Comments on: what is malt liquor?

By: berencamlost

berencamlost — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 18:03:31 +0000

Nice write up, BTW.

By: berencamlost

berencamlost — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 18:03:14 +0000

I will gladly disrespect Old English 800. I would rather drink radiator fluid than that crap! If your only purpose in life is to get drunk, at least do it with something that doesn’t taste like a bunch of alcoholics pissed into a beer vat. This is extra good advice given that most likely you will end up tasting OE twice, once on the way down and once again after you hurl that disgusting crap back into the toilet where it belongs.

By: Brian

Brian — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 19:43:44 +0000

Thanks for the tip, Beer Doc! I have a friend who recently went to the Ukraine, and he said the beer was pretty good. Not sure if he tried the Baltika or anything similar. Perhaps he can chime in on his experience if he reads this.

I would imagine if you put some kind of hoppage in there and some decent malt grains, like the Baltika, it wouldn’t be bad. I think the American versions of malt liquor are so bad because they use straight up sugar and no hops. It’s like Icehouse on steroids…

By: Brian

Brian — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 19:37:08 +0000

They actually put pizza in the wort? That is disgusting! That just can’t be good… If you find the article, I’d love to read it.

And I don’t mean any disrespect to OE. It serves its purpose, but it does taste horrible!

By: Jonathan E

Jonathan E — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 03:04:50 +0000

Strong post until the blatent disrespect of OE right there at the end.

I read an article about pizza beer where some guys were doing homebrew and actually incorporating pizza in the mix (sorry for lack of technical terms). If I can find the article again, I’ll pass it along.

By: Red

Red — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 14:05:21 +0000

Nice write up fool.

By: beerdoctor

beerdoctor — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 10:13:02 +0000

Dear Brian I thought you would like to know about a malt liquor that has very little in common with American high gravity corn lager. It is called BALTIKA NO. 9 from St. Petersburg, Russia. It is called “special lager” and it is brewed with pilsner malts, hops and malt syrup. The malt syrup providing the high gravity booster for an eight percent beer. What is remarkable about this brew, compared to its American counterparts, is that it does not taste bad at all. Putting it in a cultural context, Russia suffers from vodka abuse, and worse, deadly moonshine. So Baltika No. 9 has probably saved lives, because it is indeed inexpensive. A fifty ounce brown plastic jug of this beer sells for three dollars tops, in the United States. It is most likely, less than a dollar in mother Russia.
Peace, The Beer Doctor