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What is the most horrific beer you have ever drank?

Something a little different with this question since most of the time people ask what your favorite might be. I'm looking for what beers you have had that made you jump away in horror as soon as it touched your tongue. Interesting stories that go along with the encounter would be a plus!

If you don't like beer please don't answer this question, I am looking for answers from people that normally enjoy beer but have come across a brew that is just undrinkable.
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jeetu_gj | 2 years, 8 months ago
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There is a beer called knock out which is available in india, is just a undrinkable beer.Once i was sitting in a pub with friends looking out for some chilled beer as the weather outside was hot. We have been given a beer called knock out saying that its a cool beer with nice taste but ohhh god! as soon as it touched my tongue i just jumped on my seat as it was so bad and undrinkable, smelling like a shit.

I will never go for that again in my life and also there is a beer called zingaro and budvisor which are again hopeless beers.

For all you and your friends i would rather suggest to go for fosters,royal challenge and kingfisher beers and never opt for knockout and zingaro next time when you visit India.

So Good Luck!

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albanian | 2 years, 8 months ago
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There are lots of really poor beers made here in the States but I stopped drinking them long ago unless trapped in no outside drinks festival or the like. The last time that happened the pitiful brew was Miller Lite. Long ago I tried all the the beers with interesting names, I seem to remember that the Eastern Brewing Company of NJ specialized in poor beer with interesting names. I think "High Brau" was one of them in the 60's.

Most of the really poor beer I find while travelling because I try every new one I see. I've tried dozens of really poor beers from Central America and Mexico the last few years. But none really stand out as below the others.

The same thing happens when I try bottled imports from non-beer drinking countries. Two from Vietnam come to mind. These are often extra bad from having sat around too long in the store.

But the poor beers don't really have the capability to be really bad. They are too bland. Some of the worst beers that I have had have been high priced Belgian beers. They start great; but, they sometimes don't sell. Eventually they become awful, but the bars don't know the difference and still want to sell them months, perhaps years after they have gone off.

One of the saddest tales of bad beer that I have is that of Fritzel's, on Bourbon Street. It is the last genuine traditional jazz joint on the street. Preservation Hall is on a side street and isn't really a normal jazz joint, it serves no food or drink and has no seating. Anyway, I really love the music, and there is no cover but you have to buy at least one overpriced drink per set. They have Warsteiner, a good German beer, on draft. But they don't know how to keep the beer or about cleaning the lines! It's always undrinkable. I've sometimes resorted to gin and tonic there but that's somehow almost as bad.

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maxzhichao | 2 years, 8 months ago
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I think that the Old Milwaukee, Keystone Light, and Meister Brau's should be used to strip grease from a garage floor.

I remember my "before I was even legal to drink but did anyway" stage. The above listed beers could be had at the corner liquor store for as low as $1.59 for a six pack. Now, when a six pack of pop was $3, and the beer was $1.59...it made for some interesting nights.

I'd say my first really nasty hangover was off of a 12 pack of Old Milwaukee, and half a pack of Marlboro reds. I couldn't EVER bring myself to drink Old Milwaukee again. Keystone Light to me was like someone putting beer flavoring in water. Just enough beer taste to make you mad. Meister Brau was only good for putting cigarettes out in.

After my "cheap beer" phase, I moved on to my "malt liquor" phase. Best to me was St. Ides, followed by Old English 800, then Schlitz Blue Bull. My "friend" had bought me two 40's of Schlitz RED Bull once, and I had drank them down fairly quickly before checking the label. That increased alcohol content in the Red bull made for a VERY interesting drive home. (This was before I stopped doing stupid things like drinking and driving.)

My brother has a much more refined taste, and will warn me when we go out which over-hyped brands to avoid. Right now, give me a tall, ice cold Guinness, and I'm happy. :)

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kalpita | 2 years, 8 months ago
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I had high hopes when I tasted Sam Adams Triple Bock, but it was the first beer I could not finish. It was like drinking syrupy Kikkoman. Worst beer I ever had. The second beer I could not finish was the result of my first attempt at homebrewing, which was vomit inducing.

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fraggle | 2 years, 8 months ago
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God, it has to be between Guinness Breo, and Royal Dutch,

The Guinness Breo has to be one of the shortest living beers EVER. It was promoted everywhere, where i live, and Even when they were giving it away for free, nobody touched it. It Smelled & Tasted like Soggy Cardboard, i can still smell it if i think about it..

Royal Dutch (I'm not sure if it's still going) Was/is rumoured to be the lesser quality leftovers from the Heineken Brewery, as is Oranjeboom..

But as much as i like Heineken, i couldn't touch that stuff, always left me with a dry mouth and a horrible after taste.
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robbrown | 2 years, 8 months ago
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Most horrific beer that I've ever drank was in Las Vegas. I was at the ballet and enjoying a few beers with a couple of business associates. The ballet wasn't our first stop that evening so I had already enjoyed 1 (maybe 2) drinks that evening. I was talking and when I returned to what I thought was my beer, I suddenly realized that it was not the beer I had put down but rather a makeshift ashtray. After a big gulp of cigarettes drowned in ugly warm beer that came from who knows where, I quietly put the beer down, hopped in a cab, and went to the nearest drug store to purchase a variety of mouth cleaning products.

The worst beer that I've ever had that hasn't been mixed with anything is Dragons Breath:

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There isn't much of a story behind this beer. It's just bad. "Beer Pools" for hockey and football are common in Canada. Basically, you bet on teams like normal and buy a 12 of beer for the person at the top of the list every n number of games. If the person wins too often or wins out of pure luck (ie: their kids picked the players) then Dragons Breath is presented as the "prize".

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fstopsurreal | 2 years, 8 months ago
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There's an old bud in my fridge with a born-on date in 2003. Anyone want it?

Nobody I know will touch it, it just sits there waiting for a real emergency (funny though, no one drank it after Hurricane Ike last year)

All my friends and I drink Shiner Bock and St. Arnold Amber. Great Texas beers.

about the born on date:

"Clearly marking the date of manufacture on bottles is so unusual, in fact, that Anheuser-Busch turned date-labeling into a massive marketing campaign. In 1996, the giant brewer began putting plain-English "born on dates" on bottles and cans of Budweiser. Ads for Bud touted the beer's freshness.

As anyone who's ever popped open a "skunky" beer knows, brews do go bad. The primary culprit: oxygen, which binds to the raw materials in beer and alters them, producing off flavors."

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albanian | 2 years, 8 months ago Report

Did you try the Shiner Celebrator 100th Aniversary? It's lots better than regular Shiner.

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manateejam | 2 years, 8 months ago
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Well, I have tasted quite a few bad beers, but the one that really sticks out in my mind is 211 Steel Reserve. It is truely nasty, but if a cheap buzz is what you seek it is definitely the brew for the job!
Back when I was younger and I was the only one of my underage friends who could score beer I used to go get cases of 22 22ozs of 211 all the time. Man we had some wild nights!!
Anyways a truely nasty beer that I drank more than my share of. I guarantee I could suck one down now for anything.
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angieh | 2 years, 8 months ago
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I love beer, but I would rather die of thirst than drink Heineken. To me it tastes like what skunk sweat would taste like. I would also nominate any beer that begins with the word "Natural."

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deliatribe | 2 years, 8 months ago
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I agree that most large scale American beers like Bud and Keystone are atrocious. But I don't really even count those when I'm talking about beer. They're another category altogether. The most interesting, and at the same time horrible, beer I've had was a Rauchbier. I don't remember the specific maker but it is a smoked beer! It is truly like drinking a campfire. A sip might be tolerable to wash down a bite of barbeque, but even thats a stretch. It's so strong!

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albanian | 2 years, 8 months ago Report

I like rauchbier. It's not for everyday though.

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spoon | 2 years, 8 months ago Report

I've had the same experience with rauchbier but also had it when it was a great drink... my thinking is, since it is not always a huge seller, you may have tried a skunked bottle which resulted in the interesting levels of flavor being mashed together.

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flint | 2 years, 8 months ago
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Can't believe nobody has mentioned Lucky Lager yet... That stuff tastes like a rusty penny is dissolved in each bottle. It's a peculiar beer as it is budget minded, but comes in a bottle. (why would you put cat urine in a bottle?) I do like the little riddles under the cap, but honestly would prefer Keystone Light or Meister Brau ANY day over Lucky Lager.

Oddly enough, this beer has a huge following....no idea why
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albanian | 2 years, 8 months ago Report

Lucky Lager is still going? Gosh. I don't think I've seen it since the 60's. It used to be in cans. They had a bock beer too, it tasted the same but had caramel color to make it dark. So now it's Canadian? Ironic.

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peachbot | 2 years, 8 months ago
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Hands down, Keystone Light. It's a popular beer pong beer, which is good, because I wouldn't want to use a good beer on beer pong, but of course, I'm awful at it, so I lose, and have to drink all of those cups of god awful Keystone.

And to be really honest, there is something about Heineken that I really don't like. It may be a good beer to someone else, but I think it's terrible. I'd rather choke down a Keystone.

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brian san | 2 years, 8 months ago
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"Rainier Light"

Much to the horror of true beer aficionados, I prefer light beers such as Coors Light.

Because I live in Japan, I have the privilege of drinking some of the world's "finest" fake beers known (in some forms) as Happoshu. Basically Japan has an ongoing war between brewers and tax authorities where the tax man adds a new penalty on some variation of beer and the brewers come up with a unique version that doesn't fall in to the existing taxation categories (blue algae for instance). But as I prefer "watered down" beer in the first place, most of them are just fine with me.

It took a trip to Guam to find my most unfavored beer.
I went to Guam expecting a "taste of home" in the form of my old friend Coors Light. I was so excited when we went to the local grocery store that I didn't notice the slightly different label on the 12 pack of what I thought was Coors Light.

It wasn't until we returned to the hotel room and I had a swig of my brew that I noticed I was drinking Rainier Light.

It could be something similar to drinking tea when you are expecting cola, but it was definitely the top of my "unfavorable" beer experiences.

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consumerbase | 2 years, 8 months ago
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Milwaukee's Best Ice. However, if you are looking for a cheap and quick way to get drunk, that's your beer.

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topaz5433 | 2 years, 8 months ago
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Hands down; Red White and Blue.
I obtained a six-pack of this cr@p sometime in the '80s during my high school/college days.
A friend of mine and I each took one sip and decided to throw away the rest. I know it's a sin, but it's also true.
The stuff was sour, bitter and yuck.

My favorite? Coors Light- bottle please.

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domr94 | 2 years, 8 months ago
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samuel websters because it just didn't taste nice at all compared to John Smiths or Boddingtons

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cheapgamer | 2 years, 8 months ago
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When I actually tried a Budwiser I was horrified . . .

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cxyf | 2 years, 8 months ago
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I don't remember the name exactly (it may have been Schlitz), but a friend of mine bought "beer in a bag" because it had a free t-shirt, and it was the nastiest tasting beer I have ever drank.

Not sure if it counts, but to me Zima tastes like kerosene. Fortunately I outgrew the beer-like and wine cooler phase very quickly.

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maxzhichao | 2 years, 8 months ago Report

I remember Zima! Actually, I liked that when I was still in my "stupid" phase because it was clear, but it got you drunk, and I could drive with a cup of it and no one would be any the wiser that I was drinking over-priced malt liquor.

What I really miss was Zima Gold! That had a nice little apple-ish after taste to it. It disappeared from the Chicago market, and I actually emailed Zima and was informed that they discontinued it.

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josingleton | 2 years, 8 months ago
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Coors, hands down. Coming from a person that lives in Colorado.
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kdidsmile | 2 years, 8 months ago
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guiness!! yuck, looks like swamp water with the foam on top. I drank one entire glass, that was only because I was at the guiness factory in dublin and i felt like it was expected!

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andreww | 2 years, 8 months ago
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Heineken that must have been on the shelf for at least 10 years. Yech, tasted just like a dead skunk smells like.

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albanian | 2 years, 8 months ago Report

For some reason bars and restaurants that do not have a clientele that drink anything other than budcoorsmiller feel obliged to stock Heineken. A fresh Heineken is a cut above those, although nothing special. But after it sits long enough...

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rishiku | 2 years, 8 months ago
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Every beer (at least here in the states) I hate the taste, give me some good old vodka, rum tequila....hell Ill even take some white lightning.

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spoon | 2 years, 8 months ago Report

"If you don't like beer please don't answer this question, I am looking for answers from people that normally enjoy beer but have come across a brew that is just undrinkable."

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sujatha | 2 years, 8 months ago
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london pilsner

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spoon | 2 years, 8 months ago Report

Why? A one or two word answer isn't near enough to give you a chance for the "Best Answer" considering this question offers a tip.

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sienmyhart | 2 years, 8 months ago
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Guinness

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spoon | 2 years, 8 months ago Report

Why? A one or two word answer isn't near enough to give you a chance for the "Best Answer" considering this question offers a tip.

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albanian | 2 years, 8 months ago Report

Besides, Guinness is great!

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