Ghetto Blaster
Written: Jun 01 '07 (Updated Jun 03 '07)
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Pros: cheap, high alcohol content
Cons: cloyingly sweet aftertaste, slippery bottles
The Bottom Line: Avoid unless you need street-cred with your homies.
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| david_deacon's Full Review: Mickey's Fine Malt Liquor |
Just for the record, I think that "fine malt liquor" is a contradiction in terms. Until today, I'd never sampled a Mickey's Malt for that very reason. Malt liquor is direct, unsophisticated, and usually harsh. But I have to admit, for a malt liquor, Mickey's Malt is good for what it is.
I try to be discriminating about what I drink. I don't want to waste any of my limited funds on sub-par alcohol. But, as I said, I'd managed to go my entire life without trying a Mickey's, so it was about time. Don't worry if you haven't tried it either, though--you haven't missed much.
It comes in "toast of the ghetto" forty ounce bottles (the dreaded "fo'ty O's") and, in some places, six-packs of little "individual serving" wide-mouth bottles, each about the size and shape of a hand-grenade. It is an American beer (er, excuse me, malt liquor), if you're a patriotic American who only drinks domestic. It is sold in green glass bottles, but I assure you, the similarity to Heineken ends there. The cheap, cheap, cheap price for the alcohol content makes it ideal for college students or anyone else with little spending money.
You might want to try sucking lime wedges with this stuff, as you would with Mexican beer. Couldn't hurt. Get it very cold before trying to drink it.
It is very smooth compared to other malt liquor (very significant). If you must drink malt liquor, this is the way to go, my friends. It packs a punch, I'll admit, since one "forty" is the equivalent of more than three regular-size beers--plus the alcohol content is high enough for this product to be labelled "malt liquor" instead of beer. The initial swig is not too bad--nothing out-of-the-ordinary. However, the aftertaste is appallingly sweet and cloying. I feel that I should go brush my teeth now. Thanks for reading.
(Oh, and one other thing: the design of the bottle. Very bad. Every time I picked up the condensation-covered bottle in one hand, I was afraid I'd drop the damn thing and break it. So you'll have to decant the beverage. Just kidding. But now you know why they drink it in a paper bag--traction.)
Recommended:
No
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