Country Club Malt Liquor

<!-- b -->Bottle from Kroger, North Sheaphard, Houston<!-- /b --><!-- p --> Bought this one as a joke with my girlfriend. Imagine the hillarity when I show up to the check-out counter with this and sixer of Rolling Rock. Yep, that’s how I roll. Aroma is a men’s urinal in mid-August in Houston. Hints of ammonia, corn, and expelled energy drinks of various makes permeate the air. Pours gold, but then again so does a lot of stuff. Nothing spectacular. Flavor is like uncarbonated <!-- i -->wasser mit gas<!-- /i -->, with hints of syrup in the finish. Only giving it a ’2’ overall because I bought it with my girlfriend. Ugh.

God bless the Club. It’s a very delicious malt liqor with litte pretense and a subtle effect on my senses. There’s nothing about this beer that should stop you from drinking a second one. It’s tasty and you should just accept it.

Bottle 22oz from Party Source, KY. Clear light amber pour with a small frothy white head that fully diminshed. Light grainy hop aroma. Light body with a watery oily texture and soft carbonation. Light sweet flavor with a light grainy sour finish of short duration. Cold wet alcohol with no character.

This was an awesome looking can I picked up at a Von’s down in San Deigo. White can, triple X and lots of quotable propaganda on the front. Unfortunately, my friend thought it would be cool to show me how he could smash it on his forehead before I had a chance to upload a picture of it. Sigh. Anyways, it was fairly bad. Rough ethanol, acidic adjuncts and sour bitter hops and cheap malt. I’m not even to the flavor yet! As it’s cold it isn’t too bad, but if it warms up just a touch, it quickly turns downhill. Very strong and punchy. Dry stinging finish with a noticabile rice or corn thing in the background.

Watch out. Country Club will eat your soul and turn you into the devil himself. This stuff sells well in my hood, but you best keep it out of my crib. Know what I’m sayin?

Not sure what country club stocks this beer, but the name alone made it seem more distinguished than your typical 40. Poured just like urine (deep yellow), as pdee describes. Clear as glass. Light body; smooth texture; relatively gentle carbonation. Healthy amount of sweetness (corn, cereal, sweet grains, crackers). Light bitterness; surprisingly balanced for a malt liquor. Mostly hidden alcohol (not sharp and cheap vodka-like). Only a few off-flavors to complain about (like a little hospital and perhaps some creamed corn). Otherwise, surprisingly drinkable -- relatively speaking.

Full head, urine yellow. Aroma is skunky, spoiled, chemical. Fairly easy drinking as it is mostly tasteless rather than foul. Hardly oxidized. Clean finish, corn.

Pours yellow/gold, with a large, white head. Aromas are corn, grain, and hops. Flavors are corn, and that’s about it.