High Gravity: This 40 kinda pisses me off. It's a love/hate relationship really. At first I did not like it. Then I grew used to the taste & it became my favorite "high gravity" 40 on the market. However, a few months went by where I didn't drink it & then when I purchased it again I thought the taste was (once again) miserable. St Ides is classic ghetto malt. I love it for that reason. And I love its strong alcohol content. But the taste truly is not good. I have to be in the right mood to enjoy it. But 1 40 of this for some reason may leave you feeling better than an even stronger 40. For example, Axe Head (11%) didn't give me the kind of buzz that St Ides (8.2%) does. So for its "fuck you up" recipe, the fact that "it makes your jimmy thicker", plus its ability to produce foul brew beefs I'll give it a strong 7/10 swills. Inconsistent good/bad taste is what keeps this from a higher rating. Thanks out to DolbyZero for the $1.79 SRP variation!
Premium: This shit tasted pretty weak. However, it IS a classic, and is featured in some of the finest ghetto movies of all time, such as Boyz in da Hood among others. It's also been endorsed by artists such as Ice Cube & Snoop Doggy Dogg, so for those reasons alone it deserves some credit. However, its taste IS pretty weak, as I said. Kinda reminds me of M-X malt liquor. In the end it DID produce a fine effect, but I don't know if that's due to a high alcohol content or the fact that I haven't swilled many 40s as of late. Overall rating is 6/10 swills. Much thanks out to "HENNYTEED" for the very cool Happy New Year '95 variation!
Canadian: This one's a mystery here. It doesn't say "Premium", it doesn't say "High Gravity", it's just straight-up "St. Ides"... and it tasted like our St. Ides, so what the hell can I say? I don't understand why those silly canadian who are all into their strong-ass beer actually lowered the alcohol content on this brand in their country (ours is 8.2%, theirs is 7%). I have nothing else to say. Overall rating is 7/10 swills. Also much thanks out to "ThUgWiGGa" for the empty 8.0% wide mouth variation!
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Premium: This shit tasted pretty weak. However, it IS a classic, and is featured in some of the finest ghetto movies of all time, such as Boyz in da Hood among others. It's also been endorsed by artists such as Ice Cube & Snoop Doggy Dogg, so for those reasons alone it deserves some credit. However, its taste IS pretty weak, as I said. Kinda reminds me of M-X malt liquor. In the end it DID produce a fine effect, but I don't know if that's due to a high alcohol content or the fact that I haven't swilled many 40s as of late. Overall rating is 6/10 swills. Much thanks out to "HENNYTEED" for the very cool Happy New Year '95 variation!
Canadian: This one's a mystery here. It doesn't say "Premium", it doesn't say "High Gravity", it's just straight-up "St. Ides"... and it tasted like our St. Ides, so what the hell can I say? I don't understand why those silly canadian who are all into their strong-ass beer actually lowered the alcohol content on this brand in their country (ours is 8.2%, theirs is 7%). I have nothing else to say. Overall rating is 7/10 swills. Also much thanks out to "ThUgWiGGa" for the empty 8.0% wide mouth variation!
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40 Ounce Legend
High Gravity: first off...excuse all grammar mistakes cause i just finished a 40 of the shit....but st eis'es has claimed the king of all kings title in malt liquor by producing high gravity ML at 8.2% alcohol. the shit is mean.... really mean. i bough one about 3 hours ago, whackjed it \down and am really fucked up. steel reserve no longer rules the block....one of the "big four" (st eides, mickeys, colt 45, OE finally stepped up and saif FU to all of the peripheral ML brewers out there. this shit is the real MOFO deal........legend
Premium: the most ghetto of the big 4. A favorite of eazy-e in his malt swillin' days. Without question it illicits the worst headache of the big 4 when one consumes too much. I spent the day after my 20th b-day praying for death thanks to this highly potent swill. Tough stuff, with the rowdiest and toughest taste to bare of the big 4.
40oz Philosopher
High Gravity: Call me crazy but I think st ides is the worst 40 Ive ever had....the first time i had one was the at the last beer pong tourney i had at my house (to celebrate my new and improved table). I decided to get some St. ides in addition to my regular standbys (hurricane and coqui). As soon as they ran out we start using the St ides, before the St ides leg of the tourney was over everyone stopped drinking because of how bad it tasted. it literally made people who were wasted and eager to go all night instantly turn sober because of the horrible taste.
40oz Swilla
High Gravity: St. Eide's will rock your snot box if your not ready for that swill.
40x40Vision
High Gravity: Last night i meandered my way down to the ghetto mart and picked me out a fresh, new, crisp 40oz friend out of the cooler. She calls herself St. Ides. This be my new 40 of choice. 8 point fuckin 2 percent. Now thats the shit. Last night was a good night cause I was able to swill two and actually wake up the today will the capacity to remember what i did last night. The St. Ides flows so easy. Being my 145 lb self, the St. Ides kicks me around like i'm its bitch.
4TDogg
High Gravity: With any high gravity 40 you have to take into account that it aint going to taste as sweet and be as drinkable as a good regular 40. However St. Ides does the best job I have seen yet of masking that acidic bitterness that comes with the extra booze. Decent drinkability and an ass kicking buzz factor. Plus they got the balls to put the 99 recommended retail price right on the label so cheap ass bodegas can't inflate the price. The champ of the alcohol heavyweights. 9 of 10
AK40seven
High Gravity: What I thought was reg Ides, a 7. something brew, turned out to be a pleasant surprise of 8.2% It does taste better to me than the Bull Ice, to compare another 8.2%. I still stand by my Steel though, I dunno maybe I'm weird but that stuff just seems to have a fuller bodied malty flavor. I read Bruz's stuff on it(Ides), I don't how many he had, but for me just one it isn't going to screw my typing up much. I need at least three to do that. Good stuff, 8/10
beerface
High Gravity: I must give the props to the 40 Ounce LEGEND!!! He is 100% correct. St. Ides new high gravity is mean shit and it is the ultimate MOFO!!! It tastes like straight Robitussun cough syrup. That's bad shit. I previously thought Coors Original was the worst, most bitter tasting beer ever. Well, this is worse!!! The worst taste, the worst aftertaste, the worst foam-taste ever!!! I can't wait to get my hands on some 8.5% Camo!
BrainDamage702
High Gravity: i drank this badboy in 50 minutes, its 8% here, im buzzed nicely, and it tastes good... the swill dont suck either.. well it got me buzzed enough were i dont really care what the swill tastes like....9 outta 10...!
Buzzcore
High Gravity: Gawd damn! Some of you guys really like this vile piss? Maybe I got a bad batch or something because this stuff tasted horrible, like licking the inside walls of a garbage truck. I don't care if it's 8%, there are much better ways of getting a buzz...........and it didn't even get me very buzzed! Even listening to The Cro-Mags and Jerry's Kids can't make it taste good. Nothing could. 1/10 because this stuff can even give the "Crooked I" a bad name.
Georgia version: Weird, this tastes like Big Bear or maybe Laser? And considering I'd doubt that Pabst would brew a unique version of St. Ides just for the people of Georgia, I'm guessing that this just a re-labeled version of some other Pabst brand. This is all just theory though. Well, whatever the facts may be, this was a lot more enjoyable than the 8.2% version I find around my 'hood. So, I give it and "8" for being better than 'regular' St. Ides and pretty damned rare...........but then subtract two points for providing less buzz. 6/10
ClockworkDroogie
High Gravity: Saint Ides HG is my top choice in 40's, as well number one with the rest or the LADP crew. It always fucks me up good and never lets me down. My favorite game to play is to swill the triangle and then stand up to see if it hit me fast, if not the i drink the whole thing sitting down then stand up and try to walk aroung to find my sleepng spot by passing out. Saint Ides is number one and i give it a 10 out of 10.
Coleman The Ape
High Gravity: This was my first go at any of Colt's two main competitors and I can sum the experience up in one word: disappointment. My first impression was of day-old Colt swill and I couldn't shake that thought through the entire bottle. While it definately gots some kick, it doesn't have the full-bodied flavor of Billy Dee's homebrew, nor does it carry the cultural prestige of C45. Thankfully, I was drinking it while watching bad-ass Isaac Hayes shoot up some pimps or else it would be a total loss. Two out of Ten.
diapers
High Gravity: A friend of mine told me about a liquor store down the street that stocks "Side Pocket", but they were all out, so I settled for St Ide's HG. The clerk said that there had been a "run" of the Side Pocket, for some reason. Anyway, I decided to test my skill and agility by organizing my sizable tool collection while drinking the 40. I guess it did the trick, since now my tools are less organized than they were when I started (before the HG I fortified myself with several coors original 12 oz bottles). I had fogotten to put it in the fridge before drinking, and thus it was room-temperature from the start. I drank the thing in about 35 minutes, and enjoyed all aspects of the experience. Good full taste, and not nearly as sharp and nasty as many high gravities out there. The swill, for some reason, tasted very good, despite being warm and flat, and I must admit that I was sad when I had to drink the last drop. Next time I will purchase two. A second St Ide's HG might have motivated me to work on my second project for the evening, the mini-ramp I am building out back, but instead I stumbled around for a while and passed out. I designate 7/10 swills, for the very nice buzz, decent taste, and good swill.
Drastic Mezures
High Gravity: I finally got a 40 of St. Ides HG and I think it's not as bad as OE HG but not as good as Steel Reserve, which isn't saying much.
Premium: The mighty St. Ides... What else can I say! This shits awesome. When you get about 3/4 down it gets a little rough around the edges but what 40 dosn't? This shit got me fucked up!
Fat John
High Gravity: this may be the new 40 of choice for the fat one himself.High Gravity 40's always kinda intimidated me before.I've handled steel reserve(nasty as fuck) and olde e high gravity(not bad for high grav)but this shit (st.ides) weighs in at a higher alcohol percentage than steel and olde e hg so i expected the worst.I've had this shit once or twice before but i was so trashed already i can't remember the taste at all.So i'm at the store yesteday and decide to pick one up.I let it chill for an hour in the freezer before consumption.Finally i crack the cap and take a swill expectin the taste of rotting corpses but i was pleasently suprised.I've had weak ass beer forties that tasted worse than this.This shit wasn't bad at all.Had me swillin like a villian.Gave me a nice ass buzz at a cheap price with good taste.I can't really rate the swill because i felt good enough by the time i got to the bottom that i didn't give a fuck about it which is good.overall i'd give this shit 8 maybe even 9 outta ten swills.
hg8point2
High Gravity: man this shit rigt here is by far my new bitch.hg is all i drink any more,and with good reason.you don't get better when it comes to the best all around 40 out there,st.ides hg got em' all beat.this is one of the best tasting malts iv'e ever had,it has a great full flavor with a sweet after taste.keep your guard up though cause that swill will twist your face up if your not ready for it.the hg has a great buzz factor,one of these will do the trick but if your like me than one is just not enough.bottom line is this is the new big dog on the block avalible everywhere.ounce for ounce the best 40 out there.10/10.
Premium: good malt if you like that ides signature flavor.lucky for me i do.another classic malt.very distinct flavor,gets a bit stronger as you go but no big deal.that swill is pretty gross but what do you expect?ides always has me feeling better than most of the regular {non-hg} 40's out there.8/10.
High Gravity Swilla
High Gravity: Id move to Lexington just to be able to swill this shit on a regular basis!!!!-- Its already one of my faves-- but to be as high powered as this???-- Definately a requirement for the Malt Gangsta-- East Coast Ides is a buy by the case deal if you run into it!!
ImissMy64oz
High Gravity: well first ides in over a year and probably my 10 maybe of all time never was a fan of the ides but am now shits good as hell maybe new recipe maybe aquired taste maybe insanity who knows got a good buz stayed cold 8/10
Premium: shit sucks always hated st. ides always will garbage tastes fruity and sucks for swill fuck this shit
John Holmes
High Gravity: This was my first St. Ides HG 40. I swilled 2 22oz cans of the stuff last time I was in NYC and I don't know if it was the Ides or somethig else I ate or drank that night.... but something put the hurt on me. Anyhow, the Ides 40 was very good tasting, very smooth, and an enjoyable beverage. Provided a very energetic buzz and the swill wasn't TOO bad.... luckily I paced myself pretty well (since I don't usually drink 40s). Was riding the longboard skateboard around the hood and rippin it up while swillin. Post-swill: Got a headache this morning and I feel all out of it. I think the Ides does something weird to me. Although I did drink 2 16oz cans of Mickey's Ice after the 40, so that could be part of it. Either way, it was a great swill and much thanks to Bruz for makin it happen. I agree with 64 : 8/10 swills
lookin 4 a 40
High Gravity: I got this 40 thanks to satan165 of Chicago. I let it chill in the freezer for about an hour or so. I popped in Boyz N the Hood and cracked this bitch open. First few sips were rough. The middle wasnt too bad and the end was rough again. This 40 gave me a pretty good buzz that snuck up on me after I drank the whole thing. The buzz hit hard around 15 minutes after swillin it. 7/10 for being decent in taste but good buzz.
MyLiverHurts
High Gravity: I was already buzzed, and couldnt taste this, and frankly didnt want to. Im gonna take an edga-macated guess here, and say that St. Ides HG 1.79 SRP, is a lot like St. Ides HG 1.99 SRP, and almost identical to St. Ides HG no SRP. Just a hunch. And yes, I did drink an M-X and a St. Ides back to back. If only I had a Piels on hand to complete the trifecta of rankest 40s ever. That would be the gauntlet from hell. Its probably an initiation ritual somewhere.
RickCarling
Canadian: First, thanks a bunch to Thugwigga for the hookup. I wanted to try Ides since i saw that rap video Ice Cube did for it. The cap came off pretty easy, with a nice lil hiss-crack! sound. On the first sip, i noticed it has a somewhat similar taste to a mix between Canadian Colt 45 and Big Bear.......but thats just me. As i swilled on, i noticed that it went down easier and easier. Even the swill was easy goin down. When i was done, i had a really good buzz goin, way better than i would have expected from an 8% brew. I hope to try this again some day soon and until then will give it a 9/10 swillz.
RTR tm
High Gravity: St. Ides is very Colt 45-like, in another words it's amazing. I think I actually like it even more than Classic Colt, and that's really saying something. The last time I had a 40 of Ides I was watching Truck Turner starring Isaac Hayes, and to sum up this review, I think Truck said it best: "Did you piss on my shirt? My last goddamn shirt? Get the fuck outta here, you son of a bitch!"
satan165
High Gravity: The standard to measure other HG's by. No one said that getting bent by the shit was going to be pretty. It has a defintite funkiness to it, its what i would say is the true gutter-malt taste. Can't be beat. Very common and easy to find. You could drink it every day as it is almost the perfect 40. But for myself, some nights I just like to get buzzed, not crooked on the I. 9 or 10 swills, loses a point for the funky taste and cause i dont want/need to get this trashed everytime i guzz. Buzz: A+, Taste: C+
Testarossa50
High Gravity: st ides is the most delicious thing ever...the 40 had a distinct malt taste with NOTHING unappealing about it...i really think this may be my favorite 40 of all time...it most reminds me of private stock and it doesn't taste cheap at all...it was really easy to get all the way down -- it almost seemed to drink itself -- but the buzz was quite limited...overall i'm going to give this thing 9/10 swills because none of the 40's i can get my hands on have a good buzz factor --- note: this was undoubtedly a georgia version with less than 6% abv because it was so extremely different from how you guys describe it...thus i would highly encourage anybody who happens to pass through georgia to find this great brew and pick up several 40's of it
Tiger Tai
High Gravity: St. Ide's High Gravity caught me off guard the first time I drank it since I hadn't had a high gravity 40 in a minute... well needless to say this new High Gravity Ide's FUCKS YOU UP!! It also made me wanna kill some people, an added bonus. however it doesn't taste that great, taste's like...umm....St. Ide's.... I'd give St. Ide's High Gravity 7 of 10 Swills...losing a point from St. Ide's Premium only because I'm rating this as compared to other High Gravity 40's...
Premium: my first 40 I haven't had one of these in a while since they switched over to high gravity. but I remember the good old days when we used to drink these in the woods at parties and heat em up in the fire before we drank em (I dunno guess we were weird). St. Ide's used to be my favorite until I got turned on th OE... I give St. Ide's Premium 8 of 10 Swills for being my first 40, having cool commercials with rappers (Wu-Tang, Biggie, Snoop), and for the Crooked I...
uk82chaospunk
High Gravity: what can i say about this 40...i used to drink it every day in high school back in the day when it used to be 8.2% out here...now its 8.0% i think the taste got better, but i dont get too drunk off a 40 so i just prefer OE to it, i'm not too much of a fan of the taste anymore, probably because i got tired of it or something...but it does taste good and it's pretty strong....i would give the saint 9 out of 10, but i have to give it 10 out of 10 swills because i have countless priceless memories due to this shit!!! the best high gravity 40 by far!!
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