Four O

Brewed by City Brewery (Melanie Brewing Co)
Style: Malt Liquor
La Crosse, Wisconsin USA

Props to unclemattie for hookin’ us up wit dis shit: Pours a clear pale golden with a stringy lacing white head. Aroma of lightly sweet pale, almost biscuity malt with a hint of corn. Body starts semi-sweet, lightly sugary with a touch of pale malt and mild fusels. Finishes semi-sweet and bitter with a touch of earthiness and alcoholic warmth, but otherwise ok. If this were a different scale, I’d score this a 4.0.

24oz can. Thanks to Trooper11, I think. Pours clear yellow in color with small white head. Aroma is sweet, grainy and alcohol. Taste is grainy and sweet with very dry finish.

This stuff was amazingly drinkable. Bought the can months ago and has been sitting in the fridge since then. Large frothy white head with very good carbonation. Little bit of fruit in the aroma with some some lemon and light malts. Color is a medium gold. Flavor is not offensive at all. Noticable alcohol presence. Little cardboard and sweet malts. Finishes a bit sweet and malty. I could actually drink this brew again. Maybe my palate is just off tonight of else I got a really "good" can but this stuff is really not all that bad.

(can - 24 oz) Kudos to the cool looking can. As for the rest... not so much. Golden color with a white head. Aroma is sweet and malty with a lot of alcohol. Flavor is sour and sweet. Tastes like a malt liquor, that’s for sure. Other than the can, there’s really no other reason to try this.

This a beer that is not for mortal man. I live next to an alley which has been dubbed, "Urine Alley" because many "beer enthusiasts"(bums) have used it to dispel the waste created by Four-o(if anything produced by this fine beer can be defined as waste). The can is a work of art perfectly describing and representing my neighborhood. The crisp crack of opening a new can always says to me, "Welcome Home". As soon as I take the first sip of that sweet, golden, ambrosia, I know it is just a matter of time before I will be dreaming peacefully of hookers and hobos as I lay on my floor in the fetal position having crumpled over and fallen from my seated position on my couch. I would love to tell you all the beautiful memory’s that I have had while drinking this brew, but unfortunetly, a side effect of Four-O is that you cant remember anything after you have drank it but, I assure you, only good things can happen while induced by this intoxicating liquid concoction of heaven. Four-0 is a unique brew in that, while drank almost exclusively by bums because of the exceptional value, it is also drank by the intellectual gentleman such as myself who appreciates such a high caliber, well crafted brew. Make no mistake about it, you must be extremely manly and very macho to be able to handle this brew so nancy boys and fancy pants need not apply. So if you are ready for a mans brew which will never leaving you wanting more but may leave you unconscious for several hours, then this is the beer for you! 100% Bigron MAN-approved!

Savannah, Ga. - Habersham Beveages - 24 oz can. The can is hilarious. I mean, it’s a relic from the 80’s. The can has a montage of generic graphics depicting faux graffiti on a brick wall. The crap is called "Four O" and it’s not even 40 oz. They’re glorifying the terrible malt liquor, ghetto life style. So, seeing this package and the $1.19 price tag, I could not resist. No, seriously, look at the can. What demographic are they trying to reach? bums? yeah, well, they reeled me in. So, this is pretty light. Gold with a bubbly head. The aroma is not that bad really. I was expecting feces or melting plastic judging by the laughable can. Actually, all I really picked up was corn, sugar, and something fake that makes me think candies. Flavor is pretty inoffensive, though comical. It takes the alleged 10% in stride. Basically, it’s corn water with a ton of sugar or sucralose. No hints of hops, no suggestion this would be "beer" except for a distant allusion to malts that could feasibly be used in the brewing process. Halfway through the can, I learn that this is most certainly produced for hobos. Cloying sucrose notes sting my palate as I whimper for the remenants of that empty bottle of Nogne imperial stout. Maybe this wasn’t as blatantly disgusting as I was prepared for, but 24 oz. is a chore indeed. Now a cornucopia of thoughts go through my brain: why the hell am I willingly consuming this, let alone paying money for it; if I was hard up for cash and thirsting for a buzz, would I shell out that $1.19 again?; why is the can so funny? c’mon. This is classic malt liquor at its finest: hilarious packaging, overly sweet flavor, ridiculously high fortified alcohol, bargain price. A bigger price to pay is the unavoidable theological debate of "why the hell am I consuming this?" I’m not homeless and I consider myself not an alcoholic. Why did I do this to myself? Is it related to this damnable website? Even scarier is the fact that I’m pleasantly surprised at the reltive drunkeness to cost ratio. It is definitely a hysterical drinking experience with no serious consequences as long as you don’t have too many.

Savannah, Ga. - Habersham Beverages - 24 oz can. First off, the can looks like the backdrop for the set of Fat Albert. Definitely have a certain market in mind when the art was developed for this masterpiece of a can. Pours a medium golden with a pithy white head. Aroma of wet metal and overripe fruit. Flavor has a defined sweetness to it - but is not to the point of cloying or throat clenching. Some overripe fruit, a blast of alcohol - but holds its 10% well. Mouthfeel - about what you would expect from a 10% abv malt likkah - stings a bit as it goes down. Color me somewhat surprised. Good choice for hanging out by the barrel fire in the hood.

well, i guess if you want to get drunk drink some of this, its actually not all that bad, much better then most malt liquors.