Steel Reserve 211 High Gravity
Miller Brewing Company in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States 🇺🇸
Lager - Malt Liquor Regular|
Score
3.80
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The two eleven mark, based on the medieval symbol for steel, appears only on Steel Reserve(R) High Gravity lager. We use nearly twice the ingredients of many normal lagers & brew for over twice as long as many quality beers.
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4.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
So do people now say “I’m buying a 42 and drinking it tonight.” Or would Sublime now have the song “42 Oz to Freedom”. Just asking. I acquired a Steel Reserve 211 42 oz in a plastic bottle for a cheap price at the neighborhood supermarket. Still no convincing reason why I take the malt liquor route when I do. Saying that, 211 is going to have a tall hill to climb behind OE 800. The requisite brown bag at hand I undo the cap. I take a smell for the heck of it. Hmm, malt liquor. And a drink. Actually not bad, grain, corn, water, no surprises. It lacks the little sweetness that 800 has but still decent in my book. 8.1% abv. Haters need to grade on the curve.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Oct 2018
at 23:02
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
24 ounce can into lager glass, best before 10/22/2018. Pours fairly crystal clear deep golden amber color with a 1 finger fairly dense and rocky white head with great retention, that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of cracker, corn, white bread dough, lightly toasted biscuit, light honey/nutty, and mild herbal/grassy earthiness. A bit of fruity aromas, but not too overwhelming. Okay aromas with pale malt/corn and mild earthy hop notes; with decent strength. Taste of cracker, corn, white bread dough, lightly toasted biscuit, light honey/nutty, and mild herbal/grassy earthiness. Mild herbal, grassy, spicy bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of cracker, corn, white bread dough, lightly toasted biscuit, light honey/nutty, and mild herbal/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Nice robustness of pale malt/corn and mild earthy hop flavors; with a nice malt/bitterness balance; and zero cloying/astringent flavors after the finish. Very clean on lager flavors, with minimal fruity notes present. Lightly increasing dryness from lingering bitterness and spicy alcohol. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy/bread, and lightly sticky mouthfeel that is nice. Mildly increasing warmth of 8.1% after the finish. Overall this is a pretty good malt liquor. All around good robustness of pale malt/corn and mild earthy hop flavors; very smooth and easy to drink for the ABV; with the mildly bitter/drying finish. Clean and nicely rich barely/grain flavors, with mild earthy hop balance. Not overdone on corn adjuncts. A nicely enjoyable offering, and well made style example as expected. --- Beer merged from original tick of Steel Reserve 211 High Gravity Lager on 18 Jun 2018 at 21:30 - Score: 6. Original review text: Pretty good. Cracker/corn/white bread dough/biscuit; lt toast/honey/nutty/herbal/grass. Mild bitter. Creamy/bready med body. Lt bitter/spicy alcohol drying. Mild increasing warmth. Very clean lager flavors. Very drinkable, no cloying. Tasty/enjoyable.
Tried
from Can
on 18 Jun 2018
at 23:41
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5
You know I'm desperate when I resort to drinking things like this, but it seems that InBev owns all the bars in Kauai, so this is it. Can from ABC Wailua consumed at my AirBnB. Clear yellow color big fluffy white head. Sweet cereal aroma. Taste is watery yet boozy cheerios.
Tried
from Can
on 07 Nov 2017
at 01:20
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Can from MacBoost the biggest bender in Rochester during Chelada welfare session; clear amber pour with a thin white head, aroma has sweet malts, taste has works well with the Bingo Hame putrid garbage vibe, excellent stuff.
Tried
from Can
on 21 Oct 2017
at 12:20
3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 1
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 3
Aroma of rotting cabbage, cardboard, paint thinner. At least it has some modest head and a golden body with lots of soda pop carbonation. The flavour is corn and rice adjuncts but when drank cold the alochol is hard to pinpoint. The silver lining in this otherwisen train wreck, quite frankly.
Tried
on 02 Oct 2017
at 21:25
2.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3
Flavor 2
Texture 2
Overall 2.5
So figured since I’m staying here for my silly style chasing goals it’s finally time to push malt liquor to 15. Grabbed from a gas station. Deepe orange gold. Nose is rich high fructose corn syrup. Tastes the same corny, sugar, malt, hint of artificial fruit. Really bad
Tried
on 09 Jun 2017
at 23:16