What's the WORST you've ever had ?

[retiredguns]

Shock top "Belgian white ale" It's a shock that they would mention Belgian within a thousand miles of this swill! Horrid rendition of anything resembling ale.

[zeeman]

I know its not liquor but red bull is straight up nasty! Only drank it because I paid for it.

[badgerstate]

Anything with "Lite" or "Light" in the name should be in the category called "worst". I dabbled in rectification of spirits once, many years ago and far away. One mash I made from a feed supplement which was supposed to have a lot of sugar in it and young calves would like it. Best of all it was cheap. I later realized it must be a molasses refinery waste product. The resulting distillate was vile, burned tasting, foul smelling and at 140 proof felt like a jigger of napalm in your mouth. That is when I learned the truth of "garbage in - garbage out". I gave it away to one more desperate than me. It was well made so no one went blind.

[Jeff C]

McClellands Islay single malt. Terrible stuff. I think it is a young Bowmore. Gave it away to somebody who did not like it either. Come to think of it McClellands Highland is pretty bad too, I don't have the courage to try their Lowland or Speyside.

[sentrydriver]

I like chili and I like beer so Dave's Cave Creek Chili Beer seemed like a natural. It was one of two beers I could not finish. The other was a German rauch bier. Again, I like smoked food but not beer.

I was gifted an unfinished bottle of Military Special bourbon. Although it was given to me, I literally could not give it away and I left it in a hotel room. I'm sure the maids still curse me.

[CptBlueBear]

The absolute worst thing I've ever tried was Cougar and cola in a can*. Might have been supposed to be bourbon, or possibly rum, I honestly couldn't tell you. What it definitly was, was awful. As soon as I popped the top I could smell I was not in for a pleasant experience. I like to think I can find something to appreciate in just about anything, but this I took one sip of and poured the rest into the garden. Even the confirmed pre-mix drinkers stayed away after one try. I think the last couple are still in a mate's fridge as emergency fire extinguishers.

I dabbled in rectification of spirits once, many years ago and far away. One mash I made from a feed supplement which was supposed to have a lot of sugar in it and young calves would like it. Best of all it was cheap. I later realized it must be a molasses refinery waste product. The resulting distillate was vile, burned tasting, foul smelling and at 140 proof felt like a jigger of napalm in your mouth. That is when I learned the truth of "garbage in - garbage out". I gave it away to one more desperate than me. It was well made so no one went blind.

Many years ago (before the law in this country was changed to make it legal, in fact) a mate used to make grappa from out of code cask wine (yup, that stuff doesn't last forever and the stores have to get rid of it somehow). It was pure whiteman's firewater. His dad and uncle, old Italian men, would down shots of this stuff and talk about how it reminded them of "the old country". If that's what the village hooch was like, I understand why they emigrated.

I was gifted an unfinished bottle of Military Special bourbon. Although it was given to me, I literally could not give it away and I left it in a hotel room. I'm sure the maids still curse me.

That reminds me of the worst whisky I've ever had: Hanky Banister, no age statement and if they had any sense no address for the distillery either. If I'd produced this rotgut I certainly wouldn't own up to it. I got it thrown in as a freebie with a big purchase from my local liquor store. I tried it and promptly made three unsuccessful attempts to give it away. In the end a mate an I drank it one night on a bender after we ran out of good and OK stuff. I had a tactical vomit before going to bed and his fiance found him asleep in the fetal position at the foot of the bed between her dogs. It took three goes at cleaning the toilet before people stopped asking what I'd put down there. I shudder at the memory to this day.

* I don't know it you have these horrors wherever you are reading this, but here in Oz we have a class of pre-mix drink aimed squarely at the class of bogan / chav / trailer trash that is too lazy or stupid to mix their own and hasn't developed a taste, or at least tolerance, for beer. There popularity is shown by the fact that every major spirit brand has at least one product. It's become a standard part of the product portfolio. Every bottle shop has a wall of them. There is a range of permutations: Jim Beam and cola, Jack Daniels and cola, Bundaberg Rum and cola, Johnnie Walker and dry etc. There are better ones like Slate and cola, Bundaberg dry and lime or Canadian Club and dry, but most are just sickly sweet with a high alcohol content. None of them have, I suspect, even been anywhere near the branded spirit. Then you have the bottom end of the market where the aforementioned Cougar brand sits like a dog turd on the footpath of life...

[Bendragon]

Southern Comfort...Man oh Man is that stuff terrible.
Even when I was on the young side of legal, that's one drink that got a wiiiiide berth !

mother in law drinks it when she does drink, all I can think of is cough medicine.

[j_fro]

Old Grandad 114. Bad things happen with Ol' Grandad.

Some hobo "wine" we bought while doing recovery and clean up work in southern Louisiana after Katrina. We yankees were amused that you could get booze at a gas station, and that for 2 bucks you got some "high test" wine. Sweet cheeks of Buddha. This stuff was paint thinner I swear.

[camjr]

Pearl, Carling's Black Label, and Schaeffer. All terrible experiences of my youth.

Kamchatka vodka

Pancho Villa tequila

Jaeger and Goldschlager

And just because of mistakes in my youth -- peppermint schapps

Cheers! (although that doesn't seem an appropriate sign-off...)

[Greengravemoss]

Kestrel super strength lager! It tastes like fizzy diesel.

[tfinch]

Southern Comfort, Grand Marnier, sambuca. I am breaking out in a cold sweat just at the thought.

[chris.hale]

Southern Comfort, even the smell makes me gag. I did taste it once in a moment of ill-advised bravery, it tasted as bad as I expected.

Close second was some awful shop's own brand vodka someone bought at uni, even drowning it with Coke didn't kill the taste.

[CptBlueBear]

I see Southern Comfort getting some "love" in this thread. For me, its really bad taste comes comes from the woman I dated, very briefly, years ago who drank it with diet coke 'cause she was "on a diet". That was a bad start to the night and it didn't get any better from there. She turned out to be a complete psycho on the stuff. I should have slipped out through the kitchen at that warning sign and saved myself a whole mess o' trouble...

Malibu has a similar effect although I've never tasted it. An ex was violently ill after she and a mate drank a bottle (SURPRISE!). Guess who had to clean up the mess. Coconut rum is ruined for me even if it's not actually bad.

Southern Comfort...Man oh Man is that stuff terrible.
Even when I was on the young side of legal, that's one drink that got a wiiiiide berth !

mother in law drinks it when she does drink, all I can think of is cough medicine.

[dchapman]

Any IPA(I'll have a martini, thanks)
Kchumthka Vodka
Sloe Gin
Boddington's Pub Ale tastes like seltzer with a barely noticable beer taste. Basically watered down swill.
Abbe de Leffe Blonde tasteslike the liquid antibiotics I was given as a child(scornfully referred to that medication as "snail pee")

[dchapman]

I also have some "bad history" dislikes:
Tequila Rose: Psycho ex
Captain Morgan: alcohol poisoning(surprise!) after funneling in my youth. Just smelling it makes me gag now
Genesee Cream Ale: I like the taste of this cheap beer but it's one of those with which you smell like a brewery after having just one.

[orchestrion]

A skunked 40 of King Cobra. Even a non-skunked 40 of King Cobra would be a bad call, but the skunked version is especially terrible.

[Robert45]

Red, White and Blue beer.

[lister]

VB (aka Vic Bitter)... supposedly a staple, but eugh!

[ChicagoShaving]

Couple of things for me

King Cobra Malt Liquor and store brand vodka

[jez foster]

Kestrel super strength lager! It tastes like fizzy diesel.

+ 1, hideous stuff!!!!, and Newcastle brown ale!!..Bleuuuuugh!!!