# 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:** 8\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2000, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-beer/24267/81 "2000-08-15T17:46:03Z")
I’ve reviewed the entire thread, and I think all my “all time worsts” have been mentioned. With the exception of _ **Piels** _. Which is on a par with _ **Blatz** _. These were college beers. That is to say, beer which could be bought for less than $5.00 a case. (Denbo beat me to the Monty Python quote) > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Denbo \* > > “It’s like making love in a canoe. It’s fucking close to water.” \*\* As far as upstate New York, _ **Genesee** _ is pretty putrid, albeit accepted. The true upstate bog-water has got to be _ **Old Vienna** _. ---
**Author:** ![Sn-man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Sn-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sn-man)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2000, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-beer/24267/82 "2000-08-15T18:28:57Z")
The worst ones have to be the “skunk” beers. “Mickey’s” and “Elephant Beer” are the two that come to mind as REALLY bad. ---
**Author:** ![Nekochan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b3f665/32.png) [@Nekochan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nekochan)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2000, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-beer/24267/83 "2000-08-15T18:42:47Z")
Those of you not in Texas probably won’t recognize thins, but Shiner Bock really pisses me off. This is crappy light pilsner tasting urine that passes itself off as a bock!!! I don’t care if people like flavorless beers, but how dare a brewery call a typical watered-down American pilsner dyed brown a bock? Also, I second the vote for Samuel Adams triple bock. It tastes like soy sauce. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2000, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-beer/24267/84 "2000-08-16T00:34:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Doug Bowe \* > \*\* 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. \*\* FWIW, Grain Belt and the previously mentioned Pig’s Eye are made by the same company and the same brewery on 7th St. in St. Paul, MN. I have to pass by this edifice from time to time, and I would swear on a stack of bibles that I can detect an unpleasant odor :eek: My choice is this European stuff of indeterminate origin that I got in Italy. I forget the name, but I think it started with the letter “L”. This slop tasted like it was laced with formaldehyde. I stuck with bottled liquor after that. Robin ---
**Author:** ![enilorac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3bc359/32.png) [@enilorac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enilorac)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2000, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-beer/24267/85 "2000-08-16T23:03:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Milossarian \* > \*\*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. \*\* i agree i can drink it if its ICE cold i HATE warm bug light. ---
**Author:** ![Qixotica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/5fc32e/32.png) [@Qixotica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qixotica)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2000, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-beer/24267/86 "2000-08-16T23:05:55Z")
I’m going to have to go with everyone that said Corona. It is the nastiest smelling and tasing beer ever. Yuck! ---
**Author:** ![SninaDos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7c8e57/32.png) [@SninaDos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SninaDos)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2000, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-beer/24267/87 "2000-08-17T05:06:14Z")
I know, I know, technically it’s malt liquor, but Olde English is the worst substance known to mankind. Seriously, this stuff if the devil’s piss. I can’t believe no one has mentioned it before me. I also have to second Natural Ice (otherwise known as Natty Ice at the frat parties where it is exclusively served) and MGD. On another, not entirely unrelated note, Mickey’s is the only vegan malt liquor. The rest are made with lard. Yummy, no? ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2000, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-beer/24267/88 "2000-08-17T12:17:54Z")
I can’t believe nobody’s brought up Pearl yet. That stuff has to be the nastiest funk I’ve intentionally imbibed yet. Tastes like they water it down with embalming fluid, or something else with formaldehyde in it. Instant headache. A college roommate and I had some kind of testosterone fueled contest to see who could drink more. In retrospect, I’d have rather seen who could stand getting kicked in the balls more… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-beer/24267.md?page=4)