Just like most things, the most expensive the beer: the better, but most people just settle for “bottom shelf” beer. Many “bottom shelf” beers are American favorites and people swear by them, but in reality these favorite beers aren’t really all that great. In a recent taste test, the best of the worst were tested to see exactly how bad some of the cheap beers really are. I’m actually surprised at where in the list certain beers landed, especially everyone’s go-to-cheap beer: Natty Ice! Read more below.
#1: Pabst Blue Ribbon
Comments: “A little bland, but okay.” “Sweet and foamy — inoffensive.” “A really light, easy-to-please flavor.” “Musky and heavy.” “Highly drinkable.”#2: Miller High Life
Comments: “Too bitter, but tolerable.” “Standard.” “Bready, nice balance. Could easily drink it all night.” “Pretty solid beer.” “Tastes like nothing, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing.”#3: Milwaukee’s Best Premium
Comments: “Smooth but cheap-tasting.” “Plain flavored, nothing special.” “Tastes like a frat house.” “Tastes metallic, but I can take it.” “Boring.” “Skunky, not my favorite.”#4: Miller Genuine Draft
Comments: “Pleasant enough.” “Skunky.” “Kind of funky, more complex than the others.” “Reminds me of college, in a bad way.” “Bitter finish and great bubbles, but too hoppy.”#5: Coors
Comments: “Nutty.” “Bad aftertaste.” “Very sweet and honey-like.” “Weak!” “Kind of sweet and watered down.” “Pleasantly grungy tasting.”#6: Budweiser
Comments: “Tastes the way cheap beer smells.” “Bitter and watery.” “Neutral taste, slight sweetness, and foamy.” “Tastes familiar, like college.” “Nice ratio of sweet to bitter.” “Eminently offensive.” “Like carbonated water, in but in a good way.”#7: Yuengling
Comments: “Soapy.” “Not bad hoppiness.” “Too sour, no depth of flavor.” “It looks like it would taste good, but it doesn’t, which is annoying.” “No. This tastes like matzoh!”#8: Natural Ice
Comments: “God is disappointed.” “Neutral and decently smooth.” “Kind of like soda. Really sparkly.” “Apple-juicy, kind of flat and wan-tasting.” “Disgusting.” “Kind of fruity? In a good way. Very effervescent.”#9: Keystone Ice
Comments: “My pee tastes better than this.” “Really bitter.” “Pleasant bitterness at first, but bad aftertaste.” “Malty, with caramel notes and a slightly sour finish.” “Too watery.” “A little bitter.”#10: Rolling Rock Extra Pale
Comments: “Tastes like raspberries.” “Weirdly sweet, like drinking corn.” “Savory and hoppy, but with a nasty metallic tang.” “Tastes like flavored water.” “Smells like bread. Do not like.”
