what's the most disappointing beer you ever drank?

[brtspears2]

Dos Equis (XX) or whatever it was. I thought this was a higher level beer above a Corona, yet it tastes just like one.

 

[moshquerade]

some homebrew my brother made. good gawd, it was disgusting, and i HAD to drink it.

 

[Gibsons]

Originally posted by: moshquerade
some homebrew my brother made. good gawd, it was disgusting, and i HAD to drink it.

LOL, I've been in that situation before. I found it's best to take big huge swallows and get them down as fast as possible. Don't sip on it unless you can go somewhere with the glass/bottle and pour some out. If possible nibble on food in between swallows to get rid of the taste.

 

[BurnItDwn]

Originally posted by: dug777

Originally posted by: BurnItDwn

Originally posted by: Stumps

Originally posted by: DaFinn
I've tasted non-alcoholic beer once... almost made me throw up :Q

WTF is the point of non alcoholic beer, half the reason you drink beer is to get plastered...what they actually think people drink beer for the taste...thats crazy talk

Plastered on Beer?
That would take a LOT of beer.
If it's good beer, then you are talking an easy $100 or so at a bar.

It's much easier, and cheaper, to get plastered on Whiskey, Rum, Gin, Vodka, etc ....

I drink beer for the taste, but I only drink GOOD beer for the taste.

if you drink real beer (so at least 4.5%) then half a carton (12 375ml stubbies(about 1.4 standard drinks)) is a pretty big night, half a block (15 375ml tinnies, 1.4 standard drinks) a little more so...

No, 12 bottles of beer is far from "plastered".
12 bottles is perhaps a little bit of buzzing if on an empty stomache.

If I want to get plastered, I need at least 25+ beers.

And I do drink "real" beer, I'm mostly into Ales and Lagers, but I like to experiment.

I can drink a full 750ml bottle of 80 proof rum (Captain Morgan's Private Stock) and get a good buzz going ... and the rum costs $20. To match the amount of alcohol in beer, assuming beer is 5% .. I would need to drink 16 x the volume of beer as rum. (12 liters)

I am not about to drink 12 liters of beer, as that would probably make me sick.


I weigh 280 pounds, which may be why I need to drink a bit more then other people.

 

[Gibsons]

Originally posted by: BurnItDwn

Originally posted by: dug777

Originally posted by: BurnItDwn

Originally posted by: Stumps

Originally posted by: DaFinn
I've tasted non-alcoholic beer once... almost made me throw up :Q

WTF is the point of non alcoholic beer, half the reason you drink beer is to get plastered...what they actually think people drink beer for the taste...thats crazy talk

Plastered on Beer?
That would take a LOT of beer.
If it's good beer, then you are talking an easy $100 or so at a bar.

It's much easier, and cheaper, to get plastered on Whiskey, Rum, Gin, Vodka, etc ....

I drink beer for the taste, but I only drink GOOD beer for the taste.

if you drink real beer (so at least 4.5%) then half a carton (12 375ml stubbies(about 1.4 standard drinks)) is a pretty big night, half a block (15 375ml tinnies, 1.4 standard drinks) a little more so...

No, 12 bottles of beer is far from "plastered".
12 bottles is perhaps a little bit of buzzing if on an empty stomache.

If I want to get plastered, I need at least 25+ beers.

And I do drink "real" beer, I'm mostly into Ales and Lagers, but I like to experiment.

I can drink a full 750ml bottle of 80 proof rum (Captain Morgan's Private Stock) and get a good buzz going ... and the rum costs $20. To match the amount of alcohol in beer, assuming beer is 5% .. I would need to drink 16 x the volume of beer as rum. (12 liters)

I am not about to drink 12 liters of beer, as that would probably make me sick.


I weigh 280 pounds, which may be why I need to drink a bit more then other people.

Your liver probably weighs as much as I do.

 

[vi edit]

Originally posted by: dug777

Originally posted by: BurnItDwn

Originally posted by: Stumps

Originally posted by: DaFinn
I've tasted non-alcoholic beer once... almost made me throw up :Q

WTF is the point of non alcoholic beer, half the reason you drink beer is to get plastered...what they actually think people drink beer for the taste...thats crazy talk

Plastered on Beer?
That would take a LOT of beer.
If it's good beer, then you are talking an easy $100 or so at a bar.

It's much easier, and cheaper, to get plastered on Whiskey, Rum, Gin, Vodka, etc ....

I drink beer for the taste, but I only drink GOOD beer for the taste.

if you drink real beer (so at least 4.5%) then half a carton (12 375ml stubbies(about 1.4 standard drinks)) is a pretty big night, half a block (15 375ml tinnies, 1.4 standard drinks) a little more so...

So a "real" beer is measured by alcohol%? In that case then you aren't drinking a "REAL" beer until you start getting into the Belgium Abbey Ales that are 10%+. Go drink two 25oz Abbey Ales that are about 12.5% back to back and let me know how they treat you.

A couple of them and it's like a sledgehammer knocked you upside the head.

 

[dug777]

Originally posted by: BurnItDwn

Originally posted by: dug777

Originally posted by: BurnItDwn

Originally posted by: Stumps

Originally posted by: DaFinn
I've tasted non-alcoholic beer once... almost made me throw up :Q

WTF is the point of non alcoholic beer, half the reason you drink beer is to get plastered...what they actually think people drink beer for the taste...thats crazy talk

Plastered on Beer?
That would take a LOT of beer.
If it's good beer, then you are talking an easy $100 or so at a bar.

It's much easier, and cheaper, to get plastered on Whiskey, Rum, Gin, Vodka, etc ....

I drink beer for the taste, but I only drink GOOD beer for the taste.

if you drink real beer (so at least 4.5%) then half a carton (12 375ml stubbies(about 1.4 standard drinks)) is a pretty big night, half a block (15 375ml tinnies, 1.4 standard drinks) a little more so...

No, 12 bottles of beer is far from "plastered".
12 bottles is perhaps a little bit of buzzing if on an empty stomache.

If I want to get plastered, I need at least 25+ beers.

And I do drink "real" beer, I'm mostly into Ales and Lagers, but I like to experiment.

I can drink a full 750ml bottle of 80 proof rum (Captain Morgan's Private Stock) and get a good buzz going ... and the rum costs $20. To match the amount of alcohol in beer, assuming beer is 5% .. I would need to drink 16 x the volume of beer as rum. (12 liters)

I am not about to drink 12 liters of beer, as that would probably make me sick.


I weigh 280 pounds, which may be why I need to drink a bit more then other people.

well i'd say that half a block (21 standard drinks, same as a 750ml bottle of bacardi/canadian club/gin/standard bottle of vodka) would be plenty to most people plastered

 

[Eli]

Deschutes Brewery's Obsidian Stout.

I am sure there are plenty of people that like it, but good gawd.. I can't handle my dark beers I guess.

It tasted, and looked.. like soy sauce.. lol

 

[KoolAidKid]

Sierra Nevada Pale Ale
Corona
Dos Equis Lager
Several of the Magic Hats
Blue Moon - and I love Belgian beers, so don't tell me that I don't appreciate the style

 

[BurnItDwn]

Oops .. I made a math error ... I was comparing .... % to proof ....
Make that 6 liters of beer ... that's only 6 liters of beer ... or about 17 12oz bottles. (at 5%) .....

so to get a good buzz going (while still being coherant, and not completely "plastered") ... 17 beers ....

I guess "plastered" is a bit of a dynamic word.

To me, that means extremely drunk. Examples of things that happen when plastered, "Pass out", "become violent", "become violently ill", "damage things", "fall down a lot". None of those things happen after only 1 bottle of rum .... so I don't consider it "plastered".


However, if you use "plastered" to simply mean intoxicated to the point of stupidity. Yea, I get really stupid after that much drink.

 

[broon]

Originally posted by: BurnItDwn
And I do drink "real" beer, I'm mostly into Ales and Lagers, but I like to experiment.

All beer is either an ale or lager. Bud Miller Coors are lagers. If it's not an ale or lager, it isn't beer.

Real beer is not determine by ABV. If you're drinking to get drunk, stick to the 4% cheap beers like bud/miller/coors. It's cheaper that way. Or better yet, buy the hard stuff.

On topic? I'd have to say a Belgian beer...Stella Nacht or something like that. $4 for a ~12 oz. bottle and it was not good.

 

[BurnItDwn]

Originally posted by: broon

Originally posted by: BurnItDwn
And I do drink "real" beer, I'm mostly into Ales and Lagers, but I like to experiment.

All beer is either an ale or lager. Bud Miller Coors are lagers. If it's not an ale or lager, it isn't beer.

Real beer is not determine by ABV. If you're drinking to get drunk, stick to the 4% cheap beers like bud/miller/coors. It's cheaper that way. Or better yet, buy the hard stuff.

On topic? I'd have to say a Belgian beer...Stella Nacht or something like that. $4 for a ~12 oz. bottle and it was not good.

Ahh ... I thought "pilsner" was seperate from Ales and Lagers.
And yea, I do not ever drink beer to get drunk. That was pretty much my point. It's expensive as hell to get drunk on beer. I can get drunk on a bottle of rum, and drink beer to maintain it.

 

[broon]

A pilsner is a style of lager. Ale and Lager refer to the type of yeast used. Ale is a top fermenting yeast and lager is a bottom fermenting yeast. Wheat beers, lambics, porters, and stouts are ales. Pilsners and bocks are lagers. Cold fermented beers are lagers. Most German beers are lagers except the hefewiezens (wheat). Most Mexican beers are really German beers. Most English/Irish/Scottish beers are ales.

 

[BurnItDwn]

Originally posted by: broon
A pilsner is a style of lager. Ale and Lager refer to the type of yeast used. Ale is a top fermenting yeast and lager is a bottom fermenting yeast. Wheat beers, lambics, porters, and stouts are ales. Pilsners and bocks are lagers. Cold fermented beers are lagers. Most German beers are lagers except the hefewiezens (wheat). Most Mexican beers are really German beers. Most English/Irish/Scottish beers are ales.

Ahhh ... that is good to know.
Please pardon my ignorance.

 

[broon]

Originally posted by: BurnItDwn
Ahhh ... that is good to know.
Please pardon my ignorance.

You are forgiven. But now you know. And knowing is half the battle.

 

[MrKneecap]

Stone Eye Indian Pale Ale. Actually, change that to every IPA I've ever had. Awful beer.

 

[dxkj]

Originally posted by: shortylickens
Corona.
Everybody said it was good stuff, but I hated it.

agree, corona

 

[dxkj]

Wernesgruner is pretty weak too

 

[Mr N8]

Originally posted by: akubi
that chinese beer... tsing tao. yuck, gives me a nasty headache
korean and japanese beer are ok.

Yeah, that stuff is pretty horrible. I decided to try it from a local Chinese restaurant, and it was not a good experience.

I tried a German Ale called "Wench Water" that was not too good. It was on tap at this quaint tavern that serves all kinds of micros.

 

[akubi]

Originally posted by: moshquerade
some homebrew my brother made. good gawd, it was disgusting, and i HAD to drink it.

that wasn't beer

 

[tw1164]

Originally posted by: Goosemaster

Only fresh vodka for me

Fresh? Do you finish off the bottle when you open it?

 

[Slikkster]

Blatz...

 

[dug777]

Corona's pretty ordinary too, but then i don't think i've every enjoyed a beer than came in a clear bottle (except maybe hahn ice on a really hot day)...

 

[fatalbert]

Hofbrau Oktoberfest it looked like it had a chance of being good and it was horrible.

also Sam Adams Triple Bock way too sweet and raisiny.

double imperial russian stout from estonia (I don't remember the name).

 

[LS20]

Originally posted by: BurnItDwn



Ahh ... I thought "pilsner" was seperate from Ales and Lagers.
And yea, I do not ever drink beer to get drunk. That was pretty much my point. It's expensive as hell to get drunk on beer. I can get drunk on a bottle of rum, and drink beer to maintain it.

how is it more expensive to get drunk from beer rather than liquor? slower? sure. quicker? no

1.5oz shot of 80 proof has .6oz of alcohol
12oz beer at 4.5$ has .54oz of alcohol

so 1 beer is roughly equivalent to 1 shot

premium beer would cost 5$ at a bar (that's what you were discussing), as would a shot of good liquor
cheaper beers is anywhere from 1-3$, as would a cheap shot or a well drink...

how would 1 method be cheaper than another?

if you require an entire bottle (750ml) of liquor just to get buzzed (which i really doubt), it'll be expensive anywhere--bar or home--drinking anything--beer or liquor