Rolling Rock. No grudge, no axe to grind; it was just awful.
I was at an event in upstate NY. IN the evening we were carousing from camp to camp being social. Someone told us that a local microbrewery was serving their stuff. We’d already had a few beers but this intrigued us - so we went and tried out their brew. Awful, awful stuff that tasted musty or soapy. I was grossed out as were my friends. Never remember the name but - ick!
I’m surprised to find no mention of either **Pearl **or Lone Star beer after three pages of replies. Both brewed in Texas , both nasty. The worse in my experience (maybe I’ve just been lucky so far).
Those of you who are naming Milwaukees Best, Miller Lite, and Bud Light have no college acceptance. Those are bland, tasteless beers but they don’t have the hideous flavor of some of the shit I’ve tried.
Go on ratebeer.com and you’ll see I’ve had many beers that were quite awful
But the worst of the worst is Regal Brau. Like a mouthful of moldy bread soaked in deer piss.
You needed to refine your palate.
Back in the late 70’s this was $1.88 for a case (24) of returnables. So was KIngsbury & Wisconsin Club. I worked at a store with a liquor department and got an employee discount making it $1.47. The deposit was $1.05 for crying out loud. The deposit on the bottles was almost as much as the beer itself.
Kingsbury was awesome cheap beer. RWB was ok. Wisconsin Club tasted like ass.
For 2 bucks more you could get a case of Fox Deluxe which I swear had fox urine in it.
There was a little brewery in the city I Grew up in. It closed when I was 12 so I never got to try any of their brew (my parents didn’t drink it.) but I remember how bad it stunk outside of the place walking by. It always smelled like vomit and motor oil. Blech.
I hated Beck’s.
A college roommate knew this guy who was on Spring Break in Colorado and could get cases of Coors Lite Ice for $5 (circa 1995). We told him to buy us 3 cases each. I think when we moved to a new house the next year, we still had 5 cases left. It was sickening. Apparently it was pretty freakin’ old, then traveled in this guy’s trunk while he explored the desert southwest for the next 5 days, repeatedly heating up every day.
Wow - I remember “Beer” generic brand back in college ('81). I think Great American supermarket carried it. We bought a case as a joke and served it at a party we threw after the real stuff ran out. No one complained.
Subtle, gentle…bland…whatever adjective you like. 
Here in Ottawa, Beau’s is one of the better ones. My grandparent’s neighbours run a microbrew called “Heritage Brewery,” which I think comes closer to the “one ham handed hop bomb,” descriptor. That’s going to be my new buzz term for a while; I thank you for it!
I can name a couple quite terrible beers. A really bad one was a beer my GF got at the Brasshorse pub, it was supposed to be the “smokiest beer ever”. Ill admit at first it was smoky, then the flavor lingered, and turned into rancid bacon, I think thats the first time my GF hasnt powered through a nasty beer.
The worst of all time tasted like the name, Rogue breweries “Old Crustacean Ale”.
ugh…
Though I made sure everyone tried that beer just because the horrific experience had to be shared.
Old Crustacean Ale is a barleywine which is often stronger than other types of beer. I happen to like barleywines (including Old Crustacean) but, admittedly, their taste isn’t for everyone (especially if you prefer lagers or less-intense varieties).
As for bad beers, a standard rule in college is that anything that had a picture of an animal on it was guaranteed cheap but low quality. We called them “animal beers.”
Tequiza is the most foul swill I’ve ever tasted. I’ve choked down some less-than-appealing brews, but Tequiza is the only one I had to set aside before even finishing a couple of ounces.
Corona,
thread over.
Unclviny
Pish, you only say that because you haven’t filled the neck of the bottle with tequila and lime. It’s not great, but it beats gettin’ poked in the eye with a sharp stick.
That sounds like a perfectly good waste of Tequila and lime to me.
Unclviny
I think Corona would be better if they’d put it in brown bottles. That crap always tastes skunky to me. I’ve wanted to do a side-by-side tasting of Corona bottled vs. on tap, but haven’t been able to find it on tap somewhere convenient to me.
I don’t think Corona and lime is that bad. It’s far from the worst I’ve ever tasted.
All this talk about lousy beers just drives home for me how drinkable the vast majority of beers are. Bought a Smuttynose Variety pack recently, and yum! I’ve recently had a black-pepper beer that was very good, a great stout, and some very good IPAs.
OK, back to shitty beers now.
ETA: I’m with Dio on Corona, but for me it has always been the beer used to quench the fire of spicy Mexican food.
Try Bohemia instead. Corona is a cruel joke played on us by Mexico.
I agree. But the clear bottle does affect it’s taste, even if you buy 12 packs where the bottles are completely covered in cardboard and shielded from light. Corona in cans tastes different from the bottled version IMHO.