It’s what happens when one drinks too much beer and has to go buy the next size (or three) blue jeans.
What's the worst beer you've ever tried?
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It’s what happens when one drinks too much beer and has to go buy the next size (or three) blue jeans.
chilipeppermaniac
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chilipeppermaniac
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Oh it came up once............... About 10 hours later.
chilipeppermaniac
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When I was last in a band some 16 years ago now, we pretty much lived on Red Stripe alone. I wouldn't say its the best beer, but it is far from the worst. Colt 45 is that for me.
I actually like a 32 ouncer of Colt 45, MMMMM hehe Malt Liquor
mcblink
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I just added a pic of the current pile lolI find this extra funny because I saw all those empty boxes in your pic of the JJ Jr NAD!
Falstaff....I had an uncle that would leave them around at a BBQ....
These kept me from drinking beer, seriously, until well into my 30s....
These kept me from drinking beer, seriously, until well into my 30s....
Metal89
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I personally don't recall seeing it.
Metal89
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Malt liquor isn't TERRIBLE, i tried the cheap gas station 40 and i can stomach it just fine, but at the same time didn't really do anything for me.
Cadorman
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That's just what used to be available for strong beer. Now everyone has at least one brew that is nearly double the alcohol content of malt liquor.
Metal89
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Ah that explains it, to be fair though, it takes me two pints of heineken to feel anything. its only 5% though but its really my favorite pick at the closest corner store, unless i want to go out of my way to go to specs to pick up either guiness or mead.
I don't drink much beer anymore though, I like those refreshing girly drinks that taste good and are refreshing on a hot day 
Gahr
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Being a brewer, I guess I have a different wiew on «bad beer» than a lot of people.
I like all styles of beer, provided they are technically well brewed. I can enjoy really bland beers like Budweiser, Bud Light, Coors, Corona etc. because they are technically EXCELLENT products. They don’t have tons of flavor, but they don’t have any defects either. (Except maybe Corona which quite often is lightstruck and skunky because of the clear bottles, but that’s not the brewer’s fault.) Big industrial brewers have a technical consistency that is simply amazing. I don’t often drink stuff like this, but it is always interesting from a brewing perspective.
When I think of bad beer, I always think of technically flawed products, i.e. beers suffering from bacterial infections, excessively high fermentation temperatures, over carbonation, unbalanced flvors (often a result of the recipe formulation) etc. I’m not a huge fan of overly sweet pastry stouts (although I brew them myself), but done right they can be nice dessert drinks.
While most commercial brewers have a reasonable level of control over all the brewing parameters, faults will occur at times. There’s a saying in the brewing industry that goes like this: «There are two kinds of breweries; those who have had bacterial infections, and those who will». Being a brewer is in essence a glorified cleaning job. We strive to be as sanitary as possible. It is impossible to create a completely sterile environment for the beer, but we go to great lengths to ensure that the yeast will have no competing bacteria or wild yeasts to fight during fermentation.
So, the worst beers I have had? Most of them stuff made by novice homebrewers without enough knowledge of the process, and a few commercial products where the beer has developed infections after bottling. I have judged a lot of homebrew competitions, and I have tasted foul liquids so bad that the smell alone made me want to die. Especially since I knew I HAD TO taste it. In situations like that it is a great consolation knowing no pathogenic bacteria can survive in beer under normal circumstances... There are plenty of mediocre products out there as well, but I never agree with people saying things like «Bud tastes like foxes pissed in a can», or «Heineken tastes like soapy water». Personal preference is one thing, really BAD beer is something completely different.
It is far more easy to name favorites. But again, that’s just personal preference, and very often linked to the setting in which I drink them (or tasted them for the first time).
I like all styles of beer, provided they are technically well brewed. I can enjoy really bland beers like Budweiser, Bud Light, Coors, Corona etc. because they are technically EXCELLENT products. They don’t have tons of flavor, but they don’t have any defects either. (Except maybe Corona which quite often is lightstruck and skunky because of the clear bottles, but that’s not the brewer’s fault.) Big industrial brewers have a technical consistency that is simply amazing. I don’t often drink stuff like this, but it is always interesting from a brewing perspective.
When I think of bad beer, I always think of technically flawed products, i.e. beers suffering from bacterial infections, excessively high fermentation temperatures, over carbonation, unbalanced flvors (often a result of the recipe formulation) etc. I’m not a huge fan of overly sweet pastry stouts (although I brew them myself), but done right they can be nice dessert drinks.
While most commercial brewers have a reasonable level of control over all the brewing parameters, faults will occur at times. There’s a saying in the brewing industry that goes like this: «There are two kinds of breweries; those who have had bacterial infections, and those who will». Being a brewer is in essence a glorified cleaning job. We strive to be as sanitary as possible. It is impossible to create a completely sterile environment for the beer, but we go to great lengths to ensure that the yeast will have no competing bacteria or wild yeasts to fight during fermentation.
So, the worst beers I have had? Most of them stuff made by novice homebrewers without enough knowledge of the process, and a few commercial products where the beer has developed infections after bottling. I have judged a lot of homebrew competitions, and I have tasted foul liquids so bad that the smell alone made me want to die. Especially since I knew I HAD TO taste it. In situations like that it is a great consolation knowing no pathogenic bacteria can survive in beer under normal circumstances... There are plenty of mediocre products out there as well, but I never agree with people saying things like «Bud tastes like foxes pissed in a can», or «Heineken tastes like soapy water». Personal preference is one thing, really BAD beer is something completely different.
It is far more easy to name favorites. But again, that’s just personal preference, and very often linked to the setting in which I drink them (or tasted them for the first time).
aon
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Honorary mentions:
1: Swedish Falcon Export from a tap that had some detergent or something left over in it. Not really a problem with the beer as such though, but I haven't been able to really enjoy it since.
2: Chinese Budweiser
3: A lot of cheap store-brand lagers here are quite bad, "brewed in EU" with weird stuff like glucose syrup in them.
4: Swedish Pripps Blå wasn't that great either.