Worst Beers

[baldguy]

A ranking of the lowest rated beers.

http://beeradvocate.com/top_beers.php?id=worst

I never drink any of these, thank god...

[BigMcLargehuge]

1. Wow, it's a who's who of traditional American brewers

Corona Light is worst of all?

I tend to doubt it's worse than Three Stooges Beer.

[Fenris]

6. Or, for Christ's sake, Meisterbräu!

And look how high up on the list Olde English is! Goode lorde!

[Teddy_Salad]

2. Fosters should be top of that list

:puke:

[El Supremo]

5. Fosters was good before it was brewed in Canada.

But their ESB is prety good.

[HuckleB]

22. Yeah, sure, you betcha.

:eyes:

:cheers:

[HuckleB]

24. Ugh. It won't let me edit my post.

The :eyes: was in fun.

And was supposed to be followed by: :toast:

Ahhhhhhhhhh...

Salud!

[AntiCoup2K4]

74. Ah, so I'm NOT totally imagining it?

In the late 80's I used to drink Fosters now and then, both the Blue and the Green cans - 25 oz cans, of course and remember it as being pretty decent beer. Canadians aren't supposed to ruin beer, but they fucked up Fosters. :mad:

[HEFFA]

11. It's Australian -- for Bud!

:hangover:

[HuckleB]

20. Except you can't find an Aussie who drinks the stuff.

With good reason.

[AntiCoup2K4]

76. All the Aussies I've talked to tell me they drink Victoria Bitters

Though trying to keep it ice cold doesn't always work out.

I don't know if this beer is available anywhere in this hemisphere though. I've never seen it in the US or Canada.

[Droopy]

3. The brand I'm drinking right now came in #24

Miller Lite.I know it's not a premium beer, but there are definitly worse ones to drink. And besides I get it for free.

[baldguy]

10. Free is good.

Free beer - even bad free beer - is better than no beer at all.

[mark0rama]

4. Any beer your father drank.

Or so my theory goes - that no one ever likes the beer their dad drank.

Back when my dad drank beer, he bought cheap-ass bottled beers by the case, stuff like Blatz and Kingsbury.

[osaMABUSh]

7. I never drink light beers - apparently they officially suck

Shhh - don't tell the rest of America but Coors Light comes in as the No. 6 worst.

[HEFFA]

8. Olympia! "It's the water"

Yeah, I think the water came from an urban sewer line. Or maybe Mexico? I know that drinking a few of these results in Montezuma's Revenge!:hurts:

[flamingyouth]

12. I toured the brewery as a kid

The capitol building was closed due to a bomb threat so we ended up there instead. Yes, my education was complete.:D

[HuckleB]

27. Hmm. It's not on the list.

Probably because it's actually not a bad beer. Stubbies rule!

[AntiCoup2K4]

77. No, the water itself was actually good.

There are several Artesian wells in the Olympia area and the brewery just happenned to be built near one of them, which they used as the source. So you can't blame the water for the shitty beer.

Of course, you can get GOOD beer made with artesian water here....
http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/review/684/

[WindRavenX]

9. WTF? Corona rawks my world

Fuck that list. Corona is yummy.

[Nevernose]

13. It's a cheap-ass Mexican beer

Even in Mexico, the only way they tolerate it is with salt and lime -- like tequila. Only in the last ten years or so has it become really popular with the gringos, and that's largely due to marketing.

[markses]

15. Corona is garbage, friend

You only think it's good cuz you haven't tasted real beer. :-)

[WindRavenX]

17. well, it's the only beer that is light

...all other beers make me feel wicked bloated.
I prefer vodka, FWIW.

[HuckleB]

29. Nope. Corona is the marketing world's greatest achievement.

Take a crap beer (stuff that once was the cheapest thing on the shelf), put it in a fancy bottle and convince yuppies to spend ridiculous sums on it.

I've always rolled my eyes when I see friends throw away their money of this rank fluid.

I beg you to stop. There's a whole world of beer with good flavor that awaits you, most of it at a discount by comparison.

[Zomby Woof]

59. no shit!

It's paler than my pee from a hangover. Tastes even worse. Acrid, thin, no body, no flavor, and putrid. Most Mexcian beer sucks, although Negra Modelo is okay, or Dos Equis Amber, but I only drink those at Mexican restaurants because they are better than the domestic choices.

[Magrittes Pipe]

14. Black Label RULES, Goddammit!

Oh yeah, there are some shitty beers on there, though.

Whither the SCHAEFER'S, though? :puke:

[tigereye]

36. I was just going to say Carling Black Label

my dad used to buy that stuff - a case was 5 bucks at one time. ( My dad is quite the skinflint). I remember it was truly horrible. Is it really good? I'm not sure I wan't to try it again.

[Hand]

45. You are correct, sir...

Contrary to the mistaken opinion of a certain misguided philistine who shall remain nameless (MR. SUBLIMINAL: whoisalhedges), Carling Black Label SUX!!!

:puke:

[tigereye]

67. I'm not a sir, but I remember it was pretty awful

well it is al after all, it does seem a bit like slumming for him. His tastes appear to be quite, um, "eclectic." Either that or he is funnin' us.

[Magrittes Pipe]

53. It is delicious.

Mabel! Black Label!

[markses]

16. I can't believe the awful Yuengling isn't on that list

n/t

[HuckleB]

31. Yes, indeed. It should be. Ouch.

[tigereye]

37. I like Yuengling

esp the Porter

[markses]

40. No offense

But that would make you a fucking idiot.;-)

[HuckleB]

48. Perhaps the porter is worth drinking.

At least when you've got little choice, but the lager is skunk beer from the word go.

[sbj405]

56. Totally agree.

Shit beer that people think is good b/c it's not a big name.

[Ivan Zero]

18. It's always the beer that gave you the worst hangover of your life

In my case, that'd be the beerly departed Safeway store brand of the early '80s, Scotch Buy. Teenagers are stupid.

Honorable mention: While in Germany a few years later, I came across a beer that was brewed with COLA. It tasted just like you'd imagine.

[Kellanved]

57. yes; those bottled pop/beer mixes are awful

Mixing Beer and soft-drinks has a history in Germany (Alster/Radler/Diesel/Potsdamer/...) and France ("Panache").
In the sight of the rapidly dropping German beer consumption, the breweries had the "great" idea to sell them pre-mixed in bottles :puke: .
It's marketed as a low-alc summer/party drink.


Personally I don't like either the bottled or the unbottled type. With the exception of the original Berliner Weisse that is.

[jmowreader]

19. Click on their "best beers" list

These are some fucked-up people. Shouldn't the "100 best beers" be "100 best beers you can fucking find"? Yeah, Goat Scrotum Ale from a brewery that's only licensed to make 8000 gallons a year belongs on a best-beer list.

And come on--Budweiser? I mean, Budweiser is beer for people who don't like beer, but lots of beers are like that and Budweiser is a damn good example of this genre. It's actually drinkable. Try saying that about Schaefer.

[LWolf]

25. I actually had some

"Double Bastard Ale" last week. My son's best friend was "home" (that means my house) on leave and brought it with him. I don't know where he got it, but it was good.

A few of the brewers/beers on that list are sold locally for me:

Guinness
Sierra Nevada
North Coast

[frylock]

42. double bastard is from stone brewing in san diego's north county..

their Arrogant Bastard Pale and IPA are quite tasty. If you liked the Double, you should try their Ruination Ale. 8th Anniversary Beer Fest is coming up on 8/21.

http://stonebrew.com/timeline/2004/8thanniv/index.html

[HuckleB]

33. Budweiser, Shaefer. No difference except for marketing.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

47. Finding good beer can be aproblem...

The trick is to find the distributors for the brews you want to try. Then you find a liquor store who's willing to order them for you. My experience is that once the liquor stores realize that there's a local market for interesting and sometimes exotic beer, they start stocking it.

[LWolf]

21. Not a single one.

I guess I'm picky. I didn't learn to like beer until I was married to a home-brewer for 12 years. Now that my supply of homebrew (and other things) is cut off, I'm always looking for something I like. I like beer dark and thick. Usually a porter or a stout. Right now I'm drinking a Young's Double Chocolate Stout from Trader Joe's. Sounds bad, but goes down smooth and creamy.

[HuckleB]

30. It's great stuff.

Just not on a hot summer day.

:toast:

[IronLionZion]

23. OK so Light and American beers suck

as if this is news.

[fishwax]

54. not American beers

American corporate beers :)

[TroubleMan]

26. Heh.....I like the Bull !!!

I think they're referencing blue bull...I like red bull better than blue bull.

Other than that, I wholeheartedly agree with that list.

[Wapsie B]

28. I didn't see Schmidt on that list.

That's at least as bad as Milwaukee's Worst.

[Viking12]

51. Where's Blatz???

the favorite of midwestern teenagers. Only $7.99 a case (only $3.99 when I was in High School).

[Dr Fate]

32. Happy to see PBR NOT on the list!

Because it is so great, thats why...

[HuckleB]

34. Shhhhhhh. We wouldn't want the price to go up, now would we?

[Dr Fate]

35. I hear ya...

...I cant tell you how many people are reluctant to even try it...at $3.49 for a six of bottles too...

[TreasonousBastard]

38. I have had Crazy Ed's Cave Creek Chili Beer...

and I can testify that it is the worst beer ever brewed.

Or pissed out by a diabetic horse.

The chili in the bottle masks the taste of a really, really bad beer.

[AntiCoup2K4]

78. It actually used to be good, when it was actually made in Cave Creek!

Now it's made somewhere in Wisconsin and it's undrinkable. Rogue's Mexicali Ale will have to carry the pepper beer market - if they still make it?

[kodi]

39. iron city. it tastes like weasel spit strained thru dirty cobwebs

but in a nice way.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

41. Coors Is Donkey Piss

As bad as Old Milwaukee is, it still tastes like beer. I think Coors is a beverage unto itself.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

49. Interesting that you put it that way...

My dad was an alumnus of the Colorado School of Mines in Golden. Once a year, when I was a kid, he'd get together with his alumni association buddies for a picnic, and they'd all drink Coors. They swore that Coors was the only true beer.

The mascot for the School of Mines was the "Mines Burro".

[fujiyama]

81. Not only does the beer suck

the company is run by a bunch of RW republicans. I think the guy Pete Coors is running for the US Senate seat from CO.

[rocktop15]

43. Sierra Nevada

I'm sorry but this beer tastes like ass and is WAY too bitter for my discerning mouth. I enjoy Coors Light much more. I took back some Sierra tonite and exchanged it for Smirnoff Ice.

[frylock]

44. BLASPHEMOR!!!!

[mopinko]

55. if you HAD a discerning mouth

you would not even be able to taste coor light. ugh. sierra rocks. it is a great craft beer. maybe you got a skunked 6 pak.

[AntiCoup2K4]

79. Coors better than Sierra Nevada? What are you, a FREEPER??

Or do you just have no taste in beer?

[GoddessOfGuinness]

46. Sometimes it's good to drink inferior beer...

It helps keep things in perspective. :beer:

[ironflange]

50. God bless you!

I've been dreaming of a site like beeradvocate ever since Gore invented the Internet.

Thank you! *snif* Sorry, I'm just in an emotional state. *snif*

:beer:

[T_i_B]

52. I'm going to a beer festival today!

Woo-Hoo! :beer: At least I'll be drinking some quality stuff today instead of any of that list! :bounce:

I'm not suprised that that list is all American, but the worst beer I've ever tasted is a beer from a local brewery called Ridley's Rumpus. Foul, unpalatable stuff that gives you an upset stomach, and a massive hangover the next morning. I find it impossible to bring myself to drink even a half of the stuff.

I'm a member of the Campaign for Real Ale, and the fact that Ridley's CAMRA branch liason officer has been publicly slating the brewery recently shopuld be more than enough to ring the alarm bells about that brewery.

Aside from that aberration I would also mention the usual lagers such as Fosters, Rolling Rock etc.

[Waverley_Hills_Hiker]

58. Im glad to see Rolling Rock on that list.

It really is pretty bad, compared to some of the microbrews out there nowadays.

[Zomby Woof]

60. it has no flavor

Just what is the appeal of Rolling Rock beer? Must be the marketing.

[69KV]

63. It's the 1930s packaging

nt

[Zomby Woof]

61. Schmidt Light is the worst

Just the worst. Although knowing how bad Corona is, I can see why Corona Light (redundancy!) is numero uno.

[EstimatedProphet]

62. They don't have Blatz or Red White and Blue

Both hideous
also, Point pale ale makes good paint stripper...

[69KV]

64. Good to see the list mostly taken up with

Low-carb beers, non-alcoholic beers, light beers, malt liquors, vile marketing department inventions like Red Dog and Tequiza, and undrinkable cheap swill like Natural Light and Milwaukee's Beast. :puke: :puke: :puke:

Plain old Budweiser shouldn't rate so low though. Bud's on the list but PBR, Schlitz and Olympia aren't? I don't get it.

[Chicago Democrat]

65. EKU from Austria I think.... about 15% alc and tastes like puke.

Gosser is another AWFUL Austrian beer.

Austria, home of Hitler, pastries, and Terrible shitty high alcohol content beer. High in alcohol, because you couldn't possibly drink 2.

[jmowreader]

66. EKU is from Kulmbach, Germany

It is made at a monastery that issues each monk four litres of beer a day. It helps them to see God. It also helps maintain the stylish "as wide as he is tall" physique of the average Bavarian monk.

Drink four litres of EKU and you'll be seeing God too.

[Waverley_Hills_Hiker]

70. EKU is really too strong, and it does taste bad.

The high alcohol content really kills the flavor.

[The Commie]

73. Helps them see God...

...because they're drunk. :beer:

[AntiCoup2K4]

80. You only thought it tasted like puke because that;'s what you were doing..

..after finishing that 6 pack.

Seriously though, the thing the Austrians and Germans got wrong with humans, they got right with beer. Purity is the key. Uh, with beer, I mean. :beer:

Never made it over there yet, but I've heard that you can get completely shitfaced on their beer and not get a hangover, because it's the impurities, rather than the alcohol itself that gives you the hangover symptoms. Though my own ammendment to that logic would be that dehydration is a major component of hangovers, and that definitely would be the alcohol. Of course, just drink lots of water before the beer, and when you wake up and that will work :beer:

[SmileyBoy]

68. Nasty Light is really bad.

I was at a party with some friends last year and tried a little. It went quickly down the sink.

[HEyHEY]

69. Anything made by Molson

[Swamp Rat]

71. Miller Lite and Bud Lite should both be listed the worst "beers" on Earth.

:puke:

[mongo]

72. Blatz - tastes as great as its name.

[bigbillhaywood]

75. HAMMS! I can't believe no one has picked this foul shit yet.