# The worst beer **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 1, 2000, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-beer/24267 "2000-07-01T10:52:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TheThill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheThill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheThill)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2000, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-beer/24267/1 "2000-07-01T10:52:05Z")
As a sequel to the “Beer of Choice” thread: What are your least-favorite beers? That is, assuming you like beer at all. (Could never figure out how people can’t distinguish between types of beer. Perhaps the trait can be found on the new genome map.) ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2000, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-beer/24267/2 "2000-07-01T11:09:16Z")
Pabst, Pig’s Eye, and any beer donning only a white label with the word “beer” printed in **BIG BOLD LETTERS** across said white label. (Think commodity peanut butter) ---
**Author:** ![TheThill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheThill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheThill)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2000, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-beer/24267/3 "2000-07-01T11:35:25Z")
I just realized I didn’t answer my own question. (I’ve been spending too much time in GQ.) IIRC, Genesee (in upstate New York) is one of the most putrid substances in the universe. Recently I had the displeasure of trying to drink Löbauer in SE-Germany. Yes, there are bad German beers. ---
**Author:** ![kiffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/d78d45/32.png) [@kiffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kiffa)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2000, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-beer/24267/4 "2000-07-01T12:48:42Z")
American beer 'cept some from microbreweries. A couple of years ago, some European company tried to market Sapphire “the beer that makes Africa go”. Terrible light pilsner just like the crap sold in the US. ---
**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2000, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-beer/24267/5 "2000-07-01T12:56:43Z")
Kaliber. Non-alcoholic and tastes like cold water someone’s left a potato in. ---
**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2000, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-beer/24267/6 "2000-07-01T13:43:18Z")
Obviously, the worst beer in existence is Olympia. The only beer so bad it has a Good Luck symbol (a horseshoe) and an excuse (_It’s the water_) on the can. ---
**Author:** ![ruadh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d2c977/32.png) [@ruadh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ruadh)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2000, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-beer/24267/7 "2000-07-01T14:25:08Z")
Cannabia. It’s made from the hemp plant and has a big leaf on the label (apparently the THC level is really low, though). I took one sip and dumped the rest down the drain. I don’t think I’ve _ever_ deliberately wasted a whole bottle of beer like that before but oh my God it was nasty. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2000, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-beer/24267/8 "2000-07-01T15:21:10Z")
Corona. No, it’s NOT good. Not even if you put 3 kilos of lime in it. It is CRAP. I’d rather drink donkey urine. ---
**Author:** ![fnord1966](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ad7895/32.png) [@fnord1966](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fnord1966)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2000, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-beer/24267/9 "2000-07-01T16:02:18Z")
Ravensbrau Porter. It tastes like black coffey and bitter chocolate. Quite nasty. ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2000, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-beer/24267/10 "2000-07-01T16:07:21Z")
All of them. Beer. Bleah. ---
**Author:** ![Mamapotomus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/94ad74/32.png) [@Mamapotomus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mamapotomus)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2000, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-beer/24267/11 "2000-07-01T16:41:05Z")
I wish I could remember the brand name but it was hazelnut flavored. It tasted like hazelnut coffee for a brief second, then morphed into a godawful coffee-beer aftertaste. I still get heaves thinking about it. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2000, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-beer/24267/12 "2000-07-01T16:56:09Z")
Ed’s Chili Beer. It tastes like rancid Stroh’s with tabasco. ---
**Author:** ![Milossarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Milossarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Milossarian)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2000, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-beer/24267/13 "2000-07-01T17:02:29Z")
Bud Light. Ugh. And that’s weird, because I have no problem drinking Bud as a non-premium beer. Add all that water to create Bud Light, and its just disgusting. ---
**Author:** ![Bucky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Bucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bucky)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2000, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-beer/24267/14 "2000-07-01T18:18:58Z")
Budweiser is the most evil beer, Genese is god-awful, but the old Walter’s brewery in Eau Claire WI made a beer that actually made me throw up in its horrid-ness. Walter’s “Special” was the local really cheap and bad beer (grit your teeth bad the first few sips). I had Walter’s “Regular” and found that the Special was not nearly as bad! When it existed and would get reviewed, it always got the lowest rating possible. Blecchh! ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_Bowe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df788c/32.png) [@Doug\_Bowe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_Bowe)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2000, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-beer/24267/15 "2000-07-01T18:25:36Z")
Bismark. A beer so bad that the El Paso brewery that made it finally went out of business. It was a blessing that the beer met the fate of the battleship. I have heard tales out of the midwest about Grain Belt. ---
**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2000, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-beer/24267/16 "2000-07-01T18:32:11Z")
I gotta side with Coldfire–when I read the thread name, the word “Corona” appeared instantly in my head. It isn’t even that it’s that bad–I don’t think it’s any worse than your average shitty macrobrew. (Well, maybe slightly.) The problem is that it sells as a premium. I’ve often told Corona drinkers just to get an Old Milwaukee and put a lime in it, and they won’t know the difference. Dr. J ---
**Author:** ![Initial\_Entry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e9a140/32.png) [@Initial\_Entry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Initial_Entry)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2000, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-beer/24267/17 "2000-07-01T20:06:20Z")
What are you talking about Silver\_Fire? Pig’s Eye is, um, un-offensive? Well, at least when it’s fresh it is, it gets bad real quick. Ok so thats the best thing I could think to say about it, sue me. I don’t like it much, but hey, there are a lot worse. > [@](#): > > It tastes like black coffey and bitter chocolate. That sounds delicious, whats wrong with you? The worst I’ve ever had, and I make a point of avoiding beer that isn’t opaque, is probably busch lite. Hey, it wasn’t my fault, it was a party and there was a keg. I honestly didn’t know I was drinking beer until after the third cup… ---
**Author:** ![tatertot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c37758/32.png) [@tatertot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tatertot)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2000, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-beer/24267/18 "2000-07-01T20:56:02Z")
This is not technically a beer, but I thought it deserved a mention. Cool Colt malt liquor. Yes, that is exactly what the world needed, a mentholated malt liquor. I think I managed to drink 2 ounces out of a 40 before I realized that my college plan to become a streetwise, gangster type was nothing but a doomed dream. It tasted exactly like someone had steeped a couple of Newport cigarettes in Colt 45 for a couple of weeks. ---
**Author:** ![jayron\_32](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/41988e/32.png) [@jayron\_32](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayron_32)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2000, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-beer/24267/19 "2000-07-01T23:40:54Z")
At a dorm party my senior year on my buddy’s floor (small floor, no RA) he got two cases of a beer called “Emporer’s Gold” It was a chinese import, and State Line Liquors was selling it for 5 bucks a case. 10 bucks for 48 beers isn’t a bad deal, so he picked up two cases (bought the store out of its stock). It was the most vile substance I have ever had in my mouth. Having enjoyed Tsingtao, we assumed we were getting a deal, and let me tell you that you DO get what you pay for with beer. It was soy flavored, and tasted as if it HAD taken the slow boat over from china. For the experience, take a bottle of Rolling Rock (or urine, same substance) and add a bunch of terriyaki sauce. It was so bad we had to go for another beer run after 10 minutes. Even when we were plastered no one would touch the shit. Thankfully, now that I have cash I can get my own Harp and skip all of the cheap crap. ---
**Author:** ![Asmodeus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@Asmodeus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asmodeus)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2000, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-beer/24267/20 "2000-07-02T00:14:20Z")
Oertels 98 God awful stuff. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-beer/24267.md?page=2)