Worst beer?

[carpriver]

I didn't drink beer until I joined the Air Force, After basic training I remained at Lackland for Air Police training. Had to wait for a training flight to be formed, detail during the day and free time after normal hours, I learned to like Lone Star. my first assignment I drank Hamm's. then off to Sunny Southeast Asia where all the beer tasted bad, Drank hard liquor. or local beers. Where ever I was stationed I normal drank what the local drank, Falstaff, Coors, Some really good Japanese beer that the name I can't remember.

 

[Model 19 6"]

The best beer is free, the worst, I had to pay for it.

 

[Grayfox]

The worst beers I ever ran into were during my Army days, also known as my drunken period.
In Ft. Hood, our "end of the month" beer was Texas Pride. Nasty stuff, but it sold for less than $3 a case.
At the EM Club in Germany they had a brand called Cluss. This stuff made Texas Pride taste good. But at 5 cents a bottle, it made for a cheap drunk.

 

[GPM]

Damn. Reading through this thread has sure brought back some memories. Many of you guy's worst beers were at one time or another my beer of choice. When in Japan my favorites were Asahi and Kirin. Heavy on the malt, light on the hops as I remember (which seeing as it was 50 years ago may not be that great).

I still drink only beer. Mostly Sam Adams and local craft beers unless I'm going to be at it for awhile, then its usually light stuff that can only be considered beer colored. Nothing to be proud of, but at my age certain concessions have to be made.

Thanks all for the walk down memory lane, what's left of it that is.

 

[Golddollar]

Dad kept Burger, Hudepohl, Weidemann and Schoenling in the house. When I turned 16, he told me that if I ever wanted a beer to ask for it and he would give me one. He said that if I ever snuck one it would be my last.
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That brings back memories of when I used to visit my brother when he lived in Amelia, Ohio, and we would go to the Montgomery Inn for ribs. I always got a full rack with a tall frosty mug of Hudepohl.

 

[JayFramer]

Too bad they don't make Little Kings Cream Ale any more. That was "West Sider" beer. The Schoenling family lived in my neighborhood, so Little Kings was always abundant in the 70's and 80's.

Still around, at least a year or two ago. It's not bad and comes in a cute bottle. I like Genesee for a creamer, though.

 

[Muley Gil]

While in Kosovo, I would go with my German police buddy to their camp in Prizren and buy Hefeweizen. I really like that stuff!

The worst beer I ever had was Dixie. A friend of mine went to New Orleans for Mardi Gras and brought back a case. It looked green in the can. I couldn't finish it. It didn't help any that I was a fairly new beer drinker at the time.

 

[ACP230]

I never liked Pabst but would drink it if someone else bought it.

In my past I've drunk a lot of the brews listed including Buckhorn.
Don't remember it as being as bad as Pabst.
Like Stroh's, especially Stroh's dark.

Beer I have disliked in more recent times was a sour ale from New Glarus. Ugh! And one bottle of Sam Adams has kept me from trying
any more. Also, if you put blueberries in beer you are wrong. Blueberries are fine in many things, but not beer, eh?

 

[Slater]

Do they still make Hamm's?

 

[CH4]

Don't know if it was good or bad, but my grandpa sure liked his Burgie (sp). He always had a can in every pocket of his overalls; other members of my dad's family liked to swim in Oly.

I am not a beer drinker, it all tastes bitter to me. To be manly at social events, Iam good for one beer of any kind as long as it's ice cold. Once it starts getting warm, I head to the nearest sink or flower bed.

 

[LDM]

When I was a young' un, the Pfeiffer, Goebel and Stroh's breweries were bunched together on Gratiot Ave. near downtown Detroit. Remember the malt aroma that permeated the area when my dad drove us through there in the Kaiser.

When I came of age, there were some real skunkers around. Altes (in the giant imperial quart); E&B (Excellent Beer) which came from Toledo and sold a 16 Oz. bottle for the same price as others' 12 Oz. bottles.

But the worst was Alpsbrau, brewed with mountain valley hops. When I attended school at Michigan State, the Meijer sore in Meridian Twp. Sold it for $2.49 a case of 24 bottles, plus deposit. No taste and no buzz. Lighter than light.

Today I think the bottom of the barrel is Coors. Before it was shipped east of the Mississippi, people brought back cases after taking trips west. No taste at all. I asked what was it made from? Rocky mountain panther spit?

Then there is the urban legend, Frothingslosh Pale Stale Ale, the beer that's so light, the foam is on the bottom.

 

[Benchrest1]

Another vote for Old Milwaukee.

 

[HOUSTON RICK]

I recall my favorite beer was what ever was in front of me. Can't say that I had a "worst" beer - after the first six they all when down pretty smoothly.

 

[rwsmith]

Under normal conditions....

PBR makes me feel horrible. Schaefers tastes horrible.

Schlitz was once described to me as 'perfumey'. I had to agree.

That worst though was that 'nickel beer' they had at the Flying Dutchman club many years ago.

Other than these, most beers are at least drinkable.

Clint Eastwood drank Olympia in some movie, I wasn't impressed.

Coors is very good water.

Foster is nothing to write home about.

Michelob and Heineken are tops in my book.

My staple was long neck Buds. NO BEER IN CANS.

 

[S&WOkie]

This.

 

[Westie1]

Pearl long necks. tasted worse than cajun coffee smelled. Only time I had some, swore I would never drink what someone else was buying again.

 

[rwsmith]

Schaefer was.....

Schiltz was a great beer until they changed the formula in order to reduce production time. I remember some Schaefer Beer that a friend bought for .99 a six-pack in the mid 1980's. It made me gag, and was so bad even my frugal friend could not drink it.

Schaefers was, undoubtedly, the stuff of desperation. A buck fifty into the gas tank and one twenty five for a six pack. Including tax.

 

[rwsmith]

I forgot about this one......

Pearl long necks. tasted worse than cajun coffee smelled. Only time I had some, swore I would never drink what someone else was buying again.

What do you expect from a beer named 'Pearl'.

 

[Frank46]

Made a med cruise one year and ended up in Istanbull Turkey. We used to call it purple cat pee *can't actually tell you what we really called it and if I did would probably fun afoul of the boss. That beer had to be the worst tasting beer I have ever had the misfortune to drink. I've had Japanese beer, Spanish beer, Fillipino Beer, South African beer,German Beer well lets just say I've imbibed enough to tell good from worst. Yak Yak, that stuff was truly bad. Frank

 

[zeke]

Stoneys out of Pittsburg. Don't know if they even bottled it, but the cheapest kegs available in early 70's north of Pittsburg. Next in order, shmidts then shiltz.