The Worst Commercial Beer!

[davewalk]

Sorry Croweaters, but anything brewed in South Aust cannot be described as beer.
I remember in the bad old days, some 30 years ago, the brewery workers or truck drivers would regularly strike just prior to Christmas and supplies would quickly run out. We would then travel throughout Melbourne trying to find an outlet with beer left, going from pub to pub and finding a "no beer" sign out front.
Sometimes you'd find a pub that would have some but would limit you to 6 cans. Truly, very sad days. However, one Saturday night, Y&J's had a sign out front- "Packaged Beer, No Limit". In we went to be told it was Canberra Draught (or Bitter, Lager or something) and it's a good beer. So we buy a slab and head down to the Yarra River to sit and enjoy a drink but upon tasting it we disovered a most vile, foul tasting liquid that resembled the smell of cats piss. Upon looking at the fine print on the can we found the dreaded words- "Product of SA Brewing Co", an evil company if ever there was. Needless to say, we threw the rest in the river and that's why to this day people criticise the Yarra for its uncleanliness. So first you ruin our river, then you ruin our football league.

 

[tangent]

that's just a decoy to keep you away from the Coopers.
and yes, SABC is evil.

 

[TasChris]

Id have to vote for Tennants Super.
A truly awful beer.
Apparently the drink of choice for hobbos, alchos and soccer hooligans.
Very strong chemical after taste that nothing seems to remove. At 9% it really is fighting juice.
Chris

 

[THE DRUNK ARAB]

that's just a decoy to keep you away from the Coopers.
and yes, SABC is evil.

I wouldn't be too hasty to chastise them tangent, after all they still brew Southwark Old Stout :wub:

Worst tasted for mine would be Carling Black Label.

C&B
TDA

 

[EK]

VB
XXXX - any XXXX variant
Hahn premium Light
Carlton Draught
Tooheys New

They're all crap.

 

[tangent]

OK TDA, Southwark Old Stout is a good drop, especially if you like stout.

 

[Rabbitz]

It is funny how the surroundings can make a difference. I hope none of you guys with an 'advanced palate' ever get the opportunity to work in say Vanuatu or Samoa for extended periods during summer...

Vanuatu Brewing's 'Tusker' is a very lightweight beer as is Samoa's Vailima. I am sure many here would treat them with derision, however, after a few weeks, they grow on you. None the least because they are light-weights, when it is 40C and 110% Humidity day after day, the last thing you want is a heavy beer.

For me the worst I have tried, was in Tassie and it was "DLite" or some such rot - A diabetic, low cal abortion. Mind you this was the late 80's (in Bicheno) when Millers Lite was also being sold....

 

[mfdes]

I would have to say, agreeing in part with Ross about James Squire, that the more you're charged for a bad beer the worse it is, or at least the more outraged I am when I taste it. Thus I steer clear of JS with its label waffle.
Take Miller from the US and Corona also as good examples. My local bottleshop has the beer glass-front fridges sitting where they get all day sun streaming into the fridge. They put all their beer there, in full sun, and stuff like Miller and Corona, in clear bottles, which I wouldn't even pay to drink in their country, though I'm sure it's a well-made beer, soon turns undrinkable. Combine this with the fact that imports are almost invariably past their use-by date, and they're all both outrageously expensive (this IS Tasmania) AND undrinkable.

I am surprised the shop keeps selling them. Don't people realise beer ought not to taste of cardboard rubbed on a skunk?

Gotta love a good rant :chug:

MFS

 

[glennheinzel]

Gundaroo - Its a shame you didn't like the Celebrator as its rated as one of the top beers in the world.
www.ratebeer.com/Beer/ayinger-celebrator-doppelbock/1090/

Edit: Of course everyone has different palates and you don't have to like what the majority of likes. Of course the situation you drink the beer in would play a big part too (I doubt many beers would taste good straight after a bloody mary). It being served warm wouldn't have helped either.

 

[gundaroo]

true rukh,
will give it another go under normal circumstances next time, is it available here?.

 

[Aaron]

By a wide margin I think the worst commercial beer I have had is Beez Neez from Matilda Bay. I can't stand that stuff. I would even rather drink vb.

 

[glennheinzel]

Gundaroo - I haven't seen it available here, although I'll be stumping up with some cash if anyone knows where to find it. I'm pretty sure that this beer is on Michael Jacksons's top 500 so drinking this beer would mean that I've only got another 420 to go>

 

[Trent]

Worst beer in Oz would have to be Little Creatures Pale Ale - tastes and smells like someone spilled perfume or flowers, or both, in there.
Worldwide, it would have to be Rochefort 10 - tastes like they ruined a dark beer with plums and raisins. I always heard the belgians made good beer, but I think we need to send over a few CUB brewers to show em how it's done
T.

 

[Steve]

Worst beer in Oz would have to be Little Creatures Pale Ale - tastes and smells like someone spilled perfume or flowers, or both, in there.

 

[noodles]

Worst beer in Oz would have to be Little Creatures Pale Ale

Shirley you can't be serious?

 

[noodles]

By a wide margin I think the worst commercial beer I have had is Beez Neez from Matilda Bay. I can't stand that stuff. I would even rather drink vb.

I'm not a Beez Neez fan either, they do a nice Pilsner though.

 

[randyrob]

"RESCH'S DINNER ALE"

 

[Stuster]

Worst beer in Oz would have to be Little Creatures Pale Ale - tastes and smells like someone spilled perfume or flowers, or both, in there.
Worldwide, it would have to be Rochefort 10 - tastes like they ruined a dark beer with plums and raisins. I always heard the belgians made good beer, but I think we need to send over a few CUB brewers to show em how it's done
T.

Good to see you sticking it to those beers with too much taste, Trent.

Any time you're in Sydney, you'd better drop by and try my Bud Light clone. :super:

 

[winkle]

Worst beer in Oz would have to be Little Creatures Pale Ale - tastes and smells like someone spilled perfume or flowers, or both, in there.
Worldwide, it would have to be Rochefort 10 - tastes like they ruined a dark beer with plums and raisins. I always heard the belgians made good beer, but I think we need to send over a few CUB brewers to show em how it's done
T.

 

[Zizzle]

Worst beer in Oz would have to be Little Creatures Pale Ale - tastes and smells like someone spilled perfume or flowers, or both, in there.

Blasphemy!!! Crucify him! :huh: