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I think that the best beer is made by the Irish and the English regardless, America makes the most obviously but more does not always coincide with better.
Budweiser has the edge on advertising….which they do very very well.

Correct! Budweiser got to be the worst! At least next to Coors, or even worse Coors light. (Did the water taste of the regular Coors bother you so you had to have a light version also?) But Coors is not a beer, it is a bad joke. The explanation why Americans like their “beer” ice cold (they call the European beer “warm” when it is at the ideal 15°C) is that if it is really cold one cannot feel the taste. The only way to get that horrible Budweiser down is to chill the shit out of it. To drink good, real, beer that cold would be a crime! Lately there are some small breweries in the U.S. that do a very good job though, not the least in Wisconsin, but they never get in a bottle! The local people drink them right away!

What kills me is that you think that Budweiser is a bad beer. Compare it to skunkzilla-Heinmost. In fact we brew some of the best but we will sell you crap if you just want to get drunk. 24 12 ouncers for 12 bucks or less if you can handle the lack of flavor. Unlike the folks who desire a full bodied beer, quite a few of my countrymen just want to get a buzz and do it cheap.
I would not be surprised by the universal ignorance of our better brews but they exist and easily challenge the flavorless crap that passes muster elswhere. Boddington? Stella Artois? Hideousken? Italian? Spanish? Chinese? Spare me..Tsing Tao, Ichiban. Really, better?
Sam Adams kicks most of their cans and bottles. Let alone if we get into the less common ones. We make IPAs that dominate.
Go to Rate Beer and start getting a lesson in what you are missing.

The worst I have had, so far (in no particular order):

1. Bud Light Golden Wheat (USA) It was trying to go for a hefeweizen or witbier taste but instead had that tinny “lite beer” aftertaste.
2. San Miguel Strong Ice (Philippines) Tasted like someone had taken a regular beer and dropped a Hall’s menthol cough drop into it.
3. Hite(South Korea)Weak and watery piss.
4. Heineken (Netherlands) Tasted (and smelled) like a skunk had died in it.
5. Red Horse (Philippines) Reminiscent of old socks and stale cinnamon.
6. Michelob Ultra (USA) More weak and watery piss.
7. Sapporo (Japan) this used to be one of my favorites until they sold the brewery to Molson in Canada.
8. Asahi (Japan) another fine Japanese brew ruined by the move to Canada.
9. Corona (Mexico) why does everyone rave about a beer that tastes like pure gasoline?
10. Budweiser American Ale (USA) lame Bud attempt at a Pale Ale. Back to the drawing board, guys.

Here is the problem with this question. If you are asking ‘which country has the worst commercially mass produced beer’ then America is the clear winner. However, America does NOT make the worst beer as far as the entire country is concerned, not even a little bit. American micro-brews are some of the best in the world (see: Flying Dog, Bells, Stone, Dog Fish Head, Rogue, etc), and America has TOOOOOOONS of them. Meaning that America makes some of the best beer in the world, it just isn’t exported to the world or widely know about by tourists. I would say to have the WORST beer would also mean that both your local brews and your commercial beers just plain suck. Now, don’t get me wrong… I think America makes some kick-ass not-so-heard-of beer that can definitely compete with the greats, but, there other countries that consistently make awesome beers no matter what (like Belgium) and those countries have America beat for their consistency in awesomeness alone. So, while America is definitely not the worst, its also not the best by any stretch.

I agree with the fact that most of the elite American brewed beers arent shipped overseas, though I would guess that will change in the not so distant future. Captain Lawrence, an up and coming brewery in NY, NJ, CT is superb.

Anybody ever had Black Boss Porter Delish

Budweiser and Miller are now owned by non-US companies. American-owned breweries are creating high-quality beer and pushing the envelope when it comes to creativity and taste in the ancient art of brewing. We are the brewing capital of the world, at the vanguard of craft beer. This is not a contest, this is fact.

Budweiser is no longer an American beer.

American Craft beer will beat out any other countries beer, we just need to work better on getting the word out there, and the bad taste out of everyone’s mouth left over from Bud.

I agree the US niche and micro brewers are generally outstanding but if 90% of the population drink Bud and the like then the US deserves the title. Majority rules.

It’s clear that most people taking this survey have never tasted Korean beer. Hite makes Bud taste like a fine craft brew.

With the craft beer revolution that kicked off back in the 90’s, anyone who would say that the US has the worst beer in the world is clearly clueless about whats happening here. Regionally, throughout most of the US, smaller brewers are churning out a myriad of beer styles other then just plain old pale lager. You can now go to almost any grocery store in this country a buy decent beer. Even Walmart. Now if this poll was about “who has the most beer drinkers with the worst taste in beer?” we might still be in the running for that.