Let's not beat around the beer here, you're only buying a Molson XXX for one reason - to get drunk. And since this is the only high alcohol percentage for sale at mainstream stores like 7-11 and grocery stores, you picked it up. Sure, it's a few dollars more for a six-pack, but you're gonna get hammered and enjoy it.
Bad move. This is not a great tasting beer like other Molson products. I love Molson Golden, Ice, and Canadian. They are some of my favorite beers (I love Canada, I love beer, it's a natural fit for this American) and at my local distributor, one of them is always on sale for a $13.99 28-pack, so I'm always stocked.
Don't be fooled. Molson XXX is not as delicious. Same quality? Yes, most likely, seeing as it's the same brewery, but the flavor is not there. The beauty of good high ABV beers is the ability to mask the alcohol flavor. My favorite is a beer named La Fin du Monde, which is 9% ABV and hides the flavor with a great-tasting beer. With XXX, you taste hops for sure, but the alcohol flavor is prevalent, especially on the aftertaste. It is very bitter, as well.
The trick to even slightly enjoying this beer is to have it ice cold, like freezer-burn cold. Once it gets warm, it tastes like the rear end of a rhinoceros. If you have to make a sandwich or something, do it between beers, not in the middle of one. That beer will not complement that sandwich and will be burnt breadcrumb tasting when you return with a ham&cheese.
A safer bet is to drink Molson Golden if you want the same result. Instead of XXX's 7.5%, Golden has 6.1%, so just have one more Golden and enjoy your night rather than fighting through a bunch of XXXs.
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