# What is the worst beer you've ever had? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** beer\ **Created:** [November 26, 2009, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-beer-youve-ever-had/519065 "2009-11-26T21:43:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2009, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-beer-youve-ever-had/519065/161 "2009-12-07T00:59:15Z")
I tried this crap years ago-nice embossed can, but skunky, nasty brew. Also Piel Brothers-that was a cheap, horrible brew-apable of inducing horrible hangovers. ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2009, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-beer-youve-ever-had/519065/162 "2009-12-07T01:24:43Z")
I still remember the nasty taste of old-school “what your father drank in 1960” beers from high school parties: **Hamm’s** and **Piel’s**. **Milwaukee’s Best** tastes like it’s made from barley and malt that was rejected by **Old Milwaukee** , along with a generous helping of for-animal-consumption-only grade North Korean potatoes. My vote for the pour-the-rest-of-the-six-pack-down-the-sink worst of the worst, though: a tie between **[Utica Club](http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/99/6239)** (what old farts who couldn’t afford Genny Cream quaffed) and **[Koch’s Golden Anniversary Beer](http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/302/4942/)** (named after some prize the foul beverage won some prize at some old-timey exposition.) ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2009, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-beer-youve-ever-had/519065/163 "2009-12-07T01:28:07Z")
> [@shiftless](#): > > Anybody remember \*Malt duck \*(malt beverage)? Maybe not beer in the usual sense but technically it is. That gag-worthy brew was out in the mid 70’s. > > What about Champale? Also terrible. Remember both of them well. In the 1980s, with a fake ID and a dollar, I was set for the evening with 32 fluid ounces of Pink Champale. I also remember 64-ounce jugs of some Native American-themed beer being sold alongside the flavored beers of the era. Never bought it. ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2009, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-beer-youve-ever-had/519065/164 "2009-12-07T01:36:42Z")
> [@joebuck20](#): > > Interestingly I think there are more Texans outside Texas who drink the stuff than there are within Texas. It seems to be a way for Texas expats to assert their Texanness. But within Texas hardly anyone ever touches the stuff. There’s other beers like that; **Genesee Cream Ale** for the Upstate New York expats is a prime example. Hardly ever drank it when I lived in Buffalo, but I saw it on the shelves at an HEB in Austin, and in my cart it went. Genny Cream isn’t bad going down, but 18 hours later … it definitely beats Metamucil. ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2009, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-beer-youve-ever-had/519065/165 "2009-12-07T01:41:57Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > I’ve tried a whole variety of beers. I don’t know what mule piss tastes like, but I imagine beer in any form would be pretty close. So I take it you hate beer? If that’s the case, why do you keep drinking it? ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2009, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-beer-youve-ever-had/519065/166 "2009-12-07T02:06:09Z")
> [@ralph124c](#): > > Kulminator is a very high alcohol content beer from Germany-it is made by freezing the brew, and removing the water ice-this raises the alcohol content to \>15% (I believe). Before I shell out big bucks for a sixpack-is it nasty? > Also German “Rauchtbier” (beer made from smoked malt)-I have heard it is an acquired taste-anybody like it? Isn’t that how they make all ice beer? I assume it tastes better if it is made out of better stuff…at least I hope so! ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2009, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-beer-youve-ever-had/519065/167 "2009-12-07T02:17:08Z")
I had a micro brew oatmeal stout that no one could convince me WASN’T joke. ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Skeezix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aca169/32.png) [@Red\_Skeezix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Skeezix)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2009, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-beer-youve-ever-had/519065/168 "2009-12-07T04:51:53Z")
> [@elmwood](#): > > I still remember the nasty taste of old-school “what your father drank in 1960” beers from high school parties: **Hamm’s** and **Piel’s**. **Milwaukee’s Best** tastes like it’s made from barley and malt that was rejected by **Old Milwaukee** , along with a generous helping of for-animal-consumption-only grade North Korean potatoes. > > My vote for the pour-the-rest-of-the-six-pack-down-the-sink worst of the worst, though: a tie between **[Utica Club](http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/99/6239)** (what old farts who couldn’t afford Genny Cream quaffed) and **[Koch’s Golden Anniversary Beer](http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/302/4942/)** (named after some prize the foul beverage won some prize at some old-timey exposition.) Golden Anniversary. Hands down the worst thing that I’ve ever tasted. And Genny Cream is an acquired taste and at half the price of Old Mil or Beast. (I think it was like 7-8 dollars for a 30 rack when I was in college 00-04. It was a hell of a deal.) For craft beers, I’d have to say Magic Hat’s Roxy Rolles. That shit tastes like week old coffee and bear piss. ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2009, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-beer-youve-ever-had/519065/169 "2009-12-07T16:24:21Z")
Not having the testicular fortitude to read the whole thread, this might have been mentioned : [Camo High Gravity Lager](http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/881/9970). Thick like milk almost, sweet and sickly-tasting, just horrible. I’d take a Bud Light over this 100 times out of 100. Joe ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2009, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-beer-youve-ever-had/519065/170 "2009-12-07T16:38:42Z")
> [@typoink](#): > > I’m amazed to see people nominate Steel Reserve. I’ve only had it once, but I remember thinking it was bordering on flavorless. Not GOOD, but there wasn’t much to object to. > > Ironically, now I want to try it again because I fear I missed something. It’s been a couple of years, but yeah, I agree. It’s typical malt liquor, not terrible. Just like [this](http://www.hulu.com/watch/3517/saturday-night-live-uncle-jemimas-pure-mash-liqour), it get you fucked up, for less money. Joe ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2009, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-beer-youve-ever-had/519065/171 "2009-12-07T17:23:19Z")
> [@Timchik](#): > > 1. Leningrad, USSR. I’d just arrived for a student exchange, my first time in the country. After visiting the banya for the first time, I tried an [Admiralteyskoe](http://www.nubo.ru/beerman/images11/admiralteyskoe-1.gif) beer; it was “fresh” - within its approximately one-week shelf life - but I’d never before experienced its unique balance of sour and rancid, with a lingering bitter, moldy aftertaste and a head that disappeared faster than ginger ale. > I later learned to tolerate Zhigulyovskoe and other middling examples of the Soviet brewer’s art, but that first one [shudder…] Funny thing–I’m here in Russia now, and Zhiguli’s probably my second favorite of the Russian beers I’ve had. It seems to’ve improved since the fall, as well as becoming less ubiquitous–I’ve yet to find it in a produkti when I’ve been looking for something to drink while walking to/from the metro. (Best I’ve had, if you’re wondering, is a local brew from Vasilievsky Island that I had on draft in a little pub where some militsiya were watching the football match. Well, at least the one that wasn’t passed out was.) Worst of all time, for me personally, would probably be Stella or Heineken. There’s something going on with both that just does _NOT_ suit my palate. But to disclose, I’ve never been one to drink much cheap beer, so the infamous old standbys–Natty Ice, Beast, etc.–I’ve never had. ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2009, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-beer-youve-ever-had/519065/172 "2009-12-07T20:35:35Z")
A few people have mentioned Heineken as one of the worst beers they’ve ever had. [Could it be the green bottles](http://www.realbeer.com/library/beerbreak/archives/beerbreak20001221.php)? Seems like the vast majority of green-bottled beer I’ve had has been at least a little stinky, if not downright skunked beyond recognition. The only green-bottled beer I’ve had that wasn’t stinky was Molson Export, and the brewery has since moved on to brown bottles. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-beer-youve-ever-had/519065.md?page=8)