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The 19 worst bottled beers I've tasted

Thu, 01/07/2010 - 21:10 — DM
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I've listed the best beers in a bottle & now its the worst.   Why 19?   They are all the beers that I couldn't actually drink & had to be thrown away.

Brewery Beer Style Notes ABV Marks out of 10 Country
Uncle Stuart's Brewery Christmas Alei Strong Ale Oxidised, undrinkable 7.0 0.0 England
Cropton Monkman's Slaughter Strong Ale Infected & sour, undrinkable 6.0 0.0 England
Williams Good Times Golden ale undrinkable. TCP - metabisulphate taste & smell totally overpowering. 5.0 0.0 Scotlandi
Cerveceria Mexicana Hacienda Cerveza Potro Porter Infected sour and fairly oxidised, undrinkable 4.7 0.0 Mexico
Cropton Yorkshire Moors Ale Infected & sour, undrinkable 4.6 0.0 England
Cropton Honey Gold Golden ale Infected & sour, undrinkable 4.2 0.0 England
Hammerpot White Wing Ale Sulphurous infection taste, undrinkable 4.0 0.0 England
Islay Ales Finlaggen Ale Ale Horribly soured by infection 3.7 0.0 Scotlandi
Fallen Angel Black Death Chilli Beer Stout Undrinkable, sour with infection & oxidised, massive chilli heat in aftertaste 3.2 0.0 England
Meantime Union Dark Lageri TCP& sulphur distract from dark malty full bodied lager 4.9 2.0 England
Hammerpot Woodcote Bitter Ale TCP taste dominates an otherwise ordinary beer 4.5 2.0 England
Cropton Uncle Sam's Bitter Ale Infected & sour, 2nd bottle in a year like this 4.4 2.0 England
Hesket Newmarket Brewery Scafell Blonde Golden ale Infected & sour, undrinkable 4.4 2.0 England
Hesket Newmarket Brewery Doris' 90th Ale Very much oxidised, unfinishable 4.3 2.0 England
Mort Subite Xtreme Manzana Lager Apple beer, too much apple, no beer character 4.2 2.0 Belgium
Cropton Two Pints Ale Sour – infected, otherwise regular bitter 4.0 2.0 England
Hampshirei Ankle Biter Bitter Ale infected & sour 3.5 2.0 England
Fallen Angel Fire In The Hole Chilli Beer Blonde Ale Moderate chilli heat, dryish, light beer, some light maltiness & vanilla 3.9 2.5 England
Steamworks Steam Engine Lager Lager malty sweet, full bodied, some caramel 5.5 3.0 USA

Comments

Fri, 23/07/2010 - 10:21 — Mark_the_brewer

Scoring genuinely infected or contaminated beers?

I'm not certain what is gained from scoring bottles that have genuine problems with the beers they contain. If the brewer intended it to taste of TCP (!) or sour (note: Lambics) then fine. But if this is an accidental contamination then aren't you scoring the brewery, not the beer itself??? (Note in particular the inclusion of the Meantime here. A notoriously reliable brewer normally - Sainsbury'si wouldn't pick a complete loser would they?)

Fri, 02/07/2010 - 22:04 — Al

Ruddles Rhubarb

One of the only beers I've ever thrown down the sink

Fri, 23/07/2010 - 10:11 — Mark_the_brewer

re: Rhubarb

A very interesting beer to start with. (General comments include "You can really taste the rhubarb", "interesting combination and quite clever").
Unfortunately becomes wearing very quickly to the point where I couldn't give away the last half-bottle. (General comments at Phase 2: "Beer and Rhubarab don't go well together", "I've had enough").