The 9 Countries With The Worst Beer In The World (PHOTOS)

As they say, "America is #1." Unfortunately in this case, we're the #1 producers of crap beer (according to a survey of over 2000 people from 80 different countries). Disagree with these results? Take the new survey at TitanicAwards.com. For more fun survey results and other "Worsts of Travel" tales, check out my book, The Titanic Awards (Perigee, May 4, 2010).

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[StillMadMatt]

06:59 AM on 05/04/2010

Cszech beers rock . Bubvar , Staroprammen. And German beer also quite tasty. Most USA mass produced is swill. Here is my Top Ten Swill List...Keystone, Old Milwaukee,Coors, Coors Lite, Budweiser, PBR, Black Label,Strohs, Schlitz, and Blatz. All headaches in a can. Not to mention the beerschlitz:)

[Nathaniel Mills]

07:18 PM on 05/02/2010

My brother Bruce used to call it, "Buttwiper".

[Lillie Anne]

10:56 AM on 05/01/2010

nice indian domain thanks

[Shayne ONeill]

01:58 AM on 05/01/2010

Australia scores high in crap beer score once again because f@*#king fosters keeps exporting that horrible garbage that nobody in australia would actually drink themselves.

Australia actually has some amazing beers. Coopers real and sparkling ales are fantastic examples of traditional australian ales, and the microbrewery revolution has been producing some amazing brews (little creatures do fantastic pale ales, and places like Gage roads and Matilda bay do some brilliant IPAs.

But Fosters .... ugh, why do they export that junk, its almost defamation!

[arusticat]

06:20 PM on 04/30/2010

When I was in high school and was saving my lunch money to buy beer, there was a liquor store in Mendota Minnesota that had a sign out front for what seems like years: Schells or Buckhorn Beer - 3 Cases for $10.

Years later I am in a liquor store in Newton Mass, one that prides itself on its beer offerings, and there was Schells, a microbrew for $8 a 6 pack.

Leinenkugels beer was the best kept secret of our cheap beers but it went on to become popular and more expensive too.

[deluxebrand]

01:29 PM on 04/30/2010

anyone tried 7/11's new beer?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/21/7-eleven-beer-game-day-pr_n_545526.html

[deluxebrand]

01:16 PM on 04/30/2010

Caracu is a good one from Brasil

[deluxebrand]

01:08 PM on 04/30/2010

All I have to say is - Pabst Blue Ribbon!!!!!

[deluxebrand]

01:03 PM on 04/30/2010

I live in Bend, Oregon. We have a half dozen breweries her that all make fantastic beer. In fact Deschutes Brewery wins awards all the time. Here are a couple of examples - Silver Medal, Classic English Style Pale Ale - 2009 Great American Beer Festival - Gold Award, English Style Ale - 2008 European Beer Star - Gold Medal (93 - American Style Pale Ale) - 2008 World Beer Championships.

So I would say that the US has the best beer in the world.

[jezmez68]

07:18 AM on 04/30/2010

This just goes to show that there aren't very many people who are educated about the beer choices in the United States. If you still think all America makes is light lager, then you need to get out of your cave. If you look at this list of the top 50 beers in the world, the majority of them are from the United States:

http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/top-50/

And while the list showing the top 50 worst beers is composed primarily of light American lagers, I can assure you, every country has their share of piss.

[eurotriptips]

12:14 AM on 04/30/2010

I have to agree with you on that one. UK certainly has the worst beer - it's only when I was there that I realised their beer was either imported or crap. Most of what I drank from that point on was Irish cider.

And I can't even think what an Indian or Egyptian beer tastes like.

-Marie
www.eurotriptips.com

[thegreyarea]

12:45 PM on 04/29/2010

I was a bit torn. On the one hand, I felt that America deserves to be rated the worst because the biggest and most popular beers in our country are Coors, Budweiser, Busch, etc. On the other hand, America is also home to a lot of great microbreweries that make some outstanding beers. I personally feel that the prevalence of the so-called "Great American Beers" is unforgivable.

[newtom]

03:21 PM on 04/29/2010

Why should we take the heat for beer that's now made by a foreign-owned congloerate?

[XTheStrangerX]

11:05 AM on 04/29/2010

Mexico produces some pretty terrible beer.

And the U.S. has a very large and strong microbrew community.

Oh and uh, the picture with the Italians... they are actually drinking a German beer, Weihenstephaner.

[clarlynn]

09:17 AM on 05/07/2010

Very much agreed. For North America, Mexico is the the worst and if it wasn't for the micros, the United States would be right there as well. There are several great beers brewed in Canada, North America's savig grace.

[El Confusado]

10:21 AM on 04/29/2010

Bogus. Many of the best beers in the known universe are American beers -- Dogfish Head [60, 90 and 120 Minute] IPAs, Allegash White, Mikkeller -- wait a minute, he's Belgian. But he's made this fantastic reputation (many, many high-to-highest marks on Ratebeer.com) brewing "American-style IPAs," and if that ain't an endorsement, I don't know what is. Um, Arrogant Bastard, Captain Sig's Deadliest Ale [Rogue]. Lotsa great beers in America. Lotsa crap in Europe, too. Never had a Pilsner Urquell that was not skunky. Bass Ale has taken on a distinctly mass-produced quality, would probably work as wallpaper remover. Have not had a Becks in 20 years that I could say, "Oh boy, glad I bought that." But there is that rep, ala Monty Python: "Why is drinking American beer like making love in a canoe? Because it's [effing] close to water."

[Brian Hoffmeyer]

10:05 AM on 04/29/2010

What? Nigeria isn't mentioned? The beer here SUCKS...they've even managed to screw up Guinness!