Olde English 800

Rating #800!!! And enjoyed from a clear 40, homiezz. I tried to swig it straight from the bottle like a propa G, but that just didn’t give me the right feel for it. So into a glass. Pours with at least a little color, but with all the character and head of a 7-Up. Smell is mostly, um, wet beer; touch of malt and mostly adjunct. And that’s pretty much the taste. Manufactured more than brewed, carbonated like a soda. No real taste to get in the way of alcohol… but I just can’t bring myself to give it the 0.5 I thought it’d deserve. First off, for a malt liquor it’s no stronger than most other beers. And yet I’m getting numb-faced trying to get through this bastard. And frankly, it’s no more than I could expect from a malt liquor. No skunk, no spoilage (probably no hops). Just an alcohol delivery system with no taste to get in the way.

Medium gold with a pale gold tinged head. Malty aroma and more malt flavor than Mickeys or the inexpensive plae lagers.

Nothing is redeeming about this drink. Flavor reminds me of bad corn and the smell of rubbing alcohol.

(Bottle 100 cl) Wauw, this is actually quite fascinating. Danish "Malt Liquors" are most often strongly alcoholic and unpleasant. But this beer really is a technological study in the art of suppressing strong alcohol. Golden, very white slightly creamy head. Extremely light body, no real bitterness but a rather odd chemical aftertaste. Like a "Miller Light" gone crazy? Fascinating in a perverse way. And this enormous bottle never really empties....

Sickly sweet flavor is all I can remember about this. Please accept this rating as I can bear the thought of drinking this again.

One has truly sunk to the depths of wretched liver killing when one decides to grab a malt liquor just so you can get a rating. But, rating slut that I am I chose to go down this path. In truth I have long been curious about this beer. My father had an Olde English banner in his bar when I was a child - though I am pretty sure he never had drank the substance. So growing up in the shadow of the breweriana I was always imparted with a certain curiosity. On this particular evening I ventured out and purchased the 22 oz clear bottle. The clear bottle was of course a warning for any true beer lover that the brewery did not respect the beer. I went for the 22 oz size for simple fear of not being willing to force 40 oz of the substance into my system. I am certain that I have paid a higher price for Coke than this beer cost me. The color was golden amber as could well be seen through the bottle. The pour revealed a small fizzy bleach white head that disappeared quickly. There was only the faintest hint of an aroma but some corn was certainly noticeable. The flavor was slightly sour and sweet but overall dominated by corn. The brew was heavily carbonated and served quite cold so as to spare the taste buds but the corn still came through. Sadly I made the mistake of not guzzling the entire contents immediately, and thus the beer got warm. I have often wondered what corn syrup tasted like. Now I know. Should the English find out that we have taken their country’s name and dragged it through the mud in naming this swill no doubt they will come and burn down Washington again.

Pours a yellow out of the big can. No head or carbonation. No aroma and the flavor is to say the least bland. That’s bland in a good way. If you really need to get drunk and your low on funds this is for you.

Sweet maizesirup nose. Pale golden, no carbonation. Sweet corn taste. Watery. Sweet water, nothing more.

I can't imagine drinking 40oz of this regularly. Unfortunately I didn't have any fallen homies to tip it for, so this was shared between 4 people (I know, we are SO ghetto). I wonder if the Belgian Monks tip a Westy when they lose one of theirs? I'd still take this over an A/B product any day.

Light gold colour, oversized bubbles, soapy-looking head; aroma of fusels, shitty homemade scrumpy, grass, and so much DMS it's more like vomit than corn. Soft initial sweetness (malt? could it be?) give way quickly to harsh alcohol, dms, cider, and a whole host of other nasties. This beer is like a guy with 8 different diseases.