# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2010, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-beer-you-ever-drunk/545502/81 "2010-07-05T23:47:39Z")
> [@Khadaji](#): > > Yuengling is my beer of choice, but I have found that it does not travel well. The further away from the brewery you get, the less I like it. (The green bottles maybe?) It’s only brewed in Pennsylvania and Florida, but the bottles I buy here in Tennessee are just fine. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2010, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-beer-you-ever-drunk/545502/82 "2010-07-05T23:50:13Z")
> [@Aesiron](#): > > It’s only brewed in Pennsylvania and Florida, but the bottles I buy here in Tennessee are just fine. I’ve had it in Rochester NY and it was not good. ---
**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:** [July 6, 2010, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-beer-you-ever-drunk/545502/83 "2010-07-06T00:24:15Z")
> [@AWB](#): > > The worst IMO is “Milwaukee’s Best”, a mislabeling if I ever saw one. Very watery and barely has any taste. Grass clippings soaked in water would taste better. Again, while bad, nowhere near a truly nasty beer. I don’t even even think it is as bad as Natural Ice/Light, another same priced beer. [Anyone else been dumb enough to try Earthquake?](http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/782/51067) I have. My tongue tried to commit suicide. Again, not sure if “malt” liquors count. ---
**Author:** ![toofs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4491bb/32.png) [@toofs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toofs)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2010, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-beer-you-ever-drunk/545502/84 "2010-07-06T00:46:07Z")
> [@newcrasher](#): > > _ **snip** _ > > Another misadventure this thread has forces me to relive is the night I imbibed In [King Cobra Malt Liquor](http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/29/66). I my defense, that night we were trying to find the most nasty beer possible. I think I accomplished the mission. Now hold on. That King Cobra is good swill, especially back in the day when a 32 bottle was $.99 plus tax in California. Worst beer? Steel Reserve, Schlitz Malt Liquor, PBR. Steel Reserve is especially loathesome. ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2010, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-beer-you-ever-drunk/545502/85 "2010-07-06T01:29:04Z")
I forget the spelling but a greek beer in cans from a discount food store in the early 1980’s called something like Ephesus. Vile. Tasted like they made beer from soy sauce, I shit you not. ---
**Author:** ![kingbighair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/13edae/32.png) [@kingbighair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kingbighair)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2010, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-beer-you-ever-drunk/545502/86 "2010-07-06T01:42:14Z")
I enjoy all kinds of cheap, horrible alcohols. Earthquake is by far the worst I have ever tasted. ---
**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:** [July 6, 2010, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-beer-you-ever-drunk/545502/87 "2010-07-06T02:55:24Z")
I’ll actually defend Steel Reserve in a can(24 oz available). It’s pretty good. But from a bottle, it’s horrible. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2010, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-beer-you-ever-drunk/545502/88 "2010-07-06T03:26:52Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I’ll actually defend Steel Reserve in a can(24 oz available). > > It’s pretty good. But from a bottle, it’s horrible. Yeep! That stuff is _dangerous_ for an experienced beer drinker! Once you get past the foul taste, it’s 9% of “high gravity lager” pummeling your brain as it easily slides down your throat at .99 cents a can! The few times I’ve ever blacked out drinking (and I pretty much only drink beer) were when that stuff was involved. It gets my vote…its nasty as fuck tasting and you get hobo wasted off of it. ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2010, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-beer-you-ever-drunk/545502/89 "2010-07-06T03:41:27Z")
A lot of you would probably consider Black Diamond Coolers the worst unless you were a girl or black… they were high alcohol malt beverages made with really incredible artificial and natural fruit flavors. Like Beer Koolade (they had Berry, Tropical Punch, and Citrus Flavors). But to me, well, it was just another Punch. I’ve always enjoyed spiked Party Punch, the one Black Diamond Cooler tasted just like Hairy Buffalo. Good shit, you prude and delicate crowd. ---
**Author:** ![gladtobeblazed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/85f322/32.png) [@gladtobeblazed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gladtobeblazed)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2010, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-beer-you-ever-drunk/545502/90 "2010-07-06T03:43:29Z")
I don’t think Steel Reserve is all that bad. Sure, the first couple of times I drank it I almost threw up, but it’s not nearly the worst beer I’ve ever had. I can’t remember the name of it, some foul red ale from a local brewery. Absolutely disgusting stuff. I can drink a whole can of Steel Reserve, but I couldn’t get in more than 2 swallows of this red ale. ---
**Author:** ![Clawdio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d07c76/32.png) [@Clawdio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clawdio)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2010, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-beer-you-ever-drunk/545502/91 "2010-07-06T14:08:57Z")
I cannot fathom why anyone would drink an IPA willingly. In fact anything that could be described as “Hoppy” will be a struggle for me to get down, and i will make faces through the whole ordeal. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2010, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-beer-you-ever-drunk/545502/92 "2010-07-06T14:19:05Z")
Let me get you an **Arrogant Bastard** and I’ll record it for YouTube. I’ll take all your share. I love chewy beers. ---
**Author:** ![that\_darn\_cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/59ef9b/32.png) [@that\_darn\_cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/that_darn_cat)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2010, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-beer-you-ever-drunk/545502/93 "2010-07-06T14:50:53Z")
> [@Khadaji](#): > > Yuengling is my beer of choice, but I have found that it does not travel well. The further away from the brewery you get, the less I like it. (The green bottles maybe?) When I lived in PA, I never had a bad Yeungling, except for the above mentioned skunked can that had been left in an un-iced cooler for at least a week (did not know this when I opened it). However, now I live in FL and drive by the brewery nearly every day. I’ve had about 4 bottles where the cap wasn’t seated properly and the beer was obviously bad, and last night I had one where the cap seemed fine, but the beer was flat. Not bad, but totally flat. I think their Tampa brewery has quality control issues. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2010, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-beer-you-ever-drunk/545502/94 "2010-07-06T15:02:17Z")
> [@AWB](#): > > The worst IMO is “Milwaukee’s Best”, a mislabeling if I ever saw one. I’ve always heard it retitled as “Milwaukee’s Beast.” > [@Mahaloth](#): > > Again, while bad, nowhere near a truly nasty beer. I don’t even even think it is as bad as Natural Ice/Light, another same priced beer. Hijack: Reminds me of a weird beer-related encounter - on Sunday, my husband and I were walking from Union Station (combined commuter/Amtrak train station) in Chicago to a nearby L (subway) station. Coming the other way, I saw a young man and young woman walking towards Union Station. The guy looked a little bit worse for wear, and was carrying a dark, shopping-sized plastic bag with handles. As we approached, he pulled an empty can out of the bag and threw it on the ground, in the “landscaping” strip next to a parking garage. We soon passed them and I pulled up even with it, and saw it was a Natural Light can. I glanced back at them, in time to see him throw another can, same kind. I began trying to figure out what on earth might possess him to lay a “bread crumb” trail of empty “Natty Light” cans to the train station. ---
**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2010, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-beer-you-ever-drunk/545502/95 "2010-07-06T15:08:40Z")
I’ve stopped buying Pilsner Urquell because it’s skunked more often than not, and its price is too high to pay for the risk. Shame. Miller High Life is a beer I’ll never drink again even if it was being given away for nothing. ---
**Author:** ![troub](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troub/32/14802_2.png) [@troub](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/troub)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2010, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-beer-you-ever-drunk/545502/96 "2010-07-06T15:12:34Z")
> [@Aesiron](#): > > The description says it’s hopped to hell and back. How does it manage to be too sweet? Aren’t hops bitter? I didn’t see that anyone answered this – yes the 120 minute is hoppy, but it’s “balanced” with an incredible maltiness that overall gives it an overall very powerful and yes, sweet, flavor. These beers (also imperial stouts, like Old Rasputin et. al.) are lovely, IMO, but they’re not good at all for casual drinking. You pour them in a glass and take little baby sips over the course of an hour or so. Or pair them with equally rich food. Which is good, because they also tend to have a pretty high alcohol content. Undeniably worst I’ve ever had was the infamous Cave Creek Chili Beer. Absolutely horrible, with no possible redeeming quality I could see. I think I made myself finish it, though, just to say that I did. I really like spicy foods and hot peppers, by the way, so the heat didn’t really bother me. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2010, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-beer-you-ever-drunk/545502/97 "2010-07-06T15:18:16Z")
> [@troub](#): > > I didn’t see that anyone answered this – yes the 120 minute is hoppy, but it’s “balanced” with an incredible maltiness that overall gives it an overall very powerful and yes, sweet, flavor. These beers (also imperial stouts, like Old Rasputin et. al.) are lovely, IMO, but they’re not good at all for casual drinking. You pour them in a glass and take little baby sips over the course of an hour or so. Or pair them with equally rich food. Which is good, because they also tend to have a pretty high alcohol content. I managed only a sentence worth or so of explanation; you did a much better job. I could only drink a sip before rejecting further tastes. Admittedly I’m not a hop fan, but I did enjoy their 90 Minute version; I can see how someone with more of an appreciation for hops might approve. Then again, we were also just tasting them as a set at the bar, and weren’t told what each of those beers’ characteristics were - if I had been warned “this is a high-octane beer, tons of malt to balance the hops, a sipping beer” I might have appreciated it more. I liked Dogfish Head’s incredibly high alcohol Raison d’Extra (the high-alcohol version of their Raison d’Etre), 18% alcohol and with more hops added to help balance it. Another definite sipping beer, but without so much hop power. ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2010, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-beer-you-ever-drunk/545502/98 "2010-07-06T15:20:03Z")
Generic Beer. It was God-knows-what in the the white cans with BEER printed on it in black block lettering. My friends and I tried just to say we had and it was $.25 a can. We were already smashed out of our minds (hence why this seemed like a good idea to begin with) and still couldn’t actually finish them. ---
**Author:** ![BwanaBob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bwanabob/32/2985_2.png) [@BwanaBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BwanaBob)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2010, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-beer-you-ever-drunk/545502/99 "2010-07-06T15:37:13Z")
> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > A beer I tried whilst studying in London was a horrible horrible beer called **London’s Pride** it was one of the first beers I tried there…it’s a wonder I didn’t give up trying after that atrocity of beer. Egads, you must be a Budweiser fan. Fuller’s London Pride is awesome, provided it hasn’t passed it’s expire date. ---
**Author:** ![BwanaBob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bwanabob/32/2985_2.png) [@BwanaBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BwanaBob)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2010, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-beer-you-ever-drunk/545502/100 "2010-07-06T15:40:06Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > 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? Dio, these kinds of polls always seem useless to me unless you make the person also say what they think is good, so you can tell where they’re coming from. Music and movie polls have the same weakness. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-beer-you-ever-drunk/545502.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-beer-you-ever-drunk/545502.md?page=6)