Worst commercial beer

[Linalmeemow]

Someone suggested starting a new thread for this, so here it is.

I used to think there was a time and place for pretty much all beers - I'm even quite fond of the dreadful generic Euro lagers that come in those stubby bottles from all supermarkets at a barbecue on a hot summer day. However, there are some appalling beers around that I can't understand why anyone would drink. For example:

Carling
Boddingtons
John Smiths

There are any number more, but these stick out as tasting appalling and being too weak to get the job done...

 

[stevic]

Now that Greenhall's has gone it has to be Robinsons for me

 

[strange-steve]

Greene King IPA is quite terrible.

 

[dad_of_jon]

I would have said F*****RS but it's not a beer, is it?

 

[Gunge]

I would have said F*****RS but it's not a beer, is it?

Nope, but it's incredibly popular for some reason. Is it cheap, or just a demonstration of the power of advertising on gullible youths? Anyways, the hatred for John Smiths puzzles me a little. I was brought up on the stuff so developed a liking at an early age. Mind you, I haven't had any for ages so maybe,like Guinness, it's been degraded into a shadow of its former self?

 

[pms67]

Someone suggested starting a new thread for this, so here it is.

I used to think there was a time and place for pretty much all beers - I'm even quite fond of the dreadful generic Euro lagers that come in those stubby bottles from all supermarkets at a barbecue on a hot summer day. However, there are some appalling beers around that I can't understand why anyone would drink. For example:

Carling
Boddingtons
John Smiths

There are any number more, but these stick out as tasting appalling and being too weak to get the job done...

Im taking the credit 😉

 

[Bodleigh Head]

... anything that pretends to be a posh beer, through marketing, but isn't. Bud ... and to my mind anything that is cloudy, comes from Belgium and tastes of bubble gum ... coriander & orange peel, I mean what is that, why spoil the taste of a decent beer. I guess a lot of people will disagree with me on that one.
At least John Smiths and Carling is meant to be pish ... it doesn't pretend otherwise ... Boddington's, don't know, haven't tried it for years but I have seen a couple of posts from people who drank the "old" Boddington's and reckon it used to be decent, a long time ago.
And I have tried the so-called Boddington's strain from Wyeast ... with excellent results.

 

[chesters-mild]

Bud - the American one, Yes I did try one (once)
Boddingtons
Most of the so called generic 'Lagers' - esp. the cheap supermarket ones.

old Lancs. wisdom --
'There's nowt like a good glass of beer lad - and that were nowt like a good glass of beer!

Cheers

 

[dad_of_jon]

Nope, but it's incredibly popular for some reason. Is it cheap, or just a demonstration of the power of advertising on gullible youths? Anyways, the hatred for John Smiths puzzles me a little. I was brought up on the stuff so developed a liking at an early age. Mind you, I haven't had any for ages so maybe,like Guinness, it's been degraded into a shadow of its former self?

the bean counters have been busy that's why so many good beers have gone downhill.

I recall having a wonderful stella artois 5.2% served perfectly from the brewers fayre!! in gorseinon. Delicious with a fruitiness to it. That was the best pint of stella I ever had. how times change and not always for the better :-(

 

[MyQul]

Despite the rise and rise of craft ale most people in the world drink crap beer. It's because they dont know any better. If you've been told, 'this is beer', and been handed a budwieser/carling/john smiths since you took your first drink you'll believe it and continue to drink crap beer until you discover otherwise

 

[Godsdog]

Worse ever for me was Julia Hanson's mild and bitter

 

[Gerryjo]

Despite the rise and rise of craft ale most people in the world drink crap beer. It's because they dont know any better. If you've been told, 'this is beer', and been handed a budwieser/carling/john smiths since you took your first drink you'll believe it and continue to drink crap beer until you discover otherwise

There's some excellent craft beers out there but there's also the flip side as I recall a local by NI area and it was the worst craft ale I've ever tried and yes it has been sold all over Norn Iron so to me it is commercial and only remember it's name had something to do about a farm.
Tenants,Carslberg, Heineken and Harp all lagers to name a few give me so much gas and the hangovers from hell and I refuse to drink them.

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[strange-steve]

There's some excellent craft beers out there but there's also the flip side as I recall a local by NI area and it was the worst craft ale I've ever tried and yes it has been sold all over Norn Iron so to me it is commercial and only remember it's name had something to do about a farm.
Tenants,Carslberg, Heineken and Harp all lagers to name a few give me so much gas and the hangovers from hell and I refuse to drink them.

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Farmageddon or Hillstown farm maybe? Both local breweries, though most of what I've had from Farmageddon has been pretty decent, Hillstown not so much.

 

[Clint]

Yes there's some dreadful stuff out there...most commercial draught lager and bitter is sewage. .

 

[simon12]

I find it hard to believe that only 5-6 years ago all I drank were the crap lagers mentioned, I can't imagine having 1 now.

 

[shepp]

Anything Shepherds Neame otherwise known as S--t and Scream.

 

[Zappa86]

Hobgoblin - tastes like puddle water.
Fosters - sugary p**s

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[Covrich]

IMO as follows

Worst lager - Fosters, I know carling gets a bad rep (which is pretty deserved) but fosters is another level below for me.. Fizzy sweet "Irn Bru orange" pish which has a twang.. a dirty flavour

Worst Bitter - John Smiths, tastes like creamy chemicals to me..

Worst Ale type - Green King IPA, bland and really boring, should be done for trade description on the IPA

 

[BeardySi]

Farmageddon or Hillstown farm maybe? Both local breweries, though most of what I've had from Farmageddon has been pretty decent, Hillstown not so much.

Surely not Farmageddon? while I wouldn't say any of them are my favourites they're all reasonably decent beers...

I'd have to say McGargles - one of the rare times I've brought a pint back cos it's just crap beer!

There's a special place in hell reserved for whoever came up with Desperados - nasty beer flavoured alcopop rubbish.

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[MarkMayf]

John Smith's is disgusting. Can't believe I used to drink the stuff all the time.

Carling and bud don't taste like anything to me. Not necessarily bad just bland. Good for high volume parties.

I've only ever poured one beer away because I couldn't stand the taste. Withens Pale Ale.