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new review:

i've come to understand that my last experience with four o was plagued by circumstance and not necessarily the drink itself. this opportunity to re-review came as my friend gave me this four as a gift, decorative bow and all. a powerful, angry hiss upon twisting off the cap is followed by the crack. can smell the brew even as i hold the forty at arm's length. first sip: there's a strange, fruity taste that is not unpleasant which disappears as soon as i swallow (hence the "wine taste" i spoke of in the old review). again, has the heavy mouthfeel that i found with camo silver ice.

so far, not gross, but i can tell that by the time i reach the swill, this will probably make oe hg 800 seem managable. i'm kind of nervous, truth be told. almost to the label, and am feeling the "first beer buzz" that i'll sometimes get if i haven't drank in a few days. i'm also getting slightly warm. this is turning out to be grosser than camo silver ice (which isn't saying much because i like silver ice), but not as bad as oe hg 800, although i'm still only in the first third or so, and it's likely to get worse.

past the label, and the brew is starting to deliver a weird bite that reminds me of oe, while at the same time losing the fruity taste in favor of a more bitter, gross one -- yet is a "good" kind of gross. i can't explain this. overall, it's somehow losing a lot of sweetness, and that's helping it, somehow. maybe i'm just getting used to the forty, and fast -- it's not because i'm getting drunk, though. unless, that is, this packs a "creeper" buzz like hurricane does for me.

about halfway through, now. i'm feeling a slight buzz, as if i'm almost done an olde e.

i powered through the second half and finished it with relative ease -- that is to say that a weaker drink would have allowed me a weaker buzz, thus making me more critical of disgusting taste. that being said, this went down easily, but if i had been handed a 75% empty four of four o (while sober, mind you), i would not have said it went down easily. but, since it packs (to me; i understand that the tolerance of a lot of those who frequent this board is higher than my own) a hard punch, i know that i was a little more accepting of what was probably an unbearable taste. also, seemed to be a fairly filling malt, more filling than most.

[later]

let myself chill for a while, and the buzz did not increase significantly following the finish, thus my prediction that this buzz was a "creeper" was incorrect. definitely not for a newcomer to drinking in general, and not necessarily "for everyone" in terms of taste alone, but worth checking out if you think you're up for it. the label remains entertaining, if a little cheesy. overall, this is like most hgs: in my opinion, a "sometimes food."


old review:
oh jesus god, no.

i used to shit all over st. ides and coqui 900 until i drank this. it makes coqui taste like a glass of fucking water.

i first saw this shit at this takeout place that i go to when i'm home from school. easily the most ridiculous forty-labels i've seen, and one of the most ridiculous labels for any alcohol i've seen (imperial whiskey and the "bling-bling" mad dog bottles are up there, too).

this past thanksgiving break, i finally got around to buying the damn thing. i picked up this, a bud ice, and then a mickey's ice for my buddy.

i made the stupid, stupid mistake of believing that leaving this shit in the trunk of my car at night would keep it cold. i somehow failed to remember that it hadn't gone below fifty degrees, even at night, since the past january.

it tasted disgusting. it had a definite wine taste on top of the harsh HG element, and was pretty damn warm. i puked halfway through, with no buzz to speak of, strictly because of how awful it tasted.

meanwhile, my buddy turned his mickey's ice inside out in about ten minutes and was stumbling around all drunk (strictly weak sauce conduct, although i've seen the kid kill a thirty pack of busch and only be about as drunk as he was on this occasion). i poured out the other half and we both split the bud ice. again, no buzz.

i think i ended up taking a sleeping pill because i was sick of lying awake, pissed that i didn't get drunk, on my buddy's floor, while he snored like a fuckin' rusty jet engine.

don't let this shit get warm. i'm sure if i had thrown this in the freezer for like a half hour, i would've been able to handle the taste (but probably not enjoy it), and would've gone to bed hammered.