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The World's Worst Beers [Top 50 List]
RateBeer.com ^ | 5/20/2006 | Staff

Posted on 05/20/2006 7:41:54 AM PDT by Excuse_My_Bellicosity

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. If you're interested in how good real beer can be, we can certainly help you out! Try a link or two in the right hand column.

Rank Beer Brewer Score Ratings Style

1 Busch NA Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. 0.88 74 Low Alcohol

2 Steelback Tango Steelback Brewery 0.93 39 Pale Lager

3 Black Label 11-11 Malt Liquor Miller Brewing Company (SABMiller) 0.93 16 Malt Liquor

4 Sleeman Clear Sleeman Brewing & Malting Co. 0.95 78 Pale Lager

5 Steelback Silver Steelback Brewery 0.95 30 Pale Lager

6 Michelob Ultra Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. 0.98 558 Pale Lager

7 ODouls Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. 0.98 228 Low Alcohol

8 B-40 Bull Max Sleeman Brewing & Malting Co. 0.98 21 Malt Liquor

9 Coors Non-Alcoholic Coors Brewing Company (MolsonCoors) 0.99 59 Low Alcohol

10 Olde English 800 3.2 Miller Brewing Company (SABMiller) 0.99 17 Malt Liquor

11 Pabst NA Miller Brewing Company (SABMiller) 1 21 Low Alcohol

12 PC 2.5 g Low Carb Brick Brewing Company 1.03 13 Pale Lager

13 Natural Light Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. 1.05 601 Pale Lager

14 Tuborg T-Beer Carlsberg Brewery 1.05 37 Pale Lager

15 Steelback Link Steelback Brewery 1.05 23 Pale Lager

16 Jacob Best Ice Miller Brewing Company (SABMiller) 1.05 22 Pale Lager

17 Natural Ice Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. 1.06 417 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) 1.07 100 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 57 Malt Liquor

27 Labatt Sterling Labatt Breweries (InBev) 1.1 48 Pale Lager

28 Milwaukees Best Miller Brewing Company (SABMiller) 1.11 497 Pale Lager

29 Tuborg T-Beer Citrus Carlsberg Brewery 1.13 25 Fruit Beer

30 General Generic Beer Miller Brewing Company (SABMiller) 1.13 13 Pale Lager

31 Outback Chilli Beer Outback Brewery Pty Ltd 1.13 11 Spice/Herb/Vegetable

32 Busch Ice Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. 1.14 54 Pale Lager

33 Molson Kick Molson Breweries (MolsonCoors) 1.14 47 Spice/Herb/Vegetable

34 Blue Ice Beer San Miguel Brewery (Hong Kong) 1.14 18 European Strong Lager

35 Cave Creek Chili Beer Black Mountain Brewing Co. 1.15 319 Spice/Herb/Vegetable

36 Tuborg Super Light Carlsberg Brewery 1.15 27 Low Alcohol

37 Tooheys Blue Bitter Tooheys (Lion Nathan Co.) 1.15 26 Low Alcohol

38 Pabst Ice Miller Brewing Company (SABMiller) 1.15 25 Pale Lager

39 Fosters Light Fosters Brewing (CUB) 1.15 14 Low Alcohol

40 Hek Original Lager Blonde Beer (Blue label) Brasserie Bowes 1.15 11 Pale Lager

41 Old Milwaukee Ice Miller Brewing Company (SABMiller) 1.16 66 Pale Lager

42 Fosters Ice Fosters Brewing (CUB) 1.16 37 Pale Lager

43 Lucky Lager Force 10 Labatt Breweries (InBev) 1.16 13 Malt Liquor

44 Zhujiang 10° Zhujiang Brewery (InBev) 1.16 13 Pale Lager

45 Bootie Light City Brewery (Melanie Brewing Co) 1.17 18 Pale Lager

46 Schlitz Red Bull Miller Brewing Company (SABMiller) 1.18 68 Malt Liquor

47 Archa Thai Beverages 1.18 10 Pale Lager

48 Bud Light Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. 1.19 1173 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


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To: toddlintown
I know you're not going to believe this, but I was just going to say the exact same thing.

;)

81 posted on 05/20/2006 8:10:09 AM PDT by PackerBoy (Just my opinion ....)
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To: DJ Taylor
Carling Black Label Beer

That was pretty bad. For really bad beer go to Greece.

82 posted on 05/20/2006 8:10:37 AM PDT by RightWhale (Off touch and out of base)
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To: freedumb2003

Hey now, in my wild, carefree college days I loved the stuff! Blatz was cheap and good! And since nobody else drank it, I didn't have a problem with people "borrowing" my beer.


83 posted on 05/20/2006 8:10:47 AM PDT by GadareneDemoniac
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To: All

Not to totally hijack the topic, but there is something I wanted to add.

While looking for beer last weekend at a local convenience store, I noticed they were selling a new brand of wine called FAT BASTARD.

It just seemed to amuse me at the time. But then, I don't get out much, so lots of things amuse me.

Has anyone ever tasted Arrogant Bastard Ale? It is actually pretty good.


84 posted on 05/20/2006 8:11:28 AM PDT by Armedanddangerous (Master of Sinanju (Emeritus))
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To: DJ Taylor
Does anyone remember Carlin Black Label Beer?

That would be Carling Black Label. Yeah, I remember it, along with Piels, Blatz, Schmidts, Dixie etc, ect.. but at that time I wouldn't have known a good beer from a bad beer.

85 posted on 05/20/2006 8:12:19 AM PDT by Banjoguy (I refuse to 'Google' anything at anytime.)
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To: Armedanddangerous

My neighbor drinks Stoney's. I remember when we lived in Cleveland about 17 years ago, my grandparents buying canned beer with a European bubba and a broom. Can't remember the name of it, though.


86 posted on 05/20/2006 8:12:41 AM PDT by Siouxz ( Freepers are the best!!!)
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To: ovrtaxt
I used to drink tons of Schaefer Light when I was a poor college student. I drank a lot of Milwaukee's Beast, too. Can't touch either one now. I think that each can includes a free headache.
87 posted on 05/20/2006 8:13:33 AM PDT by SIDENET (Gonna shake it, gonna break it, let's forget it better still)
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To: GadareneDemoniac
I drank Lucky Beer in college - 5 bucks a case and a rebus under the cap!

Good times, good times :)
88 posted on 05/20/2006 8:13:41 AM PDT by freedumb2003 (Governor of California, another job Americans won't do.)
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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity

Heck, I don't drink beer but I remember this.

I'm surprised after over 80 entries to be the first to mention it.


Spud Beer

[Open on interior of hospital room. A patient is led into the room by nurses]

Announcer: You've just had a heavy session of electroshock therapy, and you're more relaxed than you've been in weeks. [Patient climbs into bed] All those childhood traumas magically wiped away, along with most of your personality. Now is the time, time for Spud. [Nurse wheels in bucket with cans of Spud Beer]

Singers: Ohhhhh, Spud!

Announcer: Filled with the full, rich flavor of potatoes. [Patients begin smiling] Spud, the beer brewed for people who can't taste the difference.

[Patients and nurses open cans of Spud]

Singers:
"When you say Spud, just put your mind on hold.
Do what you're told, and open a cold,
Refreshing Spud. Just watch your life go by.
No need to try. When you've got Spud." Ohhhhh Spud!"

Announcer: Spud, the beer that made Boise famous.


89 posted on 05/20/2006 8:14:20 AM PDT by I still care ("Remember... for it is the doom of men that they forget" - Merlin, from Excalibur)
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To: freedumb2003
Crazy Ed's Cave Creek Chili beer is most excellent. This list is totally bogus!
90 posted on 05/20/2006 8:14:49 AM PDT by Poser (Willing to fight for oil)
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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity; quantim; spinestein; DTogo; Horatio Gates; Ribeye; decal; B Knotts; ...

I know the homebrewers probably got into the hobby after extensive experimentation with one or more of these

Not mentioned is "Old Topper"

Which when warm, left in a friends garage for pick up, is nectar of the gods to a 16 yr old.

Carling Black Label is on that list too. We considered Genny Cream Ale an upgrade from those prizes


91 posted on 05/20/2006 8:15:12 AM PDT by 5Madman2 (There is no such thing as an experienced suicide bomber)
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To: standingfirm
Papst owns Stroh's and a number of other former "big name" regional and national beers including Lone Star, Old Milwaukee, Schlitz, Schmidt, Cold .45, National Bohemian Beer, Old Style and, of course, Pabst.

Go to their website www.pabst.com and they'll even tell you what retailers in your area carry their beers.
92 posted on 05/20/2006 8:16:31 AM PDT by BW2221
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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity

My 2 favorites that I haven't seen in years were Ballentine and Brew102. Ohhhh they were bad.


93 posted on 05/20/2006 8:16:31 AM PDT by blastdad51 (Proud father of an Enduring Freedom vet, and friend of a soldier lost in Afghanistan)
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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity

I'm surprised Schaefer's isn't in the list. The only time I drank it was when I was drunk, and I could STILL tell how bad it tasted.

I'm glad to see Milwaukee's Best in there. That beer tasted like it was burnt.


94 posted on 05/20/2006 8:17:11 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (One flag--American. One language--English. One allegiance--to America!)
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To: DJ Taylor

You sure it wasn't Carling Black Label? It was really nasty!


95 posted on 05/20/2006 8:17:15 AM PDT by geezerwheezer (get up boys, we're burnin' daylight!!!)
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To: freedumb2003
I drank Lucky Beer in college - 5 bucks a case and a rebus under the cap!

Good times, good times

Oh Man, the mention of Lucky Lager, or Lucky 50 (their light beer) sure brings back some memories! We could only get "Luck Dog" in 12 packs (which were small, rigid boxes) of 11-ounce bottles with the riddle or puzzle under the cap.

96 posted on 05/20/2006 8:17:44 AM PDT by SIDENET (Gonna shake it, gonna break it, let's forget it better still)
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To: Chuzzlewit

>>>You know the beer I miss the most? Strohs.

You don't have to miss it. They merely assume you won't notice any difference.


A letter from Pabst Brewing Company

"Before Stroh's beer became part of the Pabst family, Stroh's beer was brewed at five or six of the Stroh breweries around the country. But it was no longer brewed in Detroit after the original Stroh brewery was shut down due to age and inefficiency. It was about this time (and even before) that most breweries included to the use of corn adjunct or corn syrup in their formulas. I do not know exactly at what point the Stroh's Brewery made the switch, but by the time the Pabst Brewing Company bought the Stroh's label (1999), Stroh beer had already been brewed with corn adjunct for many years.

But Stroh did continue to "fire brew" its name brand at great expense. Several gas-fired kettles were installed in each of the Stroh breweries to continue the tradition, and indeed the marketing image, of fired-brewed beer.

When the Pabst Brewing Company bought the Stroh labels, a decision had to be made whether to endure the the extra cost necessary to continue fire-brewing Stroh. In order to evaluate the effect of fire-brewing on the taste of the beer, special blind taste sessions were conducted with trained panelists to see if a difference could be perceived by anyone.

The result of these sessions revealed that less than half of the panelist could detect a difference. Statistically, that means that any one, whether trained or not, could simply toss a coin to answer the question. Since all Stroh breweries were shut down except one, and since almost all production was contracted out to the Miller Brewing Company, the decision was made that the extra expense of installing gas-fired kettles at all the Miller plants simply was not justifiable. An old marketing postion long enjoyed by Stroh alone was abandoned in favor of being able to offer the brand to the public at reduced cost.

The move was difficult choice to make, but has turned out to be the right choice. The Stroh brand is now enjoyed by both old and new customers alike".


97 posted on 05/20/2006 8:18:34 AM PDT by tlb
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To: BW2221

"Papst owns Stroh's and a number of other former "big name" regional and national beers"

Pabst owns the labels but the beers are contract-brewed by Miller.


98 posted on 05/20/2006 8:20:28 AM PDT by toddlintown
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To: Westlander

The question is, does it burn like kerosene? If so, the airlines would like to know more about it.


99 posted on 05/20/2006 8:21:49 AM PDT by kylaka
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Yes...but you can get a 12 pack of Milwaukees Best here for $4.59.


100 posted on 05/20/2006 8:22:04 AM PDT by Armedanddangerous (Master of Sinanju (Emeritus))
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