# What's the worst beer you ever drunk? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** beer\ **Created:** [July 4, 2010, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-beer-you-ever-drunk/545502 "2010-07-04T08:45:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2010, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-beer-you-ever-drunk/545502/1 "2010-07-04T08:45:36Z")
I like to try a lot of different craft beers and will sometimes take crazy chances. last night I picked up a six of something called Wild Blue Bluberry Lager. I’m not usually big on fuity beers but once in a while I don’t mind it, and it promised an 8% ABV , so what the hell. Terrible mistake. First of all (although it says so nowhere on the label or the packaging), internet research (namely beeradvocate) revealed it to be a stealth Anheuser-Busch product. Secondly, it tastes like blueberry Nyquil. Just nasty. Virtually undrinkable. Still, it’s not the worst beer I’ve ever tried. The absolute bottom of the barrel for me would have to be Steel Reserve. Just vile, unhoy stuff. What’s the most revolting piss beer you’ve ever poured down your face? ---
**Author:** ![Superhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2010, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-beer-you-ever-drunk/545502/2 "2010-07-04T09:27:40Z")
_drool_ blueberry _drool_ nyquil Dude you’re just too picky. ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2010, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-beer-you-ever-drunk/545502/3 "2010-07-04T09:39:42Z")
Yes that’s the worst beer I ever had. Wild Blue Blueberry Lager tastes like blueberries soaked in battery acid, with a cornbeer pisswater finish. After I drank the first one I drank the others only to continue bitching about how awful it was. I used to drink Steel Reserve back in the day, but if I had to pick between it and the Blueberry Lager I would pick water. I have heard nothing but horrible things about Cave Creek Chili Beer, and I will just take their word for it. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2010, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-beer-you-ever-drunk/545502/4 "2010-07-04T11:20:38Z")
Dangit, I came in to post about Cave Creek Chili Beer. And yes, it’s bloody awful. ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2010, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-beer-you-ever-drunk/545502/5 "2010-07-04T11:35:17Z")
Probably the worst I ever drank, back in my ‘broke student’ days, was Red, White and Blue. An employee at a liquor store that specialized in imported beers told me that Red, White and Blue was _literally_ Pabst Blue Ribbon that was _substandard_. Not _good enough_ to be Pabst Blue Ribbon and people still _drink_ it?:eek: ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2010, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-beer-you-ever-drunk/545502/6 "2010-07-04T11:43:55Z")
Anchor Steam spruce-flavored holiday brew. It tasted like Pine-Sol and I was sick for two days off half a glass. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2010, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-beer-you-ever-drunk/545502/7 "2010-07-04T11:47:38Z")
I once drank Colt 45 Menthol. It didn’t stay down. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2010, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-beer-you-ever-drunk/545502/8 "2010-07-04T12:11:03Z")
_Drummond Brothers_, 1982. Was grilling out with two friends. All of us were serious beer drinkers, all of us were broke. The local market had an endcap display of this swill for 99cents/six pack. Picked up one. The next morning we all had headache/hangovers. I’ve never gotten a headache before or since. It had no taste, which would have been OK, but the aftereffects… ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2010, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-beer-you-ever-drunk/545502/9 "2010-07-04T12:13:06Z")
Possibly Chang beer here in Thailand. Although I’m sure I’m forgetting all sorts of rotgut I sampled in college. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2010, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-beer-you-ever-drunk/545502/10 "2010-07-04T12:37:25Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Possibly Chang beer here in Thailand. Although I’m sure I’m forgetting all sorts of rotgut I sampled in college. One of the forfeits at a fundraiser was to drink an unrefrigerated bottle of Chang that had been retrieved from the sea floor after the tsunami. The worst bit was that it was Chang. I’ll add Hong Kong-brewed San Miguel (Sun Lig = Life Power = instant hangover) and Carlsberg (Gah Si Bat = the noise you make as you spit it out). In China I had Hans which was pretty vile, and Blue Sword (?) which was worse. ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2010, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-beer-you-ever-drunk/545502/11 "2010-07-04T12:46:40Z")
> [@Scumpup](#): > > Anchor Steam spruce-flavored holiday brew. It tasted like Pine-Sol and I was sick for two days off half a glass. I’ve heard similar things about this beer before. One I’ve never worked up enough gumption (or enough beer-need) to try: Budweiser Chelada: a blend of _freakin’ Budweiser beer_ and _clamato juice_! Seriously, I couldn’t work up the nerve to drink either of these on their own, let alone _mixed_!:eek: ---
**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2010, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-beer-you-ever-drunk/545502/12 "2010-07-04T13:05:14Z")
They had the Brazilian beer Brahma on offer at the supermarket the other day, so I bought a four-pack. It’s virtually undrinkable (admittedly I did drink a couple just to make sure). It’s like brown fizzy water with just a hint of beery taste. I rarely like Latin American beers, but this stuff has knocked Sol off the Worst Beer perch, for me. ---
**Author:** ![mittu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@mittu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mittu)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2010, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-beer-you-ever-drunk/545502/13 "2010-07-04T13:06:40Z")
I feel rather lucky to have avoided some of those abominations. The worst beer I have ever drunk was ‘Christmas Beer’ (I forget the brand name, if the brewers were bold enough to actually put their name on it) which sounds quite tame by comparison. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2010, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-beer-you-ever-drunk/545502/14 "2010-07-04T13:22:00Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > I once drank Colt 45 Menthol. It didn’t stay down. Menthol beer? Really? Even the chili and spruce flavors don’t sound as unnatural as this. ---
**Author:** ![Barking\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Barking\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barking_Dog)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2010, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-beer-you-ever-drunk/545502/15 "2010-07-04T13:37:59Z")
I’d have said Arrogant Bastard Ale. Until I tried budweiser chelada. Absolutely godawful. I learned to tolerate the cheapies back in the day: Natty light, the Beast, Lone Star etc. Even finished off that bottle of AB ale. But I just can’t even choke down that chelada. Vile, hateful drink. ---
**Author:** ![mozchron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@mozchron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mozchron)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2010, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-beer-you-ever-drunk/545502/16 "2010-07-04T13:44:32Z")
> [@Barking\_Dog](#): > > I’d have said Arrogant Bastard Ale… You are dead to me. ABA is great. All the beers from STONE are great. [You are not worthy.](http://www.edmcdevitt.com/assets/images/Arrogant_Bastard.gif) ---
**Author:** ![acetylene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@acetylene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/acetylene)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2010, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-beer-you-ever-drunk/545502/17 "2010-07-04T13:49:51Z")
I had a friend from Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania who was proud of the fact that **Yuengling** is the oldest brewery in America. So on a trip to Penn, we bought a case for each of us. He was the only one who could drink the stuff. It honestly tasted like they were still selling beer from the first batch made in 1829. Four cases of beer went to waste. And I can tolerate Keystone, that’s how bad this stuff was. ---
**Author:** ![raindog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@raindog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raindog)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2010, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-beer-you-ever-drunk/545502/18 "2010-07-04T13:52:51Z")
> [@mozchron](#): > > You are dead to me. ABA is great. All the beers from STONE are great. > > [You are not worthy.](http://www.edmcdevitt.com/assets/images/Arrogant_Bastard.gif) That ad alone is enough for me not to drink it. There seems to be a trend in both beer and wine over the last few years to be clever. Too often it tries too hard, and comes across inane and 20something childish. (and if their target demographic is the 20something crowd it’s all good) I drink mostly ‘craft’ beers. And I am fully aware that marketing is necessary to move product. But I’d be happier if they’d ratchet down the shtick and let the beer do the talking. ---
**Author:** ![Barking\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Barking\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barking_Dog)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2010, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-beer-you-ever-drunk/545502/19 "2010-07-04T14:16:02Z")
> [@mozchron](#): > > You are dead to me. ABA is great. All the beers from STONE are great. > > [You are not worthy.](http://www.edmcdevitt.com/assets/images/Arrogant_Bastard.gif) Whatever floats your boat dude. I don’t care. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2010, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-beer-you-ever-drunk/545502/20 "2010-07-04T14:32:53Z")
> [@acetylene](#): > > I had a friend from Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania who was proud of the fact that **Yuengling** is the oldest brewery in America. So on a trip to Penn, we bought a case for each of us. He was the only one who could drink the stuff. It honestly tasted like they were still selling beer from the first batch made in 1829. Four cases of beer went to waste. And I can tolerate Keystone, that’s how bad this stuff was. You’re insane. Yuengling is delicious. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-beer-you-ever-drunk/545502.md?page=2)