Ratebeers - 50 Worst Beers Of The World

[Bobby]

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Rank Beer Brewer Score Ratings Style
1 Busch NA Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. 0.88 74 Low Alcohol
2 Black Label 11-11 Malt Liquor Miller Brewing Company (SABMiller) 0.91 17 Malt Liquor
3 Steelback Tango Steelback Brewery 0.93 40 Pale Lager
4 Sleeman Clear Sleeman Brewing & Malting Co. 0.95 79 Pale Lager
5 Steelback Silver Steelback Brewery 0.97 31 Pale Lager
6 Michelob Ultra Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. 0.98 562 Pale Lager
7 ODouls Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. 0.98 231 Low Alcohol
8 Pabst NA Miller Brewing Company (SABMiller) 0.98 22 Low Alcohol
9 B-40 Bull Max Sleeman Brewing & Malting Co. 0.98 21 Malt Liquor
10 Coors Non-Alcoholic Coors Brewing Company (MolsonCoors) 0.99 60 Low Alcohol
11 Olde English 800 3.2 Miller Brewing Company (SABMiller) 0.99 18 Malt Liquor
12 PC 2.5 g Low Carb Brick Brewing Company 1.03 13 Pale Lager
13 Natural Light Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. 1.05 605 Pale Lager
14 Tuborg T-Beer Carlsberg Brewery 1.05 37 Pale Lager
15 Steelback Link Steelback Brewery 1.05 24 Pale Lager
16 Jacob Best Ice Miller Brewing Company (SABMiller) 1.05 22 Pale Lager
17 Natural Ice Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. 1.06 421 Pale Lager
18 Camo Silver Ice High Gravity Lager City Brewery (Melanie Brewing Co) 1.06 51 Malt Liquor
19 Gluek Stite Light Gluek Brewing Company 1.06 34 Pale Lager
20 Miller Sharps Miller Brewing Company (SABMiller) 1.07 102 Low Alcohol
21 Camo Genuine Ale City Brewery (Melanie Brewing Co) 1.07 32 Malt Liquor
22 Coors Aspen Edge Coors Brewing Company (MolsonCoors) 1.09 164 Pale Lager
23 Diamond White Cider Matthew Clark Cider 1.09 26 Cider
24 Molson Ex Light Molson Breweries (MolsonCoors) 1.09 14 Pale Lager
25 Hurricane Ice Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. 1.09 10 Malt Liquor
26 Hurricane High Gravity Lager Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. 1.1 58 Malt Liquor
27 Labatt Sterling Labatt Breweries (InBev) 1.1 48 Pale Lager
28 Milwaukees Best Miller Brewing Company (SABMiller) 1.11 502 Pale Lager
29 General Generic Beer Miller Brewing Company (SABMiller) 1.12 14 Pale Lager
30 Tuborg T-Beer Citrus Carlsberg Brewery 1.13 25 Fruit Beer
31 Outback Chilli Beer Outback Brewery Pty Ltd 1.13 11 Spice/Herb/Vegetable
32 Busch Ice Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. 1.14 56 Pale Lager
33 Molson Kick Molson Breweries (MolsonCoors) 1.14 47 Spice/Herb/Vegetable
34 Pabst Ice Miller Brewing Company (SABMiller) 1.14 26 Pale Lager
35 Blue Ice Beer San Miguel Brewery (Hong Kong) 1.14 18 European Strong Lager
36 Cave Creek Chili Beer Black Mountain Brewing Co. 1.15 324 Spice/Herb/Vegetable
37 Fosters Ice Fosters Brewing (CUB) 1.15 38 Pale Lager
38 Tuborg Super Light Carlsberg Brewery 1.15 29 Low Alcohol
39 Tooheys Blue Bitter Tooheys (Lion Nathan Co.) 1.15 26 Low Alcohol
40 Fosters Light Fosters Brewing (CUB) 1.15 14 Low Alcohol
41 Hek Original Lager Blonde Beer (Blue label) Brasserie Bowes 1.15 11 Pale Lager
42 Old Milwaukee Ice Miller Brewing Company (SABMiller) 1.16 67 Pale Lager
43 Lucky Lager Force 10 Labatt Breweries (InBev) 1.16 13 Malt Liquor
44 Bootie Light City Brewery (Melanie Brewing Co) 1.17 18 Pale Lager
45 Archa Thai Beverages 1.18 10 Pale Lager
46 Bud Light Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. 1.19 1184 Pale Lager
47 Schlitz Red Bull Miller Brewing Company (SABMiller) 1.19 69 Malt Liquor
48 Carlton Empire Lager Carlton & United Breweries, Ltd. (CUB) 1.19 42 Pale Lager
49 Matt Accel Matt Brewing Company 1.19 28 Pale Lager
50 Genesee NA High Falls Brewing Company 1.19 12 Low Alcohol

A few Australian beers get a mention. Outback brewery is right up there. I tried of there beers before and it was bloody awful.

 

[normell]

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BEST BEERS BREWED IN AUSTRALIA
These are the best beers, as rated by RateBeerians everywhere, that are brewed by the brewers of this area. A beer has to have 5 or more ratings to be listed here.
Name Brewer Ratings Score
1 Redoak Baltic Porter Redoak Boutique Beer Cafe 10 98

2 Thorogoods Billy Bs Golden Malted Apple Beer Thorogoods of Burra 21 97.5

3 Little Creatures Pale Ale Little Creatures Brewing 180 93

4 Southwark Old Stout South Australia Brewing (Lion Nathan Co.) 51 89.3

5 Wig & Pen Velvet Cream Stout Wig & Pen Brewery 18 87.9

6 Coopers Best Extra Stout Coopers Brewery Ltd. 407 86.4

7 Coopers Special Old Stout Coopers Brewery Ltd. 58 82.2

8 Redoak Christmas Cheer Redoak Boutique Beer Cafe 17 80.3

9 Coopers Vintage Ale Coopers Brewery Ltd. 264 80.3

10 James Squire Brewhouse Speculator James Squire Brewhouse 10 76

11 Wig & Pen Pale Ale Wig & Pen Brewery 11 75

12 Grand Ridge Moonshine Grand Ridge Brewing Co. 54 73.7

13 James Squire Original Pilsener Malt Shovel Brewery (Lion Nathan Co.) 77 70.5

14 James Squire Porter Malt Shovel Brewery (Lion Nathan Co.) 129 70.2

15 Grand Ridge Supershine Grand Ridge Brewing Co. 42 68

16 Wig & Pen Kamberra Kolsch Wig & Pen Brewery 16 65.6

17 Redoak Wee Heavy Redoak Boutique Beer Cafe 15 65

18 James Squire Australian Strong Ale Malt Shovel Brewery (Lion Nathan Co.) 73 64.6

19 Mountain Goat Surefoot Stout Mountain Goat Beer Pty Ltd 40 64.3

20 Burragorang Bock Scharers Little Brewery 38 63.8

21 Matilda Bay Dogbolter Matilda Bay Brewing Co. (CUB) 41 63

22 Matilda Bay Alpha Pale Ale Matilda Bay Brewing Co. (CUB) 25 62.8

23 Wig & Pen Brewers IPA Wig & Pen Brewery 10 62.8

24 James Squire India Pale Ale Malt Shovel Brewery (Lion Nathan Co.) 101 62

25 James Squire Original Amber Ale Malt Shovel Brewery (Lion Nathan Co.) 120 61.2


James Squire gets a lot of mentions

Normell

 

[goatherder]

Aussies only scoring 5 in the bottom 50?

The seppo beer must be bad, Pure Blonde doesn't even rate a mention...

 

[kook]

One thing to bear in mind with the top list, it only counts if there is more than 10 ratings. Because there aren't that many aussie raters, there are lots of microbrewed (ie Feral, etc) beers that don't reach that chart.

 

[dicko]

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BEST BEERS BREWED IN AUSTRALIA
These are the best beers, as rated by RateBeerians everywhere, that are brewed by the brewers of this area. A beer has to have 5 or more ratings to be listed here.
Name Brewer Ratings Score
1 Redoak Baltic Porter Redoak Boutique Beer Cafe 10 98

2 Thorogoods Billy Bs Golden Malted Apple Beer Thorogoods of Burra 21 97.5

3 Little Creatures Pale Ale Little Creatures Brewing 180 93

4 Southwark Old Stout South Australia Brewing (Lion Nathan Co.) 51 89.3

5 Wig & Pen Velvet Cream Stout Wig & Pen Brewery 18 87.9

6 Coopers Best Extra Stout Coopers Brewery Ltd. 407 86.4

7 Coopers Special Old Stout Coopers Brewery Ltd. 58 82.2

8 Redoak Christmas Cheer Redoak Boutique Beer Cafe 17 80.3

9 Coopers Vintage Ale Coopers Brewery Ltd. 264 80.3

10 James Squire Brewhouse Speculator James Squire Brewhouse 10 76

11 Wig & Pen Pale Ale Wig & Pen Brewery 11 75

12 Grand Ridge Moonshine Grand Ridge Brewing Co. 54 73.7

13 James Squire Original Pilsener Malt Shovel Brewery (Lion Nathan Co.) 77 70.5

14 James Squire Porter Malt Shovel Brewery (Lion Nathan Co.) 129 70.2

15 Grand Ridge Supershine Grand Ridge Brewing Co. 42 68

16 Wig & Pen Kamberra Kolsch Wig & Pen Brewery 16 65.6

17 Redoak Wee Heavy Redoak Boutique Beer Cafe 15 65

18 James Squire Australian Strong Ale Malt Shovel Brewery (Lion Nathan Co.) 73 64.6

19 Mountain Goat Surefoot Stout Mountain Goat Beer Pty Ltd 40 64.3

20 Burragorang Bock Scharers Little Brewery 38 63.8

21 Matilda Bay Dogbolter Matilda Bay Brewing Co. (CUB) 41 63

22 Matilda Bay Alpha Pale Ale Matilda Bay Brewing Co. (CUB) 25 62.8

23 Wig & Pen Brewers IPA Wig & Pen Brewery 10 62.8

24 James Squire India Pale Ale Malt Shovel Brewery (Lion Nathan Co.) 101 62

25 James Squire Original Amber Ale Malt Shovel Brewery (Lion Nathan Co.) 120 61.2


James Squire gets a lot of mentions

Normell

Hi Guys,

Has anyone tried the Thorogoods apple beer listed as No 2.
I gave it a go, and I must say, it is not one of my favourites.
I went to the brewery / orchard in Burra and the lady was very friendly and informative.
Long story short, I bought a couple of these beers, drank one and will be giving the other one away.
Mind you, this is only my opinion.

Cheers

 

[kook]

I've tried the dark malted apple beer and really enjoyed it. It was like a blend of good, traditional scrumpy cider and clean darker dunkel-like malt flavours. Quite tart, and really refreshing. I'm hoping to get a few cases sent over west when I return home

I do enjoy tart, funky beers though.

 

[dicko]

I've tried the dark malted apple beer and really enjoyed it. It was like a blend of good, traditional scrumpy cider and clean darker dunkel-like malt flavours. Quite tart, and really refreshing. I'm hoping to get a few cases sent over west when I return home

I do enjoy tart, funky beers though.

Hi Kook,
The one I have tried so far is the light malted variety and I found it was too tart for my liking.
IMO it was similar to a champaign that had gone off and had that real cidery / vinegar taste.
I detected very little malt character at all, maybe the dark one is better.
I'll give it a try at the next opportunity
Cheers

 

[jimmyjack]

The seppo beer must be bad,

They are shockingly bad, I think that is why the micro revoloution took hold so quickly in the US!! Although Old English 800 Malt liquour is pretty good if your homeless

Cheers, JJ

 

[Weizguy]

Aussies only scoring 5 in the bottom 50?

The seppo beer must be bad, Pure Blonde doesn't even rate a mention...

Good idea...let's not mention it here again either :excl:

 

[jdsaint]

Can I add something to the worst beers in the world list? Now my number 1 worst beer in the history of my takings is
1-Furstenberg Premium Lager -22 stubbies left :unsure:

Only bought it for the price and the crown sealed stubbies as well as a imported beer (germany) But come-on thats shits a killer champagne released as a beer WTF!

But on a good note, Also grabbed a single bottle of "matilda bay's fat yak pale ale" which goes to my number #1 beer in the world, I have tasted. and its aussie!

Maybe I got it the wrong way around should have been 1 stubbie of furstenberg and a carton of pale ale

 

[Bribie G]

Someone please get Coopers 62 Pilsener put on the bad list.

 

[jdsaint]

Someone please get Coopers 62 Pilsener put on the bad list.

yer they lost their traditional yeast in the bottle with that 1!

 

[manticle]

Surprised Blue tongue's ginger infused lager hasn't made an appearance.

 

[b_thomas]

Kingfisher is probably the worst I'd ever had. Mind you it was on tap in Bangalore so probably not the best place to be drinking it.

 

[jonocarroll]

Someone please get Coopers 62 Pilsener put on the bad list.

hear, hear! I really struggled to finish the one I've tried.

I don't see how my hated of all liquids (not a beer... beer is drinkable) 'Geelong Pale Ale' missed the list.

Empire Lager is on there - now that's odd. It wasn't a great beer, but it wasn't foul. I reckon I've still got a bottle or two sitting around from my market research days.

There's two beers from an SA micro that I'd possibly put on a slightly longer list.

It would however be interesting to try a lot of those beers and identify what's wrong with them.

 

[humper_zim]

haha # 2 Black Label used to be our regular back growing up in Zimbabwe when we couldn't afford Castle or Bohlingers!

Didn't taste too bad to our young and very naive palates! Im happy to say that my palate has changed and is being re-educated to the tastes of craft brewing.

Mike

 

[Trav]

Also from same site


BEST BEERS BREWED IN AUSTRALIA
These are the best beers, as rated by RateBeerians everywhere, that are brewed by the brewers of this area. A beer has to have 5 or more ratings to be listed here.
Name Brewer Ratings Score
1 Redoak Baltic Porter Redoak Boutique Beer Cafe 10 98

2 Thorogoods Billy Bs Golden Malted Apple Beer Thorogoods of Burra 21 97.5

3 Little Creatures Pale Ale Little Creatures Brewing 180 93

4 Southwark Old Stout South Australia Brewing (Lion Nathan Co.) 51 89.3

5 Wig & Pen Velvet Cream Stout Wig & Pen Brewery 18 87.9

6 Coopers Best Extra Stout Coopers Brewery Ltd. 407 86.4

7 Coopers Special Old Stout Coopers Brewery Ltd. 58 82.2

8 Redoak Christmas Cheer Redoak Boutique Beer Cafe 17 80.3

9 Coopers Vintage Ale Coopers Brewery Ltd. 264 80.3

10 James Squire Brewhouse Speculator James Squire Brewhouse 10 76

11 Wig & Pen Pale Ale Wig & Pen Brewery 11 75

12 Grand Ridge Moonshine Grand Ridge Brewing Co. 54 73.7

13 James Squire Original Pilsener Malt Shovel Brewery (Lion Nathan Co.) 77 70.5

14 James Squire Porter Malt Shovel Brewery (Lion Nathan Co.) 129 70.2

15 Grand Ridge Supershine Grand Ridge Brewing Co. 42 68

16 Wig & Pen Kamberra Kolsch Wig & Pen Brewery 16 65.6

17 Redoak Wee Heavy Redoak Boutique Beer Cafe 15 65

18 James Squire Australian Strong Ale Malt Shovel Brewery (Lion Nathan Co.) 73 64.6

19 Mountain Goat Surefoot Stout Mountain Goat Beer Pty Ltd 40 64.3

20 Burragorang Bock Scharers Little Brewery 38 63.8

21 Matilda Bay Dogbolter Matilda Bay Brewing Co. (CUB) 41 63

22 Matilda Bay Alpha Pale Ale Matilda Bay Brewing Co. (CUB) 25 62.8

23 Wig & Pen Brewers IPA Wig & Pen Brewery 10 62.8

24 James Squire India Pale Ale Malt Shovel Brewery (Lion Nathan Co.) 101 62

25 James Squire Original Amber Ale Malt Shovel Brewery (Lion Nathan Co.) 120 61.2


James Squire gets a lot of mentions

Normell

Just thought i would mention that Kooinda Pale Ale of Melbourne is sitting at 64 Percentile so must be up there somewhere..maybe we dont have enough ratings
Rate beer rating
Cheers Trav :unsure:

 

[nickel]

One of my worst is that Carlton Premuim Dry, I'd rather drink cat's piss.

 

[Bribie G]

Kingfisher is probably the worst I'd ever had. Mind you it was on tap in Bangalore so probably not the best place to be drinking it.

I had a couple of bottles of Kingfisher at an Indian Restaurant in Maroochydore a few months ago, it was a very creditable International Lager with a lovely hop flavour and aroma and great malt. At six bucks a stubbie I didn't drink too much of it but good on the Indians.

Indian Hop buy coming up any time soon? :icon_cheers:

 

[pbrosnan]

Hard to see how a list of best Australian beers couldn't include Alpha. Could the list have been compiled from mainly US voting? If not then it's a fairly inaccurate reflection of the Australian beer scene, IMHO.