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« on: May 06, 2008, 08:57:25 am »
I know literally nothing about beer, but I saw this and immediately thought of OWA SNS. The St. Petersburg Times presents the 10 worst beers in the world; discuss.

http://www.tampabay.com/features/food/spirits/article478964.ece
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« Reply #1 on: May 06, 2008, 09:01:07 am »
I know literally nothing about beer, but I saw this and immediately thought of OWA SNS. The St. Petersburg Times presents the 10 worst beers in the world; discuss.

http://www.tampabay.com/features/food/spirits/article478964.ece



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« Reply #2 on: May 06, 2008, 09:18:27 am »
Not heard of a lot of those, but Milwaukee's Best is a fine beer :)
Anything with fruit is a bad beer, except St Arnold's Lawnmower, with its hint of lemon, and excepting Mexican beers and limes.

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« Reply #3 on: May 06, 2008, 09:28:14 am »
I know literally nothing about beer, but I saw this and immediately thought of OWA SNS. The St. Petersburg Times presents the 10 worst beers in the world; discuss.

http://www.tampabay.com/features/food/spirits/article478964.ece


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« Reply #4 on: May 06, 2008, 09:38:01 am »
Apropos of nothing, Joey Redner is the son of Joe Redner, first amendment advocate and strip club king of Tampa.

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« Reply #5 on: May 06, 2008, 09:38:10 am »
This guy went to too much effort, it's way easier than this to find bad beer; even world's worst.  What kind of worst beer list doesnt include Dixie?

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« Reply #6 on: May 06, 2008, 10:25:02 am »
In my opinion, Blitz beer from Oregon is the worst beer I've ever tasted.    Eating the can it came in was preferable to drinking it.      Dixie is bad, but not that bad.

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« Reply #7 on: May 06, 2008, 11:06:19 am »
Irrespective of whether you classify it as beer, Steel Reserve "High Gravity Lager" is one of the worst things I've ever tasted. Also, there's a strong case to be made for Olympia being on the list.
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« Reply #8 on: May 06, 2008, 11:20:18 am »
Where would Schlitz and the current incarnations of Pearl and Lone Star rate?
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« Reply #9 on: May 06, 2008, 11:53:38 am »
I haven't had many of the beers listed, but Shiner's Hef (blasphemy, I'm sure) and Tequiza (a nice hint of Fruit Loops) would make my top 2.  I simply cannot finish either.
Pulque would rank pretty high too, but I'm not sure you'd consider that beer.  Apparently Pulque is spanish for "tastes like monkey shit."
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« Reply #10 on: May 06, 2008, 12:01:51 pm »
In college, one of my buddies asked some of us to make a beer run for him.  So we picked him up a 12-pack of Milwaukee's Best and a pack of Virginia Slims.  He was more than a little dissapointed; he never asked us to get him beer again.
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« Reply #11 on: May 06, 2008, 12:07:55 pm »
I haven't had many of the beers listed, but Shiner's Hef (blasphemy, I'm sure) and Tequiza (a nice hint of Fruit Loops) would make my top 2.  I simply cannot finish either.
Pulque would rank pretty high too, but I'm not sure you'd consider that beer.  Apparently Pulque is spanish for "tastes like monkey shit."

Pulque is now fashionable with yuppie Chilangos.  My father in law used to import produce from Mexico and got hold of a large pickle jar of some type of crude moonshine from a guy down there.  It had some real nasty looking fruit down at the bottom of the jar but that did not prevent he and I and a couple other brothers in law from getting silly ass drunk one night on his patio much to the displeasure of the females who came out of the house to see us sprawled out on the floor speaking Aztec to one another.
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« Reply #12 on: May 06, 2008, 12:08:38 pm »
There are two types of bad beer :

1) Cheap Beer
2) Experiment-that-went-wrong Beer

Pearl, Olympia, Schlitz and the Beast are in category one (or they should be).    If you are used to drinking cheap beer, like I am, then they are within an acceptable cost-benefit range.   Blitz was $2.99 a twelve pack in 1995 and that seemed like too much.

I don't mess around with category two.  In fact, probably the worst beer I've ever had are other people's microbrews.  

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« Reply #13 on: May 06, 2008, 12:13:21 pm »
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« Reply #14 on: May 06, 2008, 12:49:53 pm »
I say smorgasbord!

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« Reply #15 on: May 06, 2008, 01:05:55 pm »
I agree with Sub in that I differentiate between "bad" and "cheap" beer.  I don't drink much of the stuff anymore, but my college days have permanently placed Keystone in a special place in my heart. 

The perfect storm of "bad" and "cheap" beer I've ever come across: Sportz Beer.  I've only seen it at one HEB in my high school days for about $4 a 12er. 

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« Reply #16 on: May 06, 2008, 01:34:28 pm »
I agree with Sub in that I differentiate between "bad" and "cheap" beer.  I don't drink much of the stuff anymore, but my college days have permanently placed Keystone in a special place in my heart. 

The perfect storm of "bad" and "cheap" beer I've ever come across: Sportz Beer.  I've only seen it at one HEB in my high school days for about $4 a 12er. 

Yes, indeed. Sportz was (is?) one of the most amazingly shitty cheap beers ever crafted. We got it once in college, at the Hancock HEB in Austin - $3.50 for 12. Holy shit, it was bad. There was also a Sportz Light, but none of ever dared to try it. A couple of the regulars was all that was required to push us slightly back up the cheap beer continuum, to the usual rotation of Keystone, Icehouse and Red Dog.

I haven't had many of the beers listed, but Shiner's Hef (blasphemy, I'm sure) and Tequiza (a nice hint of Fruit Loops) would make my top 2.  I simply cannot finish either.

How you put those two in the same class is beyond me, but I fully agree on the Tequiza. I'd always described it as crap beer with Jolly Ranchers in it, but Froot Loops is about right, too. Someone brought some Miller Chills to my house this weekend, and I was reminded of the Tequiza catastrophe. You just don't need to do that to beer. Salt, limes and Tequila are all commercially available products - if you want your beer to taste like that, is it really so hard to put it in yourself, rather than drink something flavored with syrup?
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« Reply #17 on: May 06, 2008, 01:44:10 pm »
Someone brought some Miller Chills to my house this weekend, and I was reminded of the Tequiza catastrophe.

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« Reply #18 on: May 06, 2008, 01:45:18 pm »
Did you kick them in the junk for defiling your home?

Worse: he made them drink it.
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« Reply #19 on: May 06, 2008, 01:53:21 pm »
Worse: he made them drink it.

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How does one explain to someone so cute that they are indeed turning down free beer? 

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« Reply #20 on: May 06, 2008, 01:57:08 pm »
Did you kick them in the junk for defiling your home?

There were 12 when they arrived, and 12 when they were leaving, so even the people who brought them didn't want to drink that shit. They will not be invited back.
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« Reply #21 on: May 06, 2008, 01:58:53 pm »
There were 12 when they arrived, and 12 when they were leaving, so even the people who brought them didn't want to drink that shit. They will not be invited back.

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« Reply #22 on: May 06, 2008, 02:00:58 pm »
How you put those two in the same class is beyond me....

I agree they shouldn't belong in the same sentence, but they're the two most recent beers that crinkled my nose.  I think my attitude toward the Shiner Hefe is more disappointment than anything else.  Shiner + Hefe = quality beer in theory.  In practice, not so much.  Of course, on the label it says you're supposed to pour half of the bottle into a glass, then do something else and then something else before drinking it (I can't remember exactly because I obviously didn't try).  If I have to perform a scientific experiment to pour a pint of beer, I'd rather have a black & tan.

And, for the record, Sportz Light is worse than Sportz.  Shaefer, on the other hand....
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« Reply #23 on: May 06, 2008, 02:10:54 pm »
they were dumping them.

Yeah. Fuckers. You know, that's why garbage cans were invented - I don't take my kid's used diapers to someone else's house to get rid of them. Just this morning, those Chills were donated to the permanent collection at the City of Austin's Solid Waste archives, as they should have been in the first place.
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« Reply #24 on: May 06, 2008, 02:12:43 pm »
Yeah. Fuckers. You know, that's why garbage cans were invented - I don't take my kid's used diapers to someone else's house to get rid of them.

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« Reply #25 on: May 06, 2008, 02:13:50 pm »
Yeah. Fuckers. You know, that's why garbage cans were invented - I don't take my kid's used diapers to someone else's house to get rid of them. Just this morning, those Chills were donated to the permanent collection at the City of Austin's Solid Waste archives, as they should have been in the first place.

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« Reply #26 on: May 06, 2008, 02:49:10 pm »
Texas Pride.

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« Reply #27 on: May 06, 2008, 02:50:19 pm »
Buckhorn. I don't even know if it still exists, but just typing the name sends shivers up my spine and brings back unpleasant memories.
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« Reply #28 on: May 06, 2008, 02:57:58 pm »
Hardest job in the world: miller lite chill promotional girl or miller lite chill target promotee? 

I actually encountered a Miller Lite Chill promo girl at the Pearland HEB last week.  

Promo Girl: "Sir, would you like to try a sample of our newest product, Miller Chill?
me: [blank stare]
PG: Its light and refreshing with a subtle hint of natural lime flavor...
me: [trying -unsuccessfully- to restrain my laughter] Uhh... do you know where they keep the St. Arnolds?
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« Reply #29 on: May 06, 2008, 03:01:37 pm »
JazzFest this weekend had the swill trifecta, Miller Lite, MGD and Chill (for an extra $1). You could also have a Fosters, if you only wanted to drink beer on Thursday as they ran out of it straight away.
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« Reply #30 on: May 06, 2008, 05:45:59 pm »
Pulque would rank pretty high too, but I'm not sure you'd consider that beer.  Apparently Pulque is spanish for "tastes like monkey shit."
Pulque is disgusting.. I remember checking the nutritional facts and fat was an ingredient.
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« Reply #31 on: May 06, 2008, 05:51:30 pm »
Genesse, followed by Genny Light, Genny Ice, Genny Red, and the worst of all, Genny (s)Cream Ale. They just keep getting worse as you keep experimenting.
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« Reply #32 on: May 06, 2008, 06:13:44 pm »
Remember, part of the "brewing" process for pulque involves people spitting in it, at least traditionally.

Carling Black Label is pretty fucking bad, or was.  I am thinking Clemens might like it, since it was named for a prepubescent girl.

Weingarten's used to sell something called Lucky Lager.  I believe it was brewed in Oakland or somewhere.  Long Beach?  It came in those old 12 oz. squat brown bottles, and was $.99 a six-pack (in the late 1970s.)  About what you would expect.

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« Reply #33 on: May 06, 2008, 06:57:04 pm »


Weingarten's used to sell something called Lucky Lager.  I believe it was brewed in Oakland or somewhere.  Long Beach?  It came in those old 12 oz. squat brown bottles, and was $.99 a six-pack (in the late 1970s.)  About what you would expect.


San Francisco, originally.  Now brewed in Canada, and EXTREMELY prevalent in places like Whistler and Vancouver.

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« Reply #34 on: May 06, 2008, 06:58:51 pm »
Schaefer, on the other hand....

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« Reply #35 on: May 06, 2008, 07:37:33 pm »
Schaefer isn't all that bad, considering what it costs.  Strosrays, you're hitting all the high notes from my high school with those choices, between bouts with Ripple Pagan Pink and TJ Swan.  But really, I can't think of a fouler "beer" than Texas Pride.  Sorta like a skunky Tecate, with more dirt flavor and essence of corncobs.
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« Reply #36 on: May 07, 2008, 09:05:23 am »
how does one say "fuck off" in Aztec?

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« Reply #37 on: May 07, 2008, 09:13:55 am »
San Francisco, originally.  Now brewed in Canada, and EXTREMELY prevalent in places like Whistler and Vancouver.
Yes.  I was just at both and was *very* surprised how hard it was to find a good brew.  Not like the rest of Canada.
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« Reply #38 on: May 07, 2008, 11:29:38 am »
Anybody ever drink a BILLY BEER?
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« Reply #40 on: May 08, 2008, 11:35:58 am »
Never heard of it. Google images produces these two gems:

http://www.the-forum.com/advert/images/billy2.jpg

http://www.gasolinealleyantiques.com/kits/images/CarRevell/revell-billycarter.JPG

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SNL did a great take-off on the family one time with Aykroyd as Jimmy and I believe Gary Busey as Billy.  I think Gilda was Mrs. Carter, but I can't recall much detail after that.



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« Reply #41 on: May 08, 2008, 11:57:56 am »
I'm late to the party, but how come the word "Zima" doesn't appear in the article or this thread?
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« Reply #42 on: May 08, 2008, 11:58:32 am »
Billy Carter looks like John Candy playing Jimmy Carter.
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« Reply #43 on: May 08, 2008, 01:23:43 pm »
I'm late to the party, but how come the word "Zima" doesn't appear in the article or this thread?

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« Reply #44 on: May 08, 2008, 01:42:19 pm »
Zima is not beer, and anyone who told you different is not your friend.

Yeah, we don't classify Wine Coolers as beer in this Country.

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« Reply #45 on: May 08, 2008, 01:42:48 pm »
I'm late to the party, but how come the word "Zima" doesn't appear in the article or this thread?

Zima is a malt liquor.
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« Reply #46 on: May 08, 2008, 01:45:42 pm »
Zima is a malt liquor.

It WAS a malt liquor, until all the REAL malt liquors kicked it's ass to the curb.
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« Reply #47 on: May 08, 2008, 02:14:33 pm »
Anybody ever drink a BILLY BEER?

I have a full one if you dare.

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« Reply #48 on: May 08, 2008, 02:32:12 pm »
While we are on the subject of gnarly alcoholic beverages, I thought on might share a gem of a website

http://www.bumwine.com/

I have tried to collect all the "varietals" but so far have only located the ubiquitous MD20/20, Thunderbird, and wild irish rose.

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« Reply #49 on: May 08, 2008, 03:48:51 pm »
I have a full one if you dare.

I'm pretty certain it's worth more unconsumed.  Besides, you've kept it THIS long...
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« Reply #50 on: May 08, 2008, 03:52:39 pm »
While we are on the subject of gnarly alcoholic beverages, I thought on might share a gem of a website

http://www.bumwine.com/

I have tried to collect all the "varietals" but so far have only located the ubiquitous MD20/20, Thunderbird, and wild irish rose.

T-Bird name origins:

http://www.bumwine.com/tbird.html

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« Reply #51 on: May 09, 2008, 08:20:54 am »
Yeah, we don't classify Wine Coolers as beer in this Country.


Zima is not a wine cooler, it's a beer.
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« Reply #52 on: May 09, 2008, 09:10:39 am »

Zima is not a wine cooler, it's a beer.

It's an unhopped beer.  Which is not really a beer at all.

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« Reply #53 on: May 09, 2008, 10:09:01 am »
It's an unhopped beer.  Which is not really a beer at all.

It technically *is* a beer.  The fact that it's made from grain makes it a beer, as opposed to fruit, which would make it a wine.  Of course, if you're British, then you can do away with the grain and just mix hops and water and call it "beer". 
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« Reply #54 on: May 09, 2008, 10:11:24 am »
It technically *is* a beer.  The fact that it's made from grain makes it a beer, as opposed to fruit, which would make it a wine.  Of course, if you're British, then you can do away with the grain and just mix hops and water and call it "beer". 

It's a beer in the same way that CB Bucknor is an umpire: they're both crap.
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« Reply #55 on: May 09, 2008, 10:14:17 am »
It technically *is* a beer.  The fact that it's made from grain makes it a beer, as opposed to fruit, which would make it a wine.  Of course, if you're British, then you can do away with the grain and just mix hops and water and call it "beer". 

Yeah, yeah...but when you flavor your "beer" with cornsyrup...

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« Reply #56 on: May 09, 2008, 10:18:01 am »
Yeah, yeah...but when you flavor your "beer" with cornsyrup...


Yeah, but if you limit real "beer" to just malt, water, hops, and yeast, then you can't count things like Budweiser and...oh...*now* I get it...
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« Reply #57 on: May 09, 2008, 10:20:36 am »

Yeah, but if you limit real "beer" to just malt, water, hops, and yeast, then you can't count things like Budweiser and...oh...*now* I get it...

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« Reply #58 on: May 09, 2008, 11:27:03 am »
Zima is not beer, and anyone who told you different is not your friend.

They advertised it as beer.  The fact that it tasted like stale vodka-tonic doesn't change what it was.
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« Reply #59 on: May 09, 2008, 11:28:25 am »
It technically *is* a beer.  The fact that it's made from grain makes it a beer, as opposed to fruit, which would make it a wine.  Of course, if you're British, then you can do away with the grain and just mix hops and water and call it "beer". 

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« Reply #60 on: May 09, 2008, 11:38:17 am »
They advertised it as beer.  The fact that it tasted like stale vodka-tonic doesn't change what it was.

They advertised it as Zomething Zifferent. Which was nice, because it let you know right away that it was obnoxious and unpleasant.

I believe the bottle was labeled "flavored malt beverage", which is accurate, and sounds nicer than "beer, but clear, and without the hops, and with corn syrup and artificial flavoring, and brewed/mixed specifically for pussies".
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« Reply #61 on: May 09, 2008, 12:24:01 pm »
They advertised it as Zomething Zifferent. Which was nice, because it let you know right away that it was obnoxious and unpleasant.

I believe the bottle was labeled "flavored malt beverage", which is accurate, and sounds nicer than "beer, but clear, and without the hops, and with corn syrup and artificial flavoring, and brewed/mixed specifically for pussies".

You forgot, "Feel Free to add a Jolly Rancher or Two when enjoying our beverage."

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« Reply #62 on: May 09, 2008, 01:51:53 pm »
You forgot, "Feel Free to add a Jolly Rancher or Two when enjoying our beverage."

Much like those nasty Belgian type beers

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« Reply #63 on: May 09, 2008, 02:42:40 pm »
"Shewolf" - a low-carb strawberry beer.
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« Reply #64 on: May 09, 2008, 04:06:07 pm »
I might drink a Sportz right now if someone offered me one.  Need. To. Leave. Work.

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« Reply #65 on: May 09, 2008, 05:01:29 pm »
Black Dog Ale...I had already drank about 9 beers and it still was terrible, hate to imagine what it sould have been like as the first of the night

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« Reply #66 on: May 14, 2008, 02:28:42 pm »
While we are on the subject of gnarly alcoholic beverages, I thought on might share a gem of a website

http://www.bumwine.com/

I have tried to collect all the "varietals" but so far have only located the ubiquitous MD20/20, Thunderbird, and wild irish rose.

Not sure what the site contains due to work internet filters, but we conceived a horrible drinking game in college named "Five Rockys Five Fortified Wines." Watch all five Rockys back to back while drinking a MD 20/20, Wild Irish Rose, Thunderbird, Cisco, and Orange Driver for each one. The latter two drinks being the worst. Cisco was banned in NY because bums were hallucinating...or so the legend goes, and the label on Orange Driver reads, "Made from choice sub-standard grapes."

For those interested in re-living their college days, or are living them currently, I'd suggest Mad Dog Redemption instead. Drink two big Mad Dogs in the time it takes to watch Shawshank. This is not difficult but the mere presence of a deadline increases the intensity to the point that everyone is racing to the finish just past the half way point.



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« Reply #67 on: May 15, 2008, 06:21:30 am »
It technically *is* a beer.  The fact that it's made from grain makes it a beer, as opposed to fruit, which would make it a wine.  Of course, if you're British, then you can do away with the grain and just mix hops and water and call it "beer". 

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Billy was Jimmy Carter's older brother, Jimmy's mother (Miss Lillian's) favorite son.

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« Reply #69 on: May 15, 2008, 08:01:09 am »
This guy went to too much effort, it's way easier than this to find bad beer; even world's worst.  What kind of worst beer list doesnt include Dixie?

Agreed.  Dixie would be second worst on my list, behind Killian's Irish Red.  As if the Irish needed more reason for self-loathing...
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« Reply #70 on: May 15, 2008, 08:29:24 am »
Agreed.  Dixie would be second worst on my list, behind Killian's Irish Red.  As if the Irish needed more reason for self-loathing...

Actually, when drinking Killians out of the tap at the coors brewery, it is okay.  I agree that it sucks ass out of a bottle from supermarket.

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« Reply #71 on: May 15, 2008, 10:05:59 am »
Goebel. I've never drank warm piss out of someone's spit can, but if I did, I imagine it would taste something like this.

A distant second--Little Kings Cream Ale. Nasty.

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« Reply #72 on: May 15, 2008, 10:11:27 am »
Goebel. I've never drank warm piss out of someone's spit can, but if I did, I imagine it would taste something like this.


I use to dip and I made the mistake several times of drinking from the wrong can.  Disgusting.

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« Reply #73 on: May 18, 2008, 09:19:33 pm »
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