Worst beer-like substance you've ever had the displeasure to ingest

Beaten to the beat down by the Wombat, but I’ve won numerous ribbons, as well as a few Best of Show trophies for a style that you say doesn’t exist.

Excellent choice. And by excellent, I mean dreadful.

I wouldn’t write off all chili beers on the basis of that, though. Jaipur Brewing Company in Omaha makes an excellent jalapeño ale. The flavor is well-balanced and the heat creeps up subtly. I’ve also brewed one myself. It was to my liking, though I’m not sure others would agree.

I don’t especially like hoppy beers either, but for me, Arrogant Bastard is so far over the top that it goes all the way around and starts to taste like something else. I can’t drink it all the time, but it’s a good jolt to the palate once in a while. Plus, even if you hate the beer you have to love their website.

Personally I think Sam Adams Cranberry Lambic tastes more like a Berliner Weisse than anything else. It has that same sort of tartness to it. I just wish they’d start selling it here again.

Oh, and my vote for the OP: canned Schlitz. It has this horrible metallic tang. It’s one of only two beers (along with Mickey’s malt liquor) which have made me do a spit take.

Can cider be included in this thread? 'Cos the worst thing I’ve ever drunk came from a little apple farm in Somerset, England where the guvner had a barnhouse brewery happening.

Now I can drink just about anything, and a lot of it too. But this stuff was truly rank: I’d had such high hopes of getting a genyoowine dinkum cider that I was literally crushed with the disappointment. Had to head to the nearest pub to wash the nasty out of my mouth. :smiley:

Oh btw, the worst Cornish Pastie I’ve ever had the displeasure of eating came from Cornwall. :stuck_out_tongue:

Cider is another thread-and since I’ve had the “pleasure” of a glass of hot spiced prune cider, I doubt any of you would be able to top it.

If the topic is prune-based horrors, open that thread and I will teach you Lovecraftian terror that is the traditional Ukrainian Xmas Eve meal.

You start that thread, and it might end up in The BBQ Pit. :smiley:

Oh you really don’t want to barbecue prunes. The smell is intolerable, and you can never clean them off the grill afterward.

Sammiklaus beer - 14% and pours like cough syrup.