Silver City Deluxe Malt Liquor

Date: September 14, 2009
Mode: Bottle
Source: Brewpub
Appearance: clear gold, frothy off white head, drippy lace
Aroma: sweet corn aroma, light floral hops
Body: light body in a refreshing way
Flavor: sweet corn flavor, just a hint of balancing bitterness
Overall: actually not bad for a corn fed malt liquor
Aroma: 4/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 9/20
Rating: 2.4/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: ** /4

22oz bomber courtesy of RiversideAK poured into a tulip. Pours a clear yellow gold with a bubbly white head that recedes to a collar fairly quickly and leaves no lacing. The aroma is sugary malts and some sweet corn. There are also hints of toasted grains and maybe some hops if you really try to find them. The taste has a little bit of hops up front but they are quickly swept away by the dominant corn and sweet malt backbone which last through the finish and leaves a sticky sweetness on the tongue with an alcohol burn as well. There is a bit of a toasted grain bitterness that comes out a little as it warms. The mouthfeel is light to medium bodied with decent carbonation and sticky with sweet malts and corn on the palate. Well, this is, without a doubt, the best malt liquor I’ve ever tasted. That doesn’t put it in the pantheon of overall beers for me, but it’s pretty darn drinkable and I wouldn’t mind having one of these every once in a while. If only it came in a 40....

Bottle… Lightly hazy, light golden lager with a small, creamy, white head. The aroma is pretty corny – smells a bit like CornNuts – with a touch of acetaldehyde. Medium-bodied with soft carbonation. Leans on the sweet side of balance. Grainy – corn mostly. Not really my thing, but grateful for the chance to try it. Bottle courtesy of TheCheeseMan!

Thanks be to the Cheeseman. Really, this is a pretty damn good malt liquor. Light and refreshing. Not bad at all. A little corn and grain.

Courtesy ChzMan. Gold. A bit of white carbonation. Corny, grainy, pleasantly bitter. Medium body, balanced carbonation. I could drink 40s of this all day.

22oz. extra. Pours a crystal clear medium gold with a fluffy white head. Nose of corn, faint hops and slightly sweet. Flavor was also kind of sweet with some corn and grain, finishing with a light hop bitterness.

Bottle shared by ucusty. Thanks. Pours golden with no head. Nose is musty, skunky, and sweet, Not a terrible flavor for the style. One of the more drinkable malt liquors I have tried.

Thanks to ucusty for sharing the ghetto brew. Crisp and clear golden pour, with modest carbonation. Nose is corn malt, some sweet bready notes, and a modest tang from some hops. Average mouthfeel, slightly too thin but benefits from prickly carb that makes the finish less thin than it might otherwise be. A bit too solvent-y in the flavor, but it’s got enough grass and grain to avoid the "shitty" ruling.