Dark Horse High Gravity Lager Ice

Brewed by City Brewery (Melanie Brewing Co)
Style: Malt Liquor
La Crosse, Wisconsin USA

Date: 05/10/2008
Mode: Can
Source: Tasting, Cellar Party

Appearance: clear gold, fine white head, sudsy lace,
Aroma: sweet corn aroma with light floral hops,
Flavor: sweet corn flavor, candy corn, light balancing floral hops, just a touch of bitterness,

Aroma: 3/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 3/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 5/20
Rating: 1.7/5.0
Drinkability: 5/10
Score: 4

24oz can: At first I thought this was brewed by Dark Horse from Michigan, but alas I found out it was from City or GJS Sales, Inc. Clear deep golden color with a spotty-lacing white head. Aroma of sweet pale malts and corn with some light fruits and fusels, but overall pretty unoffensive. I guess it’s not that bad.

Appearance: Pours a clear, golden body with a full, foamy, white head. Smell: Sugary, floral aroma with a dash of Science (chemical note)! Taste: Sugary and floral, just as the aroma was. Brothy maltiness. Medium-low hop bitterness. Thankfully, it’s not overly fusel, which makes it relatively mild in the Melanie Brewing’s lineup of manufactured horrors. Metallic tin-like hint on the all too gacky finish. Mouthfeel: Medium-bodied. Medium carbonation. Drinkability: No thanks. Sure, some of these malt liquors can be surprisingly tolerable, though most end up in a zone between unrewarding and rage-inducing. This one’s in that latter slot.

24oz can. Sweet looking 70s Custom Van airbrushed horse with lightning bolts. Pours clear golden color, with a white foamy white head. Aroma of band-aids and corn. Flavor is quite lacking from the ICE lagering. Light bodied with a crisp dry finish. maybe add some grenadine to this jewel... WORD! My 1000th American Beer rating!!!

Rude and crude, but if you are looking for a good high buzz to cost ratio, this is it. Cheapest at my distributor for $8.50 for 24 12 oz cans. As with any other Melanie brew, this stuff is hard to swallow, metallic and processed. Gulp to avoid gag reflex.

Unclemattie is like my drug dealer except he hooks me up with malt liquor. Wicked props dawg! Poured into a small sniffer glass. Didnt leave much lacing but it would on the pavement. The aroma contains too much fuselage with some corn and piss. So far not good. The flavor is also rather harsh with corn and an alcohol burn present. This is a rough customer. Get Four O instead!

12oz can, no date. I still need to send heemer77 a bottle, as I see he hadn’t rated this yet. Clear medium gold with a fairly well-retained white head. Aroma of cereal grain and honey--even some light floral notes after it warmed. Flavor is much the same. No fusels or alcohol noted. With "high gravity" and "ice" in the na.e you’d come to expect some of that.Light prickly carbonation with a light to medium body. Honestly, not bad for a malt Liquor.

Pours golden color with a white head. Aroma is corn, grain, honey, and some peppery hops. Flavor is corn, some honey, and a peppery finish.