Is yours on the list? "The Worst Beer in the World"

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ElFenix

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The worst beer in the world
Below is a list of worst beers in the world as rated by the thousands of beer enthusiasts at RateBeer.com. Dare to try them? We don't advise it. We provide this list in the name of beer education. We aren't picking on the fat kid as much as we're making a few big brewers accountable for their products that are more about beer hype and marketing than substance. Often the pitch of mass marketing campaigns work against them among craft beer enthusiasts.
1 Olde English 800 3.2
2 Natural Ice
3 Natural Light
4 Milwaukee's Best
5 Michelob Ultra
6 Sleeman Clear
7 Budweiser Select 55
8 Coors Aspen Edge
9 Bud Light Chelada
10 Busch Ice
11 Busch Light
12 Bud Light
13 Milwaukee's Best Light
14 Camo Genuine Ale
15 Miller Genuine Draft Light 64
16 Keystone Light
17 Busch Beer
18 Budweiser Chelada
19 General Generic Beer
20 Old Milwaukee Ice
21 Keystone Premium
22 Hurricane High Gravity Lager
23 Cave Creek Chili Beer
24 Milwaukees Best Ice
25 Labatt Sterling
26 Molson Kick
27 Camo Silver Ice High Gravity Lager
28 Bud Ice
29 Tuborg T-Beer Citrus/ Lemon
30 Corona Light
31 Tuborg T-Beer
32 Coors Light
33 Icehouse Light
34 Old Milwaukee
35 Molson Ultra
36 B-40 Bull Max 8%
37 Old Milwaukee Light
38 King Cobra Malt Liquor
39 St. Ides Premium Malt Liquor
40 PC 2.5 g Low Carb
41 Olde English 800
42 Rock Green Light
43 Big Bear
44 Keystone Ice
45 Schlitz Malt Liquor
46 Miller Genuine Draft Light (MGD Light)
47 Jacob Best Ice
48 Miller Lite Ice
49 Miller Lite
50 Colt Ice
http://www.ratebeer.com/Ratings/TheWorstBeers.asp

other than miller lite i drink nothing on that list regularly. steak night at a bar, bucket of miller lites, good times.
 

zCypher

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I know a guy who is convinced that Black Label is good, but I don't like it myself. Sleeman Clear is on that list - it's not really a bad beer, it's just light - ok on some occasions.
 

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alkemyst

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I have a question...you "dudes" that cry when you get served one of these worst beers, do you drink you elite brews pinky up or down?

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meltdown75

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carling black label....could never drink it, horrible horrible beer....same with black ice, how about Crystal or OV

i've been known to enjoy a few crystals on occasion... and i like OV but only on tap. bottled OV ... :hmm: old vagina
 

Ninjahedge

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Here's my snobbish side coming out....

Guinness is a pretty shitty stout. It's just got a billion dollar marketing campaign behind it. It's not even the best stout in Ireland. There's dozens of other craft stouts I'd drink over Guinness. Their Extra Stout is decent. But the normal stuff is pretty boring for the category.

It ain't bad, when done right.

The problem is, 90% of the bars out there don't have it, or do it right. the nitro-pour helps, but if they do not get a good batch (shipped right) you still get a bitter brew.

I have had it where it has tasted light and creamy, and other times when ittastes like asphalt (in a frosted glass to boot).

YMMV.
 

Ninjahedge

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The one that always got me was Natty Ice Light.

If you were going for some extra kick with an ice-distilled beer, why water it back down again?


"i love the bitter pissey taste of an Ice beer, but I really do not want to get Drunk so fast!"


"No problem! Try Natty Ice LIGHT!"


"WOW! All the piss and half the buzz!!!!! What will they think of next??!?" :eek:
 

PricklyPete

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I certainly drink beers from that list...but I agree they all suck. My cheap beer of choice is PBR...otherwise something quality.
 

Daedalus685

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The one that always got me was Natty Ice Light.

If you were going for some extra kick with an ice-distilled beer, why water it back down again?


"i love the bitter pissey taste of an Ice beer, but I really do not want to get Drunk so fast!"


"No problem! Try Natty Ice LIGHT!"


"WOW! All the piss and half the buzz!!!!! What will they think of next??!?" :eek:

Best post I've ever waken up to :D

I've only ever even tried 3 or 4 of the beers on that list. And good old number one was pretty hilarious in my youth! I mean the bottle is just so big and the beer tastes just so fucking bad, but it costs less than water!

Lately I've been drinking Rickard Red.
 

joesmoke

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i would put stouts/porters as the best beers. though i would never condemn a whole class of beers, if anything should be considered the worst id say it should be lagers or pilsners... but even then there are some gems.
 

xanis

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Wow, lots of beer hate in this thread.

The beers on that list don't taste good for a reason: They're dirt cheap. Why are they dirt cheap? Because they use low-grade ingredients and they're produced for mass-consumption. Good flavor is not the main objective with these beers, sales are.

As for the beer snobbery: There are some extraordinarily annoying beer snobs, but in my experience,the majority of microbrew drinkers are just average Joes looking for a good and/or different brew. I myself enjoy and appreciate a good microbrew from time to time, but if my friends are getting together and they're drinking PBR or Coors, I'm not going to bitch and moan.

Also, taste is subjective. I might think Miller Lite tastes like shit water, whereas you might think it's fine. Whatever, you're entitled to your opinion. You drink what you want and I'll drink what I want.
 

meltdown75

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i tried rickard's dark last night.

i also had OV, on tap.

eat your hearts out, you snobby bastards. half of you would cry at the beers i drink, and i love it.
 

xSauronx

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I find Michelob Ultra on tap in a chilled glass to be very refreshing. :\

thats because that stuff tastes like water. its not a crappy beer because it tastes bad...its bad because it has basically zero flavor.

bud light has more flavor...but its a bad flavor. id take a much ultra over most shitty beers just because theres not much to object to

Worst beer? Stout/Porters
meh, to each his own. i wont drink hoppy beers because they taste like chlorine or something. very mild hops are ok...but where its very noticeable i find it objectionable.

ill drink stouts and porters all day if theyre decent brews. a local micro makes one hell of an oatmeal porter