 mansquito (610), Boston/Philadelphia, USA
Mar 13, 2008
Is everyone rating this beer daft? This is perhaps the very worst malt liquor I have ever tried. It was not easy to drink and the after effects of it were catastrophic. It is because of beers like this that people should not be allowed to buy alcohol while intoxicated, because they, as I did, might think that buying this poop is a good idea. The hangover from this was worse than the one from 211.
PhillyBeer2112 (1840), Orange Park, Florida, USA
Aug 22, 2008 Wow, this is classy. Bright golden color with a very artificial seeming foamy head. Funky nose was somewhat soapy and very grainy. Flavor was soapy with a weird fruitiness, somewhat appley, I guess there is a lot of acetaldehyde? The VSL label seems accurate enough as it does have a smooth almost slick finish. Mildly fizzy mouthfeel. Finish is grainy and harsh, fusel. Somewhat comparable to euro strong lagers but this one has a poor fermentation profile.Coming back to it - I didn’t drink it fast enough and as the beer warmed it developed a terrifically horrid grainy fuselly bite in the finish that is easily compared to garbage and dishwater.
PorterPounder (2812), Tallahassee, Florida, USA
Aug 14, 2008 Jacksonville, Fl. - Kangaroo Convenience Store - somewhere off of I-295. Big, mean looking black 24 oz can. Light golden pour, with a pithy white head. Slight wet paper bag aroma with some grassy notes and a hint of alcohol. Flavor is not as deplorable as expected - this is not your Dad’s malt likkah from the ’70s. Some syrupy sweetness of course, but misses that that clenching texture and flavor that many MLs have. Hint of honey sweetness with a heavy alcohol back end. While not harsh - definitely not for the faint of heart or stomach. Like its moniker - VSL - all in all a very smooth lager.
kp (6200), Woodstock, Georgia, USA
Aug 13, 2008 Date: 07/03/2008
Mode: Can
Source: Ale Atlanta
Appearance: clear gold, fine white head,
Aroma: light sweet grain aroma,
Flavor: sweet malt flavor, candy sweetness, touch of grain, just a hint of peppery alcohol,
Aroma: 3/10; Appearance: 4/10; Flavor: 3/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 6/20
Rating: 1.7/5.0
Drinkability: 5/10
Score: */4
grant (759), Martinez, California, USA
Jul 21, 2008 24 oz. can courtesy of - well, perhaps courtesy isn’t the correct word here - of DYCSoccer17. Uh, thanks. I think. The appearance here actually isn’t too bad. It’s a deep golden color with a surprising amount of head, albeit it mostly fades out rather quickly. I get dough, raisins and some ashtray in the aroma, but mostly it’s surprising that there is some malt here. Initial flavor is quite sweet and soft but definitely with some true maltiness. Finish is actually rather clean with something that is like hops bitterness but somehow different. Maybe it’s alchol burn or something else, but it does help offset the sweetness somewhat. I think I’ll be able to drink this thing. This is the best malt liquor I remember trying.
kidmartinek (713), austin, Texas, USA
Jul 14, 2008 Pours deep golden with 1" of dark white foamy head. Smells like sweet malt sugar and high fructose corn syrup, the stuff dreams are made of. The flavor is like sugary sweet feed and oats, and a yeasty malt with a slight doughy character. The mouthfeel maintains a refreshing carbonation and bears a sweetness to it to rival even the most steadfast fundip from the ice cream truck, or wherever you got it. The beer has has a very slight ’lowercase’ belgian yeast taste to it. Very enjoyable with no hint of the 8.5. The finish has a little fizz, and a lightly sweet malt, and a hint of the taste of the beer that made Milwaukee famous.
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