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Hurricane Malt Liquor
Anheuser-Busch
- From:
- Anheuser-Busch
- Missouri, United States
- Style:
- Malt Liquor
Ranked #49 - ABV:
- 6%
- Score:
- 52
Ranked #28,561 - Avg:
- 2.04 | pDev: 40.69%
- Reviews:
- 92
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jan 04, 2024
- Added:
- Aug 01, 2002
- Wants:
- 8
- Gots:
- 42
Hurricane Malt Liquor is full-bodied and robust and offers a smooth, slightly fruity and slightly sweet taste.
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Ratings by Beerandraiderfan:
Reviewed by Beerandraiderfan from Nevada
1.5/5 rDev -26.5%
look: 1.5 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 1.5
1.5/5 rDev -26.5%
look: 1.5 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 1.5
Brutal concentrated urine color, no head, just rough adjunct malt liquor appearance. Aroma was largely alcohol and corny sweetness with the addition of some of the fragrance from a garage that specializes in doing car repairs/maintenance.
Very thin body, rawkus taste, alcohol so pronounced. Residual corn sweetness only seems to further contribute to the rough experience. No hops. Like drinking that corn based ethanol. 85 Octane. Carbonation is high, which usually can help alleviate a horrible taste from resonating too long, but here, it just seems like you get all the crap stuck in your sinus cavity because of it. The taste permeates your whole face and torso.
This is one of the tougher challenges to choke down.
Jun 21, 2011Very thin body, rawkus taste, alcohol so pronounced. Residual corn sweetness only seems to further contribute to the rough experience. No hops. Like drinking that corn based ethanol. 85 Octane. Carbonation is high, which usually can help alleviate a horrible taste from resonating too long, but here, it just seems like you get all the crap stuck in your sinus cavity because of it. The taste permeates your whole face and torso.
This is one of the tougher challenges to choke down.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by datstankadank from New Jersey
3.5/5 rDev +71.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.5/5 rDev +71.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
This is in no way an awful beer. These malt liquors, very hard to brew. Six, to sometimes almost seven or more alc % for a light tasting golden lager, that's quite a challenge for a brewer. Alcohol is extremely hard to hide in such a profile. This is a good example. Good beer for what it is
Jan 04, 2024Reviewed by brewme from Massachusetts
2/5 rDev -2%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2
2/5 rDev -2%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2
Had that one time at a party back in the day. I have had a wicked lot of beers from these guys, most of which are not at all good whatsoever, this included.
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Reviewed by md3kcn from North Carolina
1.85/5 rDev -9.3%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2
1.85/5 rDev -9.3%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2
Purchased as a single tall can from Exxon for $2.99. Poured into a nonic pint glass.
L - Clear goldenrod, with a minimal pale white head.
S - Slight ethanol on the nose. Corn flakes. Refined wheat.
T - Same as the aroma, but with a little bit of a metallic note (I'll blame it on the can). A little bit like dryer lint, as well.
F - Light-bodied, with plenty of carbonation. Really easy-to-drink, if you ignore the taste.
O - It's pretty bad, but one of the better macro malt liquors out there. Not as good as OE800, but better than Mickey's. I've had this before, but this is the only time I've gotten to actually give it a review. If you're pre-gaming before a big trip to a Goodwill to look for parts to build a space shuttle, this is the brew for you!
Apr 26, 2022L - Clear goldenrod, with a minimal pale white head.
S - Slight ethanol on the nose. Corn flakes. Refined wheat.
T - Same as the aroma, but with a little bit of a metallic note (I'll blame it on the can). A little bit like dryer lint, as well.
F - Light-bodied, with plenty of carbonation. Really easy-to-drink, if you ignore the taste.
O - It's pretty bad, but one of the better macro malt liquors out there. Not as good as OE800, but better than Mickey's. I've had this before, but this is the only time I've gotten to actually give it a review. If you're pre-gaming before a big trip to a Goodwill to look for parts to build a space shuttle, this is the brew for you!
Rated by BMBCLT from South Carolina
1.17/5 rDev -42.6%
look: 1.75 | smell: 1 | taste: 1.25 | feel: 1.25 | overall: 1
1.17/5 rDev -42.6%
look: 1.75 | smell: 1 | taste: 1.25 | feel: 1.25 | overall: 1
Drain-pour!
Jan 03, 2022Reviewed by officerbill from New York
3.12/5 rDev +52.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3.12/5 rDev +52.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
L: A very nice clear, hold with a hint of amber and a full white head that quickly dissolves into a thin ring and islands
S: corn, malts, no hops or off aromas
T: okay. a mild corn sweetness with some apple or pear, a bit of buttered biscuit, and the slightest hint of hops.
F: mildly carbonated, slightly sweet at the front of the swallow, fairly smooth going down, and leaving a very slight pepper on your tongue and a slightly bitter sweet aftertaste
O: this is the driest and lightest tasting on the malt liquors I've tried. You can tell it shares the AB bloodline, in a blind test Hurricane could easily be mistaken for one of the Budweiser or Busch beers. If you like Bud, you'll probably like Hurricane.
Oct 24, 2021S: corn, malts, no hops or off aromas
T: okay. a mild corn sweetness with some apple or pear, a bit of buttered biscuit, and the slightest hint of hops.
F: mildly carbonated, slightly sweet at the front of the swallow, fairly smooth going down, and leaving a very slight pepper on your tongue and a slightly bitter sweet aftertaste
O: this is the driest and lightest tasting on the malt liquors I've tried. You can tell it shares the AB bloodline, in a blind test Hurricane could easily be mistaken for one of the Budweiser or Busch beers. If you like Bud, you'll probably like Hurricane.
Reviewed by cjgiant from District of Columbia
2.38/5 rDev +16.7%
look: 2.75 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 2
2.38/5 rDev +16.7%
look: 2.75 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 2
The head fizzled away fairly quickly, but there are still a large amount of bubbles forming an rising to the top to quickly have their gas escape into the world.
The nose is a mix of malt and weak brown sugar sweetness and metallic medicinal notes that are filling in for hop bitterness in an unsuccessful attempt. It's actually somewhat off-putting.
Luckily, the taste avoids the aroma's pitfall. It's actually not that bad. It has a little bit of toast mixed in with the sweetness that it brings. And it's not overly sweet by any means. There's a generic bitterness that I might argue is slightly woody (maybe it had some contact with some beechwood chips). There's a slight unripe banana note in the aftertaste.
The nose hurts this a lot, and warmth isn't its friend. But there were some parts that weren't so bad. Drinking fairly cold was better.
Oct 22, 2021The nose is a mix of malt and weak brown sugar sweetness and metallic medicinal notes that are filling in for hop bitterness in an unsuccessful attempt. It's actually somewhat off-putting.
Luckily, the taste avoids the aroma's pitfall. It's actually not that bad. It has a little bit of toast mixed in with the sweetness that it brings. And it's not overly sweet by any means. There's a generic bitterness that I might argue is slightly woody (maybe it had some contact with some beechwood chips). There's a slight unripe banana note in the aftertaste.
The nose hurts this a lot, and warmth isn't its friend. But there were some parts that weren't so bad. Drinking fairly cold was better.
Reviewed by Buckeye55 from North Carolina
2/5 rDev -2%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2
2/5 rDev -2%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2
Another downer, I had its high gravity counterpart, and while it was below average, it was much closer to average than poor. This one is right at the 2 level that separates poor from terrible. Pours mostly clear yellow. Aroma is sweet and grainy, but something is off. Taste is sweet in an unpleasant way, not overly sweet, just not a good sweet.
Jan 03, 2020Reviewed by nosuchluck from Pennsylvania
2.19/5 rDev +7.4%
look: 2 | smell: 1.75 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.25
2.19/5 rDev +7.4%
look: 2 | smell: 1.75 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.25
This is by no means a great beer, but it is my preferred (lol) malt liquor! 25 oz can, ice cold, goes down smooth and easy. 2 cans for $3 at the local Weis... SOLD!
Seriously, it's malt liquor- but in my opinion one of the better ones offered. Cheers!
Dec 14, 2019Seriously, it's malt liquor- but in my opinion one of the better ones offered. Cheers!
Reviewed by Bouleboubier from New Jersey
3.51/5 rDev +72.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
3.51/5 rDev +72.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
(40 oz, clear bottle, 'Category 5', 6% alc./vol., 18292 code... purchased cold, decanted into tulip)
L: crystal-clear, brassy-colored liquid, topped with loose, bouncy, off-white suds, which collapse in 2 min... actually several boogers of lace, gets chunkier with longer rings with each pour, also keeps a collar
S: dried grass, dried flowers, musty burlap/cardboard, soft hint of skunk; underlying hang of cereal-like graininess (Kix-forward), faint metallic overtone, dull presence of alcohol
T: dominant note front and center of a mildly-sweet hard candy with a dull citrus and/or butterscotch flavor - haven't tasted quite this shade of malt syrup-osity in any other malt liquor... kind of a champagne soda aftertaste, with a very delicate spicy phenol lingering, as well as a faint nutty husk note
F: with first pour, very little carbonation to excite the palate; even with subsequent pours kicking up a tall head, it doesn't translate to anything remotely prickly on the tongue... the body starts with a mild oily grip, but immediately thins out, leaving no impression of dimension... rather delicate warmth stirs after each sip
O: skunk not as bad as others... goes down pretty easy, and it grew on me, but I'd recommend drinking it colder to avoid the odd hard candy element - it's not that bizarre of a flavor for something like this, seemed to trail off, but lacks a secondary flavor to 'balance' it... at any rate, surprised at its relative quality - didn't intend to, but drank almost the whole bottle
Jun 19, 2019L: crystal-clear, brassy-colored liquid, topped with loose, bouncy, off-white suds, which collapse in 2 min... actually several boogers of lace, gets chunkier with longer rings with each pour, also keeps a collar
S: dried grass, dried flowers, musty burlap/cardboard, soft hint of skunk; underlying hang of cereal-like graininess (Kix-forward), faint metallic overtone, dull presence of alcohol
T: dominant note front and center of a mildly-sweet hard candy with a dull citrus and/or butterscotch flavor - haven't tasted quite this shade of malt syrup-osity in any other malt liquor... kind of a champagne soda aftertaste, with a very delicate spicy phenol lingering, as well as a faint nutty husk note
F: with first pour, very little carbonation to excite the palate; even with subsequent pours kicking up a tall head, it doesn't translate to anything remotely prickly on the tongue... the body starts with a mild oily grip, but immediately thins out, leaving no impression of dimension... rather delicate warmth stirs after each sip
O: skunk not as bad as others... goes down pretty easy, and it grew on me, but I'd recommend drinking it colder to avoid the odd hard candy element - it's not that bizarre of a flavor for something like this, seemed to trail off, but lacks a secondary flavor to 'balance' it... at any rate, surprised at its relative quality - didn't intend to, but drank almost the whole bottle
Reviewed by Tripel_Threat from Michigan
3.47/5 rDev +70.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.47/5 rDev +70.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Decent malt liquor. Picked up a six of pint cans while out of town. Aroma is sweet fruit and corn. Flavor tracks, with green apple and grape making an appearance, with a grassy finish. Cheap, easy drinking.
Jan 30, 2019Reviewed by Christian_William from Washington
4.37/5 rDev +114.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
4.37/5 rDev +114.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
My daily driver! Preferred beer in my book. I drink about 3 25oz cans a day. Don't know why i prefer over other beers. I dont get drunk on this beer. I don't know why my tollarence is so high.
Aug 23, 2018Reviewed by SugarShaneBarley from Idaho
3.73/5 rDev +82.8%
look: 2.75 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
3.73/5 rDev +82.8%
look: 2.75 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
Perfect if you want to get hammered (make sure to get the 40oz) Love the taste but it varies on bottle to bottle. Sometimes I’ll get one and it smells and tastes like cough syrup, probably due to too much bleach during the sterilization process. Other than that, in Idaho, the ABV is 8.1% but I’ve seen others like NY, LA, NC, and CA that are locked in at 5.9% - 6%. Great malt though. Definitely recommend you to try it if you’re wanting to get drunk.
Aug 20, 2018Reviewed by MetalRocker94 from Tennessee
4.7/5 rDev +130.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.75
4.7/5 rDev +130.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.75
Appearance- Nice Golden with a Very Thick White Head.
Aroma -Sweet, Malty, Corny, Ricey, Lots of White Breadiness, Low Hoppiness..not much.
Taste- Very Sweet, Malty, Corny, Ricey, White Breadiness, and Decent Hop Bite.
Mouthfeel-Light-Medium with a Light-Medium Body.
Overall- Its a great Malt Liquor to try from AB-InBev. A nice well rounded Beer Flavored Malt Liquor with a slight Fruity Note. Better than King Cobra in my opinion. Would recommend.
Dec 14, 2017Aroma -Sweet, Malty, Corny, Ricey, Lots of White Breadiness, Low Hoppiness..not much.
Taste- Very Sweet, Malty, Corny, Ricey, White Breadiness, and Decent Hop Bite.
Mouthfeel-Light-Medium with a Light-Medium Body.
Overall- Its a great Malt Liquor to try from AB-InBev. A nice well rounded Beer Flavored Malt Liquor with a slight Fruity Note. Better than King Cobra in my opinion. Would recommend.
Hurricane Malt Liquor from Anheuser-Busch
Beer rating:
52 out of
100 with
259 ratings
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