the worst commercially produced, widely available beer I have ever tasted is Heineken.
I have not had it for many years, decades in fact. But every one I ever tried was terrible. Judging from online discussion, that still seems to be the case.
Quote from: stridentweasel on February 26, 2021, 07:05:06 AM
Tie between these two:
Natural Light because it kind of tastes like water, and if I want something that tastes like water, I'd rather drink water.
Some fruit-flavored beer, which made me realize that fruit and beer do not mix well.
I can't really say anymore because I haven't had beer for years, but I agree with that assessment of Natural Light. It is the worst I ever bought for myself. However, when my grandpa was still alive, he had cans upon cans of Old Milwaukee Light whenever I was there. He had a beer fridge full of the stuff. Frankly, I don't how he could drink the stuff, although I suspect it was really cheap.
Quote from: tchafe1978 on February 25, 2021, 10:04:21 AM
I love craft beer, but I'm not a huge fan of IPAs or anything overly hoppy. But there have been a few I could drink. One I couldn't was Leinenkugels IPL (India Pale Lager). It. was awful, it tasted like drinking pine tree sap, it was that piney tasting. I forced down one, and then I used the rest of the 6-pack to boil brats. The brats actually tasted pretty good after boiling them in it, but drinking the beer straight was straight blech.
Hoppy beers are the ones best for cooking, in my opinion.
Bizarre craft flavors aside (which I'm sure everyone could find one they think is awful) I'll throw some shade at one of my college beers:
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When a beer's best quality is that it's super cheap, you're going to take a hit on taste. :P
Quote from: triplemultiplex on March 01, 2021, 04:16:32 PM
Hoppy beers are the ones best for cooking, in my opinion.
This is what I usually cook with:
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That's partly because it isn't super hoppy, partly because it doesn't have any other weird flavors, and partly because I don't really care for beer as a beverage, but I have a good friend who really likes this.
I've had good luck cooking with Guinness, too.
Quote from: kphoger on March 01, 2021, 05:24:15 PM
Quote from: triplemultiplex on March 01, 2021, 04:16:32 PM
Hoppy beers are the ones best for cooking, in my opinion.
This is what I usually cook with:
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That's partly because it isn't super hoppy, partly because it doesn't have any other weird flavors, and partly because I don't really care for beer as a beverage, but I have a good friend who really likes this.
I've had good luck cooking with Guinness, too.
Yes! Guinness is great for cooking. It usually finds its way into both my beef stew and shepherds pie