Bud Chelada for sure. Thank goodness I only sampled it because it was so vile it immediately induced the gag reflex. Not only looks like vomit, but tasted like it too.
Vanilla can be bad when it's too strong/dominant. However, I think the addition of lactose is even worse and doesn't belong in any beer, period!
Not crazy about lactose in those milkshake IPA abominations, but I feel that it has its place, as it can be creatively used as an unfermentable sugar, as most (read: not all) yeast strains cannot use it as a source of carbon. A proper use of lactose, in my very humble opinion, are beers like this: Mackeson Triple XXX Stout | Whitbread PLC | BeerAdvocate Vanilla, however, has no place in any beer EVER!
years ago I hosted a beer tasting/BBQ and the theme was "beers named after animals" and everyone came bearing beers according to the theme. It was that day I experienced the worst beer in my life: Flying Horse Royal Lager (71 pts on BA), now referred to by me as "Flying Horse Piss" I believe it was brewed in India(?)
I remember when the hazy craze first started that a lot of people had a realization that there were a whole hell of a lot of 2010's sour drinkers that didn't actually like the flavor of "beer" and that's why so many people were making things with extra flavors. I also don't care for pumpkin beers anymore, but on the flip side will smash on Marzen all day.
My lowest scoring beer is AB's natural light, a beer reminiscent of soda water with a rusty nail soaked in it. Pretty bad, but I'm going to give the nod to Mikkeller's Black. What was so disturbing about this beer, is that it actually looked and smelled pretty good. So it was all the more of a shock when I tried to drink it. Coffee and very sweet licorice/vanila, with a huge booze presence. The high alcohol level left a burning sensation on the finish, which was enhanced by the sickeningly sweet flavor profile. An awful beer.
The pickle beers I had from Martin House were disgusting. I will happily drink pints of Triple Bock before I ever even want to see those beers again. Vile, vile garbage.
Oh man! This reminded me I actually forgot the second worst beer I've ever had. Mama Mia Pizza Beer. Vile.
These reviews are comedy GOLD! Black (黑) | Mikkeller ApS | BeerAdvocate Samuel Adams Triple Bock | Samuel Adams (Boston Beer Company) | BeerAdvocate
Tiki Tom Slushie Series: Unicornicopia by Badger State Brewing - a sour fruited Berliner weiss that was supposed to taste like cranberry, cara cara orange, and pineapple. It tasted like sauerkraut juice. Drain pour. No wonder it's no longer in production. Wildfire by Fitger's Brewhouse - a chili beer that tasted like straight up heat (ooh, FIVE types of New Mexico hatch chilis ) with NO beer flavor whatsoever. That taster was returned with plenty left. LightSky Citrus Wheat by Blue Moon - tasted like someone put seltzer water in an empty glass someone previously drank Blue Moon out of. I couldn't pour it out because it would have been rude to my friend who was so proud of it. I finished it and said never again.
Worst beer I ever had was one I had homebrewed. I think it was my third or fourth batch. Brewed in the summer and had iffy AC. Thought that since I was a chef, I could be super creative and things would just work out for me. No, brewing is more akin to baking than cooking. Belgian imperial stout with brown cardamom. Extract with far too many specialty malts. Tasted like someone had dumped some soy sauce and molasses over an ashtray full of still burning Newport butts. I think I managed to down 2-3 before leaving the remaining bottles in an alley for the bums.
Cardamom as A flavor can be delicious (like in chai). Cardamom as THE flavor in anything tastes like menthol.
I’ve had some bad stuff out of cans and bottles that got instantly poured out (mostly due to being old or just weird, such as some strange pickle Gose in Germany that I’m pretty sure didn’t even count as beer under German law), but the only draft beer I’ve had that was truly undrinkable was Fischer Dorelei in Strasbourg. It seemed to be fairly popular there too, I don’t know how people like it. Just disgustingly sweet and syrupy.
