# Worst beer-like substance you've ever had the displeasure to ingest **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** beer\ **Created:** [November 28, 2010, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-beer-like-substance-youve-ever-had-the-displeasure-to-ingest/562209 "2010-11-28T21:42:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [November 29, 2010, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-beer-like-substance-youve-ever-had-the-displeasure-to-ingest/562209/21 "2010-11-29T00:21:36Z")
In the land where Genesee Cream Ale is considered the quintessential beer, I had an uncle who was too cheap to even buy that. Instead he opted for\* Old Vienna\*. I don’t know much about it except that, back in the day, it cost something like $3.00 per case and it tasted like turpentine with a dirty sweat sock in it. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-beer-like-substance-youve-ever-had-the-displeasure-to-ingest/562209/22 "2010-11-29T01:01:02Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Thou art banned from Valhalla. Even Guinness tastes like weak beer to me. Eh. I don’t get it. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-beer-like-substance-youve-ever-had-the-displeasure-to-ingest/562209/23 "2010-11-29T01:13:58Z")
Guinness \*is \*weak beer. It’s only 4% alcohol, while Bud Light is 4.2%. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-beer-like-substance-youve-ever-had-the-displeasure-to-ingest/562209/24 "2010-11-29T01:19:32Z")
I’ve mentioned this before on these boards: Stella. Not Stella Artois, but the Stella made in Egypt. Beer with chunks and floaties. Beer you strain through your teeth and that makes your throat constrict. Awful stuff. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-beer-like-substance-youve-ever-had-the-displeasure-to-ingest/562209/25 "2010-11-29T01:32:10Z")
[Cave Creek](http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/677/2213) [Chili Beer](http://www.ratebeer.com/Brewers/Beer/Beer-Reviews-4580.htm) Horrible, horrible stuff. ---
**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:** [November 29, 2010, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-beer-like-substance-youve-ever-had-the-displeasure-to-ingest/562209/26 "2010-11-29T01:36:06Z")
Worst? 1. [Earthquake High Gravity Lager - 12% alcohol](http://media.photobucket.com/image/earthquake%20malt%20liquor/troobie/Beer%2520or%2520Malt%2520Liquor/Earthquake2.jpg) May God have mercy on your soul. 1. Labaat Max ice - Wow, this stuff is just horrible. Hurt my head to take more than a sip. 2. Cass Beer - It’s Korean and very bad. Their worst imitation American beer. ---
**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:** [November 29, 2010, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-beer-like-substance-youve-ever-had-the-displeasure-to-ingest/562209/27 "2010-11-29T01:37:06Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > In the land where Genesee Cream Ale is considered the quintessential beer… I actually like Genesee’s regular beer, though. ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-beer-like-substance-youve-ever-had-the-displeasure-to-ingest/562209/28 "2010-11-29T02:03:41Z")
whilst in Canada, someone destroyed a perfectly fine ale by adding Clamato juice… this was, by far, the worst beer-like substance I have ever had the displeasure to ingest… ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-beer-like-substance-youve-ever-had-the-displeasure-to-ingest/562209/29 "2010-11-29T02:10:53Z")
Beast. Nuff said. Olympia: I handed my girlfriend an Olympia, and she noted it was like sex in a canoe.\* She left me for another guy 3 months later. \*fucking close to water. ---
**Author:** ![Apollyon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/apollyon/32/4238_2.png) [@Apollyon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apollyon)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-beer-like-substance-youve-ever-had-the-displeasure-to-ingest/562209/30 "2010-11-29T02:19:08Z")
Ohh, oohh… Blatts! Blatz? (sp?) Someone in Milwaukee convinced me that I had to try it. (We need a :barf: smiley). 🙂 > [@Mahaloth](#): > > 1. Cass Beer - It’s Korean and very bad. Their worst imitation American beer. My god, why would anyone make imitation American beer?! :eek: ---
**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:** [November 29, 2010, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-beer-like-substance-youve-ever-had-the-displeasure-to-ingest/562209/31 "2010-11-29T03:05:34Z")
> [@Apollyon](#): > > My god, why would anyone make imitation American beer?! :eek: Well, that’s just what I call it. Tsingtao’s main beer is also like American beer, but it is not that bad. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-beer-like-substance-youve-ever-had-the-displeasure-to-ingest/562209/32 "2010-11-29T03:20:47Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Well, that’s just what I call it. Tsingtao’s main beer is also like American beer, but it is not that bad. Please don’t use the term “American beer” if you’re just referring to the megabrewed light lagers like Bud, Coors, and PBR. There are many, many excellent American beers and just a few of the ones I refer to as “beer for people who don’t like the taste of beer.” ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-beer-like-substance-youve-ever-had-the-displeasure-to-ingest/562209/33 "2010-11-29T03:26:22Z")
Oddly enough, the worst beer I’ve had came from a brewery that I normally love. Samuel Adams Cranberry Lambic. Just God-awful. It tasted like someone else drank a bunch of cranberry juice, and then a bunch of skunked Boston Lager, then vomited that into a bottle and gave it to me to drink. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-beer-like-substance-youve-ever-had-the-displeasure-to-ingest/562209/34 "2010-11-29T03:38:30Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > If you haven’t judged a home-brew competition, you haven’t tasted shit “beer.” I was once forced to write on a judging sheet that “I regret to inform you that your yak has developed a kidney condition.” Lol. My all-time worst was brewed by a friend. It was supposed to be some kind of darkish ale. It went somewhat awry and tasted like, I dunno, a cold flat brown yeast infection. ---
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-beer-like-substance-youve-ever-had-the-displeasure-to-ingest/562209/35 "2010-11-29T03:40:57Z")
Re: **bouv** Lambics take some getting used to. They are the moldy cheese of beer. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-beer-like-substance-youve-ever-had-the-displeasure-to-ingest/562209/36 "2010-11-29T03:50:21Z")
I’ve tried plenty of microbrew abortions, but for the absolute worst of the commonly found I’d have to go with _Samuel Smith - Oatmeal Stout_. I’d rather drink a warm cup of tobacco spit served in a dirty ashtray than taste that again. For lighter fare, B_ud Light Lime_ drinkers need a slap on the face as well. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-beer-like-substance-youve-ever-had-the-displeasure-to-ingest/562209/37 "2010-11-29T03:59:22Z")
> [@bouv](#): > > Oddly enough, the worst beer I’ve had came from a brewery that I normally love. > > Samuel Adams Cranberry Lambic. I love a lot of different beer styles, but I’ve never developed a taste for lambics. I just don’t like the sourness of that yeast. ---
**Author:** ![KennerTheGreat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a8b319/32.png) [@KennerTheGreat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KennerTheGreat)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-beer-like-substance-youve-ever-had-the-displeasure-to-ingest/562209/38 "2010-11-29T04:09:01Z")
Labatt’s 50 and Wildcat. They both taste like beer-flavoured piss. ---
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-beer-like-substance-youve-ever-had-the-displeasure-to-ingest/562209/39 "2010-11-29T04:11:11Z")
[quote=“Gary “Wombat” Robson, post:37, topic:562209”] I love a lot of different beer styles, but I’ve never developed a taste for lambics. I just don’t like the sourness of that yeast. [/QUOTE] The sourness is from the bacteria, not the yeast. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-beer-like-substance-youve-ever-had-the-displeasure-to-ingest/562209/40 "2010-11-29T04:15:05Z")
> [@WarmNPrickly](#): > > The sourness is from the bacteria, not the yeast. Quite right. Sorry. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-beer-like-substance-youve-ever-had-the-displeasure-to-ingest/562209.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-beer-like-substance-youve-ever-had-the-displeasure-to-ingest/562209.md?page=3)