Camo Genuine Ale

Date: March 14, 2009
Mode: Bottle
Source: Ticker Tasting
Appearance: hazy dark yellow, fine white head, bits of drippy lace
Aroma: light malt aroma, touch of cereal, light floral hops, mostly dry, bit of green apple
Flavor: sweet apple flavor, touch of granny smith tartness, light cereal sweetness, light balancing bitterness
Aroma: 3/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 3/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 6/20
Rating: 1.8/5.0
Drinkability: 4/10
Score: 4

Straw color with a yellowish off-white head. Creamed corn that has set in the refrigerator to long and is starting to turn colors aroma - sweet and near sickening. Sweet lollipop start with light raspberry and grape. Alcohol flavors start directly after and carry throughout the remainder of the quaff. Actually has some fruity ale flavors, but the alcohol abuses its rights and takes control. Mild burn on the tongue and back of throat. Mysterious marshmallow flavors also creep in. I’m about half done with this 24 oz. can and I have likely already spent way to much time with this. Its called Camo, but I’m not sure what they are trying to hide, everything seems to be showing in this one. Wow, it’s even given me the hiccups, I feel like Otis.

Can. Head is initially average sized, frothy, white, mostly diminishing. Body is hazy medium yellow, light density of small/medium particles. Aroma is lightly malty (cereal), with a note of isopropyl alcohol, light note of DMS, hint of apple. Flavor is moderately sweet, lightly acidic. Finish is lightly sweet, lightly acidic, lightly bitter. Light to medium body, watery texture, lively carbonation, moderately alcoholic. It tastes like...burrrrrningggggg! (Ralph Wiggum) When I was a wee lad, legend had it there was a local man that was such a pitiful alcoholic that he'd been known to resort to rubbing alcohol at one time or another. If only he'd known about Camo Genuine Ale, he would have spared most of the social stigma.

Light gold coloring with a large white head. The aroma is sweet corn with vomit and some beets. The taste is sweet corn with some carrots and corn. Not as bad as the other Camo beers. Drinkable.

Fizzy pale yellow beer. Large head. Aroma is a cross between wet cardboard and three day old garbage. It"s sweet, full of corn and watery, medicinal tasting and 8.6% alcohol, and on the bad side its only 8.6 % alcohol. This is by far the worst beer I"ve ever rated. I can"t drink any more so the rest of this rating is from memory. Mouthfeel is thin. Finish is medicinal. Aftertaste is alcohol and sweet. Turned on the tap and garbage disposal when I poured the rest of this crap down the drain...

Heinous! I've discovered the world's worst beer! Bright yellow with big poofy white head. Alcohol-intensive aroma. Flavor is acidic and bitter (but not in the good way). Yech ...

I originally thought "CAMO" was short for camouflage, and expected the can to be wearing it. I was wrong. But after pouring this stuff into my New Belgium globe glass, I could barely see its clear straw color, so I guess it is somewhat relative. Head plumed at first, then the bubbles quickly popped away, leaving behind splotchy lace on the inside of the glass. It had an intense smell, like dusty cardboard box recently pulled from an attic. Oh, and you could easily light its alcohol notes with a cheap magnifying glass on a partly cloudy day (I have to question the mere 8.6% they claim). Strangely, the beer’s texture went back and forth from watery to syrupy, neither of which were all that great. Malts were extremely light and bland, with some corn-like nuances. At first, I thought the alcohol bite was smooth, but noticeable. As I kept drinking, it became more and more in the forefront. And then it became absolutely disgusting and repulsive, with intense rubbing alcohol notes that just wouldn’t go away. Just kept getting worse and worse. Major drain pour. About 19 ounces of the 24, to be exact.

This is simply horrid. Lots of alcohol, like the rubbing kind right off the bat, flavor and aroma. Some strange rotten fruitiness. Like corn in a can.