Anyone else chasing the Worst Rated Beers list?

Madness! I’ve had 72 of them, which is definitely 72 more than I should have!

 

The worst beer lists are unfairly all lagers which are usually only mildly offensive. If it were truly a worst list it would contain very badly made IPAs or dodgy fruit beers. Floris and Pink Killer have a lot to answer for but escape the wrath of the beer connoisseur for some reason.

 

There are actually an IPA, Fruit Beer, English Pale, and ESB on the list.

 

Don't need to chase 'em : they chase you.

 

Floris and Pink Killer don't have to answer to me, since I've never encountered them. I'll never rate them. Ho-hum lagers are almost unavoidable in some circumstances. In the 70s into the 80s, when we went out for dinner or a drink, we generally drank AALs because the alternative was water or bad wine. To me the AALs were never great, almost always mediocre. The situation has gotten better, but with the rise of high alcohol beers, fruity beers, barrel aged beers, and the reduced popularity of British style pale ales, amber lagers, and other moderate brews, a mediocre lager might be the best option for me even at a restaurant with 10 to 20 taps. Unfortunately, most of the AALs have less character today than they had 50 years ago. I personally don't usually rate a beer that I really don't like, but some people do, and that is their prerogative.

 

Would love to hear your personal “Best of the Worst” list

 

Ha!! I'm at 66 on that list. I'm not really actively chasing it, but below average beers find their way into my hands every so often. Not a problem!

 

I am wearing a T-shirt I obtained at a Wurstfest (New Braunfels, TX) right now. Maybe a best of the wurst thread instead!?!

Cheers!

 

Ha! Sorta like my nicely glazed .5 liter stein...that touts Busch.

 

Pacifico, Miller Lite, Busch, Heineken. I can't believe all my favorite beers are so worst.

 

Some of those I could take or leave, but Heineken is a fantastic beer.

 

Similar to you, I drank about 15-20 on the list in the early 80s. I actually kind of like malt liquor back then. After my trip to Europe after college in 86', my days of drinking crap American beers was over. I was imports and micro brew/early craft.

 

A slightly insulting email as I am certainly not from the “AAL macro crowd” as may have been suggested. I love well made lagers with quality ingredients. I generally hate some AALs eg Coors Lite or Sapporo have left me gagging, but the majority are relatively innocuous. My lament would be more that a “worst” list is that of beers that are genuinely disgusting but somehow manage to be a thing. I wouldn’t say AALs are disgusting just cheaply made. I find worst beer lists a bit predictable and boring because it’s going to be mass produced lager that is low quality but a nonetheless a successful product.

 

Eye of the beer-holder.

 

Now I need to find the list & count how many times I punished my liver.

 

Alot of these beers aren’t even that bad if we’re being honest. Their scores are sabotaged from early years of reviews where anything made by Miller coors or Anheuser Busch was “(insert animal) piss”