Worst beer ever tasted?

pdebarra

Tell me the worst beer you ever tasted. I'll top it. Or your money back.

monkeyfudge

Smithwicks..

although some of those stupid novelty beers are horrible too.. I'm talking honey flavoured and banana flavoured beers.

grimloch

This stuff my friend brought from France I think, was about 2 euro for a 5 litre keg thing. The taste was vile.

Although I can't speak from experience, it tasted like fizzy wee.

chillywilly

henniger......ughhh

Basq

Harp / Smithwicks / Fosters... am pretty fussy about beer though!

Find myself only drinking Heineken when i'm out. Even last time i had a Budweiser, i thought it was vile! I used to always like Budweiser but got a very vinegar type taste off it - might be because i hadn't drank it in a while and it was after i had a good few Heinekens!

youcancallmeal

tennants or grolsch

Zaph

Desperados. French beer with tequila added. The words "French" and "beer" in the same sentence is bad enough, but adding tequila is just wrong. I wouldn't mind if it tased like there was tequila, which I quite like, in it, but it tased like a bad shandy.

Pepe LeFrits

Labatt Maximum Ice, 7.1% content. Pretty brutal stuff.

Obviously i've tried some other random beers (Banana beer... eughghhhhh!), but having been hammered at the time i'm not going to remember their names!

Desperados - isn't that the Tequila beer which has those girls going 'round London in tight green spandex hot pants giving free samples (poured down your throat from the bottle)? Agreed - minging. But worth drinking just for the flirting demo girls

pdebarra

Slovenia, a country of approx. 2 million people, has two breweries: Union and Lasko (alright, the folks who produce Gambrinus, which I've yet to find, do have a good 2% or so share of the market, so technically 3 major breweries - may i continue? Thank you). Union is dreadful. Really quite bad. I'd rather drink Bud - the Anheuser-Busch concoction. Lasko, on the other hand, is undrinkable (Zlatorog may be a more precise name for it). The picture of the goat on the label should have been a giveaway.

On my last visit, I had to play drinking games with a few Turkish guys, a Canadian girl and a Dub. All the hostel had was Lasko. My previous visit, I had sworn never, ever to drink it again. I should've stuck to my guns.

Anyway, if you have anyone heading that direction, have them pick you up one of each. It's an education.

U zdravje!

pdebarra

My regular in Salzburg once had a Desperados promo. After a few hours, the girls packed up and left. I headed next door, only to find the same girls! I stopped to say hello and ask them how business was. "Terrible", they replied. "Why's that?" "Nobody's drinking it". "How come not?" "'Cos it's ****e!" - also, the deal was buy a round(!!) of 5 and get one free. Bloody hell. Find 5 people in one pub who are all drinking Desperados... Then take them outside an have them shot.

LostinBlanch

Two of the worst I ever had was an Aussie beer called Eumundi. It was so bad that people were giving back free ones. Strange cos the aussies usually know their beer.

The other one was Michelob Amber Bock in a pub in West Virginia. Think bad Smithwicks with more chemicals added. Myself and a friend had one pitcher between us, and I had the worst hangover before I left the pub!

Tar.Aldarion

eh 'green lager' on paddies day mixed with cheap cola and cheap vodka and a mystery ingredient.....urgh!general conclusion...worst taste ever!!

Zaph

Another really bad one is the New Zealand beer Steinlager. I took one swig from the bottle and promptly poured the rest down the sink. My Kiwi mate told me that no-one drinks the stuff over there because it's so bad.

djmarkus

Premium Galahade from aldi/lidl, a distinct taste of rust.

scargill

you guys and your fancy beers - only asking for trouble. the worst beer ever had to be the stuff the brother brewed in a mayonaise bucket in the hotpress. in thirsty anticipation we drank it a little early. christ almighty - it was like drinking Blackie Connor's piss out of Dot Cotton's shoes.

djmarkus

scargill wrote:

you guys and your fancy beers - only asking for trouble. the worst beer ever had to be the stuff the brother brewed in a mayonaise bucket in the hotpress. in thirsty anticipation we drank it a little early. christ almighty - it was like drinking Blackie Connor's piss out of Dot Cotton's shoes.

Officially THE funniest post I have ever read, I nearly gave myself a hernia laughing

pdebarra

If Zhigul' is the best they can produce, I might have to give that country a miss... But you see, Slovenia's got so much else going for it, I'm convinced there's a wee microbrewery, hidden somewhere high in the Julian Alps, that'll brew the finest pivo you've ever tasted. I may have to go on a wee fact-finding mission... Anyone interested? Did I mention that the Slovenian women are possibly the finest you'll see?

P.S. Tiger: yes, Singapore. Could well be brewed in Thailand, cos it says "under licence from...".

P.P.S. Just remembered a rather nice microbrewery in Ljubljana itself: Sokol, it's a restaurant, just opposite the cathedral, very easy to find, full of locals, has it's own brews - two of em. Not stunning, but quite drinkable.

pdebarra

zaph wrote:

Another really bad one is the New Zealand beer Steinlager. I took one swig from the bottle and promptly poured the rest down the sink. My Kiwi mate told me that no-one drinks the stuff over there because it's so bad.

's funny - I really enjoyed that! Takes all kinds, eh?

Sarky

Dutch Gold and Hackenberg are the two most disgusting liquids I have ever tasted. I really cannot stress enough how completely unlike real beer they are.

jcoote

carlsberg is a waste of brewing time plain and simple

pdebarra

jcoote wrote:

carlsberg is a waste of brewing time plain and simple

True.

Endurance Man

Budweiser, horrible taste.

Any1 no the best beer in the world .

Crucifix

I've lived a sheltered life in terms of Beer, but I'd say Dutch Gold is the worst I've tasted.

pdebarra

Endurance Man wrote:

Budweiser, horrible taste.

Any1 no the best beer in the world .

See thread on that topic!

pickarooney

Another vote for Desperados, although I've seen bottles of similarly unfeasible mélanges bâtards side by side with it in French supermarkets - bum-piss with chili was one... oh wait, I had a mouthful of Adelscot once, 'beer' with 'whiskey' added. If there's one thing the French make worse than beer, it's whisky. Good Lord, I'm having DT-type shuders recalling that experience.
I'd give a dishonorable mention too to Palm - wretched Dutch beer with an aftertaste of tea, although I know some crazy souls who swear by it.

esperanza

The Germans might be renowned for their beers, but Becks certainly has to be one of the worst beers. It can be very watered down and basically is bad value for money.

If you're looking for good beers, you can't get better than Franziskaner or Diebels Altbier!

scojones

Dutch Gold
Royal Dutch
Graftenvalder
Tesco's Special VAT.

Sarsfield

Bud.

Anything from a can as they all taste of aluminium.

Anything from America as they all taste of chemicals and cause savage hangovers.

Canned American beer.

Bud again.

Slunk

Think dutch gold is bad, try Beer D'or from tesco. Ughhhh

Agent Smith

Budweiser

dermo88

Smithwicks, Budweiser

Both pathetic excuses for beer.

Chris P Duck

Excelsior from Lidl. It tastes like pea water when not ice cold.

Tha Gopher

zaph wrote:

Desperados. French beer with tequila added. The words "French" and "beer" in the same sentence is bad enough,

My cousins dad bought a pile of poxy Fink Brau for her 21st in the gaff (y`know, the French beer in tiny green bottles that for some reason has a German sounding name). Stuff is vile, so ****in flat and......bad!

Pubs round here sold Labatts for 2.70 a pint for a while. I was unemployed back then so I drank it. I dont know what the fcuk i was thinking

I gave the stuff up after a 15 hour bad pint episode caused by a particularly dark vile pint of the stuff that Id only drank because I was already drunk


Chris, aye I was drinkin that Excelsior sh1te out at Oxegen. Was the only beer anyone had by Monday morning (one of our crowd works in Lidl, got a pile on the cheap for use nly when decent drink had run out)

Borzoi

agent smith wrote:

Budweiser

It's still better than Coors Light - insipid piss, couldn't drink it, couldn't give it away, most of it went down the sink

egan007

no doubt - HARP

djmarkus

egan007 wrote:

no doubt - HARP

Agreed "Harpic", you die just a little bit every pint of this stuff you take.

Serbian

sjones wrote:

Dutch Gold
Royal Dutch
Graftenvalder
Tesco's Special VAT.

The worst beer I ever had was along these lines: Danish Gold. Jesus, it was horrible. I bought a crate of it before a party and I couldn't give it away. On another note, I had Desperado beer in France before and I really liked it! Someone must be drinking it if they are still making it!

RE*AC*TOR

Obviously - the usual unholy trilogy of Bud, Heino and Carlsberg - Coors and Miller can easily be added to that list of beers that essentially taste of nothing.

However, being from Waterford a special place is reserved in my heart for Hoffmans. That is possibly the worst beer ever created.

Sarsfield - not all american beers are crap - try Sam Adams or Goose Island - tasty mutherfúcking beers!

esperanza

Avoid English lagers, in general, but try Black Sheep!

egan007

esperanza wrote:

Avoid English lagers, in general, but try Black Sheep!

had a pint of this in Harrogate in Yorkshire - .........interesting..........to say the least

RE*AC*TOR

Black Sheep don't make any lagers AFAIK. Porter House do their Holy Grail Ale though - which is excellent along with their other ALES.

Morrigan

jcoote wrote:

carlsberg is a waste of brewing time plain and simple

Ah you just haven't gotten used to the taste of beer, kid. And all those alcopops are ruining your taste buds.

RE*AC*TOR

Morrigan wrote:

Ah you just haven't gotten used to the taste of beer, kid. And all those alcopops are ruining your taste buds.

:rolleyes:

..."the taste of beer"....carlsberg....irony detection systems overloaded....

Sarky

Their advertising is still false. Carlsberg being the best lager in the world isn't even remotely probable when you take into account all the lagers of the world.

Bateman

Some German stuff I had while in Spain. Think it might have been Hoegarden. Disgusting. A lot of the German beers are filthy.

Morrigan

Sarky wrote:

Their advertising is still false. Carlsberg being the best lager in the world isn't even remotely probable when you take into account all the lagers of the world.

Agreed.
Has anyone mentioned Budweiser yet? Bloody awful stuff. "Fresh-tasting" \ "Beechwood-aged"... can't they make up their minds?

esperanza

Hoegaarden is a Belgian beer. Try Leffe, you can't get a better Belgian beer than that. It's possible to buy it in supermarkets in Ireland.

German beers are very varied, and it is unlikely that you will have tasted all of them. I can highly recommend Franziskaner or Paulaner.

Morrigan

Sarky wrote:

Their advertising is still false. Carlsberg being the best lager in the world isn't even remotely probable when you take into account all the lagers of the world.

Agreed.
Has anyone mentioned Budweiser yet? Bloody awful stuff. "Fresh-tasting"/ "Beechwood-aged"... can't they make up their minds?

GetOffMyPatch

One word - MCEWANS

chump

Worst beer ever tasted I think as some cheapo ale thing they had in the Porter House... it was a special that week, on tap, 3 or 4euro... and ohhh gawd first drink I've ever had (other than UniCum) that I couldn't finish

david1two3

It has to be Smithwicks, when you drank it it tasted like puque and when you puqued it it tasted like smithwicks.