Bottle as Snow Cougar from The Wine Merchant Ltd. in (near) St. Louis, MO. Gold color with a fizzy white head that didn’t last. Slightly sweet grainy aroma. Medium body with frothy carbonation. Flavor is rather malty. Seems like a lager trying to be a malt liquor. Flavor is like cola tinged beer or something. The finish is that rather nasty thing common to 24 hi gravities. Lots more flavor and character in this though. Glad I tried it. Would choose it over any number of macros. Final note: There’s cool white floculent floaters. Not too many, but enough to make a show.

The aroma smells of sweet hangover. The appearance is shabby with its cheap label, and the flavor is quite sweet and cloying in that way that comforts you that it’s not too expensive and you’re not living beyond your means. The palate is pretty one-dimensional. The ABV is high though, so that’s a mild plus. Overall, not too shabby...but shabby, nonetheless. The biggest plus is the price.

Aroma of corn. Sweet with some chemicals. It looks like it might be unfiltered, I can see some kind of matter in the glass. Gold color. Not terrible for what it is.

Small sample at OSLO and Guerde’s tasting on Friday, 5-23-08. Labeled as "Snow Cougar." Pours gold with uninviting suspended particulate. Weird, sweet, honeyish aroma reminiscent of mead. Compost and rotting crabapple smell. No hops presence noticeable. The aroma is not as bad as I expected. Sweet flavors that become gross upon multiple sips. Generally tastes like it smells. Apricot notes. Medium body. Slick in the palate. I didn’t think this beer was that bad at first, but I quickly came to my senses.