Had Shiner Bock on tap at my favorite local dive bar recently. It was terrible. However, I don't know if that's how it is supposed to taste or if it's just such a slow seller around here that it turned.
I would not call Shiner terrible. I suspect funky / skunky draft beer complications.
Shiner Bock and Black Lager are pretty good - their seasonal Chocolate Stout is OK for a change of pace. Strongly suggest avoiding their Prickly Pear beer.
That is so wrong - Sam Adams' Cherry Wheat and Cranberry Lambic beers are just plain nasty.
Have not had those and will take your word for it. I consider most the Sam Adams line of
traditional beer variants to be roughly middling for each variant. Except the scotch ale, which I though better than average and worth picking up.
I am not a big fan of fruity beer, white beer, or wheat beer and avoid them.
I've never been a big fan of Sam Adams beer...
Sam Adams has suffered from the surfeit of good American beers to come along the last 20 years. Twenty years ago or so, when it first hit the scene big, it was so much better than Busch/Miller/etc. it is hard to describe. Finding it on tap was a "woo-hoo" moment. Not so much anymore. Still OK IMO, but many more and better options are available.