I have tasted the worst drink in Christendom. Can you top this?

[Iamthewombat]

Category, as Ru Paul would say, is alcoholic drinks aimed at women.

I bought a bottle of Malibu Strawberry Spritz at Morrison’s last week. I like Malibu (don’t judge me) and strawberries and fizzy things.

I opened it last night. Christ, it was awful. Tasted like a weird blend of kids’ medicine and saturated sugar syrup. Not sure how you can make something like this taste un-fruity. And it was virulent pink.

Down the sink it went, even the plughole seemed to be resisting it by vomiting up the pink foam.

I can’t imagine anything worse but maybe you know differently.

YABU = yes, there are worse alcoholic drinks aimed at the ladies and I’m going to give you details.

YANBU = no, nothing sounds worse than Malibu Strawberry Spritz.

@Witchend

I remember when Red Bull was being launched. I was a student and they kept sending reps to student things to give it away. By the second or third time I encountered them pretty much every student was refusing them as they'd tried them and said it was so bad it couldn't even be used as a mixer. They couldn't even give it away to students! Couldn't believe it when they actually stated selling it and people then started drinking it.

Tesco value cola has to be up there too.

Witchend - in my clubbing days after Red Bull was launched we all drank Red Bull and Vodka to 'give us energy' at 3am - it worked obviously but I always thought it tasted of medicine and although I drank it tried to avoid doing so wherever possible.... vom

Red Bull. Babycham. Diet Coke.

@Hangingover

I thought this was going to be about Cornish tap water which tastes like sick

There's nothing wrong with our water!!

@Sidge

The worst thing I think I’ve ever drunk (and there’s a lot of competition, I was a student in the late 80s/early 90s so we made our own cocktails pre alcopops) was Fernet Branca.

I think it was supposed to be medicinal. Now I like medicinal flavoured things but omg this was foul.

A close second was a “cocktail” (I use the term loosely) called a BMW. Baileys, Malibu and whisky. Nicknamed Gorilla Snot as it sort of curdled.

Sidge - I've heard of and tried a BMW - I was in my mid 20s, working at a large architects and a new young accounts assistant from Leyton joined us and told us about BMWs - I was almost sick after trying it - the sad thing was was that I thought I'd like it as I loved Baileys, liked Malibu and thought Whiskey couldn't harm it! I was wrong...

@Figmentofimagination

Snake Bite/Snakey B. Whatever you want to call it. Lager, cider and blackcurrant. It was vile. I worked in my student union and constantly got covered up to my elbows in purple when working the nightclub shift. And sometimes for that extra kick students would throw a shot of jaeger or sambuca in with it.

Figmentofimagination - Snake Bite was the drink of choice by my brother and his friends when they were teenagers - I had a sip of it once and wisely agreed to drink it no more - I thought Guinness was involved in it??!!

@longtompot

Taboo, Thunderbird 'wine', and a weird concoction made from tiny bits from several bottles of alcohol in my parents cupboard.

longtompot - Thunderbird was what teenage boys and girls drank in my 'youth' - no party was complete without one of them getting a bottle of Thunderbird and bringing it along.

A bottle of white wine I won at a bottle tombola at DS school. Chilled it, poured a glass and took a gulp on a hot summers day. It was like drinking watered down vinegar with sugar. I checked the label to make sure I hadn't accidentally drunk some posh wine vinegar, but no. I ended up retching over the sink while pouring it down the drain.

Also, at a student bar I used to hang out in, they did those layered shot things. One of them was red aftershock and baileys. Red aftershock is like throat burning cinnamon and cough medicine, and those aftershock drinks are up there with the worst drinks ever. But combine it with baileys and it's a total abomination.

Aldi candy cane gin .awful like mouthwash

Yak butter tea

I tried a Tiramisu stout from Tesco on Saturday.
Dear lord it was like drinking liquid cake!
It literally stripped the enamel from my teeth and it was 9 percent. It was truly another level of disgusting

Not a big fan of L & P either, and almost had my NZ residents stamp revoked by kiwi friends because I vocalised that

You’re brave 😱 I nearly got lynched for saying “isn’t this just lemonade, but nastier?”

The foulest beverage I’ve ever put in my mouth was in Brunei, when I ordered a fresh mango juice, thinking of a refreshing drink tinkling with ice. It was served warm, and salted. BOAK!!

Coconut water. I thought, 'Well, I like coconut and coconut milk - I'll give it a try!' Disgusting! One sip and the rest down the sink.
Oh, and I tried some almond milk drink the other day - nope, I'll stick with regular old cow's milk I think.

Nope nope nope. And I say this as someone who loves peanut butter.

I love Malibu, but that sounds vile.

[quote Mochudubh]@DobbyTheHouseElk "Bath Spa water, yuck, tastes of warm farts. But I had an awful virus that wouldn’t shift, no sense of smell or taste. Had a glass of Bath spa water, necked it as it tasted of nothing. I was cured of my virus days later, so it has magic healing properties."

Have you let Chris Whitty know?[/quote]
This was about 10 years ago. But yes! What are the rates of CV in Bath?

Queen Elizabeth 1, passed a law to allow all residents of Bath free spa water.

Weird. I loved chinotto when I was living in Italy (late teens/early 20s). I couldn't touch it now. I used to summer in Maine as a kid/teen and loved Moxie which is similar to chinotto.

I really think all the fruity ciders, like strawberry and lime, are awful.
I am not a drinker, but once in a blue moon, I like a thoroughly decent Aspall draught cider or a pear cider at a push. But I've had a sip of DS's strawberry and lime or mango and wotsit cider and it's like cough syrup!

@MarriedtoDaveGrohl

You will get a lot of votes of YABU. This is because they will think YABU for ever thinking that this abomination was a good idea.

This ^^

Oh and golden turmeric milk. No thank you! I will stick with my cancer risk.

I was going to nominate Snakebite and Black as the vilest ever, but some of the drinks here beat that, definintely.

Taboo, Thunderbird 'wine', and a weird concoction made from tiny bits from several bottles of alcohol in my parents cupboard.

Christ! That would incinerate your liver. Do you even have a liver?

@TheVanguardSix

Oh and golden turmeric milk. No thank you! I will stick with my cancer risk.

we are obviously strange as like rootbeer and chinnotto - my ds was the only person that drank it in our local italian as well!
am thinking should try the beverley...and the kinnie whch sounds similar
absinthe - ok wouldnt do it again - but I like aniseed so it was ok to drink
jagermieister - oh the headache - but was convinced to try it as already pissed as apparantly it stops hangovers because of the herbs (no is the answer)

redwine and coke is a teens/young person drink in spain....calimocho wouldnt drink it though..

I dont like sweet drinks so most of these are a no go...although i did drink baileys and brandy with my baileys mad friend (when younger)

worst drink= butter tea - nepalese/tibetan meal .. had read about in books etc was horrific and I had to be polite and finish my cup (very slowly) - did mean I avoided the butterbeer though..

alcoholic - fruity cider - konisberg?? was so sweet and 1 gave me stinking headache...and I like cider!

@doctorhamster

Butterbeer at the Harry Potter studios in Watford. Absolutely rank. Even the kids wouldn't drink it.

The butterbeer ice cream is lovely though

Wonder if it's different to the one in universal studios because theirs is lovely. Definitely don't recommend chugging that plus a butterbeer Ice cream down just before going on the HP ride though. We rode single rider so I sat on the end to let another family sit together. The family that joined me got removed so I ended up going round on my own. Thought it was pretty cool at first until I realised with just me I was tilted at a slight angle and about 30 seconds into the ride I was hit with the most hideous nausea. By the time the ride was mid way round I was physically clamping my hand right over my mouth trying not to throw up whilst praying the ride would end. Ride finished I got off and promptly collapsed on the moving walkway thingy at the end. Apparently I was as white as a sheet. Sure my stomach is getting weaker as I get older 🤣

My daughter drinks root beer. I tried it once and it was revolting. Even the smell makes me gag. And the limited edition Baileys Strawberry & Cream must be vile because the bottle I bought 2 years ago is still unfinished despite the many pre-drinks and post party sleepovers my adult children hosted before lockdown.

@GertrudeKerfuffle

Nope nope nope. And I say this as someone who loves peanut butter.

Oh that stuff is awful. Thanks Slimming World! Peanut butter is delicious but is not a drink.