Top 5 worst beers in your opinion.

Mo14 · 02-06-2011 8:17pm

Rodenbach Grand Cru, really not for me. The only beer that's ever gone down the sink from me. And the other four can be made up of *insert generic, mass-produced lager here* even though I will drink them if there's nothing better available.

slowburner · 02-06-2011 8:34pm

BeerNut wrote: »

Nobody does. That's one of the reasons cans are lined so the contents never touches any.

What are they lined with, tin, zinc, alloy, plastic, laquer, play dough?
All the above?
Whatever it is, I get a metallic taste in beer from cans. They electrify my fillings :eek:

BeerNut · 02-06-2011 8:37pm

slowburner wrote: »

I get a metallic taste in beer from cans.

Ever tested this blind? Do you only get it from canned beer as against other canned food and drinks?

jdooley28 · 02-06-2011 8:42pm

I usually can't tell the difference much, do i like heinkeken i think it tastes a bit lighter than some of the others but maybe thats just cos im gettin used to it. But, this liquid dunnes stores sell in a can called lager(very inventive name) was just muck

slowburner · 02-06-2011 8:58pm

By and large, I don't get a metallic taste from tinned food but that's probably because they're so loaded with salt.
I haven't done a blind tasting, no. I don't think it's worthwhile - after all, it's a matter of taste - isn't it?

blueshed · 02-06-2011 9:09pm

1st = Kilkenny cream draught from a can.had almost 150 different drinks las 2 years and the only one i poured down the sink.

2nd = Carlesberg
3rd Tennents

cant think of anymore atm.dont know why so many people have bud on there list.
its bland and plain and has NO taste.so it cant taste horrible.just like drinking fizzy yellow water.

ManFromAtlantis · 03-06-2011 1:54pm

1 carlsberg
2 bud

two that come to mind.

rubadub · 03-06-2011 3:03pm

slowburner wrote: »

Beer should be bottled or draught - simples.

slowburner wrote: »

Whatever it is, I get a metallic taste in beer from cans. They electrify my fillings :eek:

Are you drinking direct from the can? if so pour it out.

Most kegs are metal. Some poster here did do blind testing with cans and bottles of the same beers and it was a pretty even split.

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I don't like the taste of fosters on draught, and miller in bottles. I would never buy budweiser, but it is so tasteless that it is not particularly offensive to me, same goes for lots of overpriced mass produced stuff. Stella is now a 5% brew in most BUL UK bottles you get here, quite different from the old 5.3% stuff. I am also wondering if the anti stella people are talking of BUL stuff or the original belgian stuff.

slowburner · 03-06-2011 3:22pm

I agree, Stella ain't who she used to be. Same goes for Kronenburg.

I don't drink straight from the can - I'm far too civilised

Beer kegs are stainless steel which doesn't impart any flavour (if it did, wine producers would be out of business - pronto). Cans are aluminium and if they are coated at all, I doubt its effectiveness.

rubadub · 03-06-2011 4:25pm

slowburner wrote: »

I don't drink straight from the can - I'm far too civilised

OK, just when you said about the fillings I presumed it was drinking from cans, I am fairly sensitive with my fillings too, but have never had it from a glass of beer poured from a can.

Some hits I found

http://www.buzzle.com/articles/beer-cans-vs-bottles.html

Jim Koch, president of Boston Beer Co., the maker of Samuel Adams stated that canned beer imparted a metallic taste. He goes on to say that though the coating (expoxy resin) applied on the inner side of the can prevents the metal from coming in direct contact with the beer, the tab and lip of the can still come in contact with it. So when people sip their beer, the beer is exposed to the metal and imparts a metallic taste. This statement managed to ruffle quite a few feathers in the brewing industry. While some say this is a myth, some say avoid cans if you are unsure!

I think they mean sipping from the can there. The can is "cut" at the outlet so it should only be exposed to that tiny bit of metal when pouring. They could come up with a plastic ring pull system.

http://www.askmen.com/fine_living/wine_dine_archive_250/284_the-argument-for-canned-beer.html

The biggest misconception about canned beer is that the aluminum can imparts a metallic taste. The insides of most cans and lids used for high-end craft beers have a sprayed coating, ensuring that there is absolutely no contact between the beer and the aluminum. Test the metal-taste theory: Pour a beer in a pint glass for a pal and have them taste it for any metal taste. Also consider that most people enjoy draft beer, which is housed in a metal keg. All you have to do is think of your canned beer as a mini keg.

As far as storage goes, canned beer might have a slight advantage over bottles in that cans actually protect beer from light and oxygen. Cans are airtight and oxygen-free. When light consistently hits a bottle of beer, it can turn skunky and ultimately undrinkable. Oxygen can also leach into a bottled beer under the bottle cap and affect the taste, which could potentially destroy the beer.

There are more than 20 microbreweries currently offering canned beers, including the wildly popular New Belgium Fat Tire Amber Ale introduced in cans last summer. Another brewer, Lyons, Colorado-based Oskar Blues Brewery, a canned-craft beer pioneer, produced 12,409 barrels in 2007. In 2008, they produced 19,000 barrels. More and more people are drinking good canned beer, and the numbers don’t lie.

They still do have aluminium kegs in some countries, dunno if they line them like the cans.

Zebra3 · 03-06-2011 4:44pm

Cahling.
Bud.
Fosters-probably the worst.

Lot of competition for the last two spots.

KJ · 03-06-2011 4:54pm

San Miguel is by far the worst. Followed by Carlsberg, Bud, Nobelaner and any smoke beers cos I just don't like them.

slowburner · 03-06-2011 9:43pm

rubadub wrote: »

OK, just when you said about the fillings I presumed it was drinking from cans, I am fairly sensitive with my fillings too, but have never had it from a glass of beer poured from a can.

Some hits I found

http://www.buzzle.com/articles/beer-cans-vs-bottles.html

I think they mean sipping from the can there. The can is "cut" at the outlet so it should only be exposed to that tiny bit of metal when pouring. They could come up with a plastic ring pull system.

http://www.askmen.com/fine_living/wine_dine_archive_250/284_the-argument-for-canned-beer.html
They still do have aluminium kegs in some countries, dunno if they line them like the cans.

Thanks for that Rubadub. Out of gratitude for your noble research efforts, I'd better try a blind tasting.
Curiously, I'm sipping a Leffe, from the bottle. I'd swear I'm getting a metallic taste :eek:

fonecrusher1 · 04-06-2011 12:08am

KJ wrote: »

San Miguel is by far the worst. Followed by Carlsberg, Bud, Nobelaner and any smoke beers cos I just don't like them.

Truely a horrible beer. I had it many years ago & i distinctly remember it having a disgusting sour whiskey sort of aftertaste??

Absolute piss.

dfx- · 05-06-2011 12:48am

I think some of the mainstream stuff constantly mentioned here probably doesn't need to be mentioned anymore,so..

1. Heineken - still has to make the list regardless of the above^
2. Miller - see Heineken
3. Lowenbrau
4. Hoegaarden (a possibly controversial entry)
Joint 5. Castle/Peroni

Raekwon · 05-06-2011 2:19am

kevohmsford wrote: »

Budweiser
Dutch Gold
Staropramen
Blue Moon
Coors Light

Seriously???

If any Czech beer has to be on this list then let it be Krušovické

grenache · 05-06-2011 2:41am

kevohmsford wrote: »

Budweiser
Dutch Gold
Staropramen
Blue Moon
Coors Light

The others fair enough, but Blue Moon? I think its a lovely beer, with unique flavour.

Here's my top 5:

1. Dutch Mould - by some distance

2. Coors Light
3. Budweiser
4. Bud Light
5. Prazsky

05-06-2011 11:43pm

I forgot to mention Desperados, don't know how I forgot it first time, it really is foul beer.

RMD · 06-06-2011 1:24am

Jesus, no bad mentions of Bavaria yet, a good run for the cheap drink fans. It's the only drinkable cheap lager IMO, dutch and tuborg both taste like watered down piss.

Curry Addict · 06-06-2011 1:59pm

so we all love Tennants then

Blackjack · 06-06-2011 2:29pm

O'Kells, a muck beer from the Isle of Man. Probably one of the only Pints I ever refused to finish. Horrific stuff altogether.

Most beers from Southern Europe, e.g. Peroni - how can people say that this flavourless pisswater is a premium beer?.

Most beers in Norway. Christ, for a place that charges about 7 quid a pint you'd think they'd manage to put something decent in the glass. One is called Aass. Drop an A, and you're closer.

Bavaria - actually gives me heartburn.

Bush - an american beer that has even less flavour than Budweiser. I honestly thought I was drinking carbonated water.

Max Powers · 06-06-2011 6:30pm

1. Coors light
2. Bud
3. Fosters
4. Miller

LaBaguette · 07-06-2011 2:09pm

dfx- wrote: »

4. Hoegaarden (a possibly controversial entry)

Care to explain ? I'll agree that it's not the best beer altogether, but it really has its merits. Cloudy, not-do-subtle but well made spices mix, refreshing and just slightly bitter... One of my faves on sunny summer afternoons !

iamstop · 07-06-2011 2:17pm

Bud
Michelob Ultra
Harp Lite
Miller
and there was one my mate gave me once, thin it was russian, stuff was horrible.

daveyeh · 07-06-2011 2:30pm

Dutch Gold
Coors Lite
Fosters
Carling
Tennants

Cill Dara Abu · 07-06-2011 2:36pm

Bulmers- Cannot stand the taste
Carling- Like drinking bath-water
Harp- Tasteless muck
Miller- Tangy ****
Stella- Horrible

LaBaguette · 07-06-2011 7:25pm

Cill Dara Abu wrote: »

Bulmers- Cannot stand the taste

I sense something wrong here.

Benny_Cake · 07-06-2011 8:06pm

Fosters
Stella Artois
Tuborg (at least what we get of it in this country)
Budweiser (especially draught)
Any Thai Beer, but especially Chang (there is a good reason why Thai people put ice in their beer)

ReacherCreature · 10-06-2011 12:03am

Benny_Cake wrote: »

Any Thai Beer, but especially Chang (there is a good reason why Thai people put ice in their beer)

Singha beer, a Thai drink is actually delicious. Very nice flavour.

Molloys Clondalkin · 10-06-2011 1:36am

Blackjack wrote: »

O'Kells, a muck beer from the Isle of Man. Probably one of the only Pints I ever refused to finish. Horrific stuff altogether.

Most beers from Southern Europe, e.g. Peroni - how can people say that this flavourless pisswater is a premium beer?.

Most beers in Norway. Christ, for a place that charges about 7 quid a pint you'd think they'd manage to put something decent in the glass. One is called Aass. Drop an A, and you're closer.

Bavaria - actually gives me heartburn.

Bush - an american beer that has even less flavour than Budweiser. I honestly thought I was drinking carbonated water.

Bush from Anhouser Bush the people who bring you Budweiser need I say more???
And Peroni make Miller draft under licence in europe blind taste them and let me know the answer.

Benny_Cake · 10-06-2011 8:12pm

ReacherCreature wrote: »

Singha beer, a Thai drink is actually delicious. Very nice flavour.

Fair point - I was mostly thinking of Chang and Leo, I was travelling on a tight budget!! Although I have to say the Singha export does taste nicer than the Thai Singha.

bobbysands81 · 13-06-2011 1:38am

1. Bud/Bud Light... If it was free I wouldn't be able to drink it...
2. Coors/Coors Light... as above
3. Fosters.
4. Sol/Sol Light.
5. Any Chocolate Stout.
=5 Peroni.

Hurler85 · 14-06-2011 5:19pm

Tennants - Definitely the worst tasting beer ever made. Even tried it on tap in scotland, was actually worse than the on tap stuff sold here!!

Carling - Extremely offensively tasting - just shows you how dumb the English can be as its their best selling beer!

Budwiser - Horrible, horrible stuff, dont know how people actually choose to purchase this product.

Carlesberg - how can they market this stuff as probably the best larger in the world, it is absolutely disgusting.

Dutch Gold - What can I say about this beer??? It pushes tennants hard for worst tasting. I know cash strapped students who refuse to drink it, and thats saying alot!!

Antrim_Man · 17-06-2011 11:28am

Miller
Carlsberg
Fosters
Carlsberg
Miller

yupyup7up · 17-06-2011 11:34am

1 - Hackenberg - Just pure and utter muck
2 - Budweiser - Gives you the worst hangovers you'll ever have and is just basically piss
3 - Miller - Extremely weak and bland beer, f*ck all alcohol in it
4 - Bavaria Special Blonde Beer - its a syrup, not a beer
5 - Duvel - its just bottles of "bad taste" from your mouth

no having said that, i'd still drink em all(i hate bud because of the hangovers.)

BTW stella is a lovely, underrated beer IMO

Paulaner for the win

HOLD ON! carlsberg is a nice beer! a few beer snobs on here...

oblivious · 17-06-2011 11:45am

yupyup7up wrote: »

HOLD ON! carlsberg is a nice beer! a few beer snobs on here...

an you call Duvel - its just bottles of "bad taste" :rolleyes:

yupyup7up · 17-06-2011 11:49am

oblivious wrote: »

an you call Duvel - its just bottles of "bad taste" :rolleyes:

yes.... because it is horrible?

I always buy craft beers and thats definitely the worst ive drank

Newtown Warrior · 17-06-2011 11:50am

1) Harp-ic

Antrim_Man · 17-06-2011 11:51am

Newtown Warrior wrote: »

1) Harp-ic

Harp Export 5% is a good beer but hard to get these days.

Beery Eyed · 17-06-2011 11:55am

yupyup7up wrote: »

1 - Hackenberg - Just pure and utter muck
2 - Budweiser - Gives you the worst hangovers you'll ever have and is just basically piss
3 - Miller - Extremely weak and bland beer, f*ck all alcohol in it
4 - Bavaria Special Blonde Beer - its a syrup, not a beer
5 - Duvel - its just bottles of "bad taste" from your mouth

no having said that, i'd still drink em all(i hate bud because of the hangovers.)

BTW stella is a lovely, underrated beer IMO

Paulaner for the win

HOLD ON! carlsberg is a nice beer! a few beer snobs on here...

Oh dear! This line of comments is definitely the strangest thing I have come across on here for a while.

Duvel - one of the best beers in the world - is slated, while Carlsberg and Stella are praised?? Don't really know what else to say about that!

Granted, as with all of these things, it's a matter of taste and will differ from person to person, but this is just bizarre.

yupyup7up · 17-06-2011 12:01pm

Beery Eyed wrote: »

Oh dear! This line of comments is definitely the strangest thing I have come across on here for a while.

Duvel - one of the best beers in the world - is slated, while Carlsberg and Stella are praised?? Don't really know what else to say about that!

Granted, as with all of these things, it's a matter of taste and will differ from person to person, but this is just bizarre.

Do you really think Duvel tastes nice? I love weissbiers mostly and drink pilsners and lagers from all over the world, and Duvel is definitely the worst tasting beer I've ever had. I might give it a lash again to try prove myself wrong but the last time I had it, the after taste was atrocious!

Well I'm not saying that Stella and Carlsberg are fantastic, I'm saying that they get slated constantly and for the money, they are great beers.

Paulaner and Spaten are my 2 favourite beers.

yupyup7up · 17-06-2011 12:05pm

jester77 wrote: »

Surprised to see Staropramen and Flensburger in anyones list!

Budweiser, Heineken, Miller, Corona and some beer that I have thankfully forgotten the name of. Tesco used to sell it years ago and it was dirt cheap at the time, it was French, came in short fat 330ml bottles and tasted liked mushy peas.

Bier d'Or?

BeerNut · 17-06-2011 12:06pm

yupyup7up wrote: »

the after taste was atrocious!

It's a strong ale. If your preference is for clean-tasting pale lagers and weissbier (as your post suggests) then it's understandable that you won't like it.

yupyup7up · 17-06-2011 12:10pm

BeerNut wrote: »

It's a strong ale. If your preference is for clean-tasting pale lagers and weissbier (as your post suggests) then it's understandable that you won't like it.

yeah It's not my cup o' joe anyway...

Beery Eyed · 17-06-2011 1:24pm

yupyup7up wrote: »

yeah It's not my cup o' joe anyway...

That's fair enough of course, and it'd be silly to think that everyone would have the same tastes, but as was mentioned above you have to keep in mind that it's not a lager (despite it's golden appearance). It's an 8.5% golden ale and as such the flavours are pretty big and dominating compared to a lager, or even a weiss.

Try it again on its own (as in not after drinking other beers first) and it'd be interesting to see if you still hate it. Perhaps it's just not for you.

Anyway, for my tupence worth the top 5 worst beers are:

1. Budweiser - the king of bad beer. I have turned down free pints of it. Just can't drink it.
2. Miller - like sudsy dishwater
3. Dutch Gold
4. Fosters
5. Corona - slightly controvorsial perhaps, and there are probably some worse beers that I could list, but I just find it odd that it is seen as such a "premium" beer when it tastes exactly like most of the other crap beers listed above when it isn't masked by the taste of a lime!

Antrim_Man · 17-06-2011 1:57pm

yupyup7up wrote: »

hangovers.)

BTW stella is a lovely, underrated beer IMO

HOLD ON! carlsberg is a nice beer! a few beer snobs on here...

Agree. Stella has a really nice flavour but from the can not the bottle :eek:

Carlsberg is just rubbish though

ManFromAtlantis · 21-06-2011 12:42pm

not an expert on beers by any stretch but im glad its not just me that thinks carlsberg is orrible.

Dahtac · 21-06-2011 12:47pm

Currently wandering around Maastricht seeing ads for 0% Bavaria all over the place, am slightly tempted to try even if it hurts althoug I will probably just go and find a good beer instead

jester77 · 21-06-2011 1:45pm

yupyup7up wrote: »

Bier d'Or?

that would be it

fonecrusher1 · 21-06-2011 7:30pm

BeerNut wrote: »

It's a strong ale. If your preference is for clean-tasting pale lagers and weissbier (as your post suggests) then it's understandable that you won't like it.

Im more into wheats & dark ales but even i can appreciate the deliciousness of Duvel. The stuff is a taste sensation. I'd drink a hell of a lot more of the stuff if a. it was less expensive & b. its wasn't so strong, damn that stuff will put you on your ass if your not careful.

Each to their own but feckin hell theres not too many folks (who like a good beer) will say the stuff tastes bad??!

Top 5 worst beers in your opinion.

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