Black-bottled straw-cleared lager considered a malt liquor due to its sneaky 6.9% alcohol astringency, slick pale malting and syrupy corn sugaring. Acrid lemony hop spritz and salty snip contrast murky caramel sweetness. Betters most malt liquors, for sure.

Disgusting straw pale malt liquor places sour yeast pungency above cloying corn-sugared malts, spoiled lemon skunking and acrid maize-oiled sinew. Buttery dimethyl sulfide nastiness infects cabbage-smeared cat urine follow-up and cheap vodka reminder. Offensive mass produced  India brew gains nasty cider-soured burnt rubber splotch at scabrous finish.

Muted sweet malt aroma, soft-bodied watery consistency, and corn sugar dalliance counter tamped down hop frolic to salted butter finish. Better than all urban-marketed malt liquors.

Brutal 8.5% alcohol-smitten lager better defined as rancid malt liquor with harsh astringency countering cloying corn sugar detriment. Stale dry finish and soapy maize aftertaste further disturb. Priced right for a cheap buzz.

Nasty corn oil aroma suits cheap crystal malt saturation and cloying ginger ale flow. Heady alcohol subsidy soaks up syrupy corn-sugared buttered popcorn illusions.

Innovative brewer takes on uniquely challenging goal of making worthy malt liquor (sans customary nasty alcohol astringency) from gourmet milled corn. Encased in a paper bag, this massive plastic-capped 40-ounce bomber bottle contains well-balanced honeyed liquid securing sugar caned caramelized oat frontage. Secondary red cherry, bruised orange, and overripe grape concision backs thin barleywine illusion subtly embittered by floral hop spicing.

Pungent malted grains, grassy wheat, and sourdough yeast coalesce for strong musk-like alcohol astringency. Animated hops re-enforce grain barrier, embittering the coarsening finish quite well. Picture at www.crowncaps.org

Tame sugar malt inertia and sweetened barley oats signify front end of mild ale. Delicate butterscotch-kissed finish retains functional creamy fizz.

Not as alcohol-laden as cheaper urban marketed mass produced malt liquors. Instead, unassuming translucent straw-hued medium body brings creamy butterscotch twist to corn sugar malting and lime-y hop-blotched raisin-tangerine prickle. Sweet barley-wheat base upholds citric-hazed horizon.