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Earthquake High Gravity Lager (12%)
City Brewing Company, LLC
- From:
- City Brewing Company, LLC
- Wisconsin, United States
- Style:
- Malt Liquor
- ABV:
- 12%
- Score:
- 48
- Avg:
- 1.69 | pDev: 47.34%
- Reviews:
- 53
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Dec 07, 2019
- Added:
- Jul 12, 2009
- Wants:
- 7
- Gots:
- 9
No description / notes.
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Ratings by emerge077:
Reviewed by emerge077 from Illinois
1.03/5 rDev -39.1%
look: 1.5 | smell: 1 | taste: 1 | feel: 1 | overall: 1
1.03/5 rDev -39.1%
look: 1.5 | smell: 1 | taste: 1 | feel: 1 | overall: 1
Nothing says "happy thanksgiving" like shitty malt liquor!
Poured into a mug, it's a dark urine gold orange. Rapid club soda carbonation, bubbles clinging to the sides, despite a thorough glass rinsing. Audibly crackling fizz, thin layer of white foam that leaves behind a feeble scab of skim floating on the surface. Looks like carbonated apple juice.
Reeks of fusel alcohol, grape/apple juice, and envelope glue. Sickly sweet, sharp, and stomach-turning. Pure malaise in a can.
Sweet, green apple jolly rancher flavor, solvent fumes, blatant alcohol, astringent as hell. The tongue numbs on impact. Alcoholic, carbonated grape juice. Harsh finish that lingers, bitter apple seeds, slick with an alcohol burn that's rough and nasty. This is only a feasible drink when partially frozen, and only when down on your luck, out on the curb. Truly the bottom of the barrel. This is probably among the worst, if not the worst beer i've ever drank.
Nov 25, 2011Poured into a mug, it's a dark urine gold orange. Rapid club soda carbonation, bubbles clinging to the sides, despite a thorough glass rinsing. Audibly crackling fizz, thin layer of white foam that leaves behind a feeble scab of skim floating on the surface. Looks like carbonated apple juice.
Reeks of fusel alcohol, grape/apple juice, and envelope glue. Sickly sweet, sharp, and stomach-turning. Pure malaise in a can.
Sweet, green apple jolly rancher flavor, solvent fumes, blatant alcohol, astringent as hell. The tongue numbs on impact. Alcoholic, carbonated grape juice. Harsh finish that lingers, bitter apple seeds, slick with an alcohol burn that's rough and nasty. This is only a feasible drink when partially frozen, and only when down on your luck, out on the curb. Truly the bottom of the barrel. This is probably among the worst, if not the worst beer i've ever drank.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by baitcastman from Pennsylvania
3.05/5 rDev +80.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3
3.05/5 rDev +80.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3
I tried this beer today and it really wasn't my flavor, too fruity/citrusy for my taste. I gave it a overall 3 rating but it really was a tick less than that. Felt good on my tongue (carbonation wise) even though it pours without a head. Pouring it into a glass it just did not have the smell a really good beer should have. At first after taste is what really gave it less than a 3 rating.
Dec 07, 2019Reviewed by Txmtnbiker from Texas
1/5 rDev -40.8%
look: 1 | smell: 1 | taste: 1 | feel: 1 | overall: 1
1/5 rDev -40.8%
look: 1 | smell: 1 | taste: 1 | feel: 1 | overall: 1
Ok ok I know what anyone would say why the FK would you, well just had gotten over the flu and my little brother had this in his house so I cracked it open! lmao empty stomach that $hit hit me so fast lmao naaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaasty bottom shelf garbage!
But it was strong too had a buzz shortly so I will put 10 of these cans in my boats cooler for Memorical day's party boating on lake texoma for unsuspecting drinkers who grab from my cooler muahahahahaha
Apr 13, 2018But it was strong too had a buzz shortly so I will put 10 of these cans in my boats cooler for Memorical day's party boating on lake texoma for unsuspecting drinkers who grab from my cooler muahahahahaha
Rated by PatrickDavison from Iowa
5/5 rDev +195.9%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
5/5 rDev +195.9%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
Best beer in the world. Makes you do silly things.
Mar 16, 2018Rated by Big_Mazz
1.03/5 rDev -39.1%
look: 1 | smell: 1 | taste: 1 | feel: 1.25 | overall: 1
1.03/5 rDev -39.1%
look: 1 | smell: 1 | taste: 1 | feel: 1.25 | overall: 1
Tastes like pure gasoline, just awful
Apr 21, 2015Reviewed by Lordhelmit from North Carolina
2.05/5 rDev +21.3%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1.25 | overall: 2.25
2.05/5 rDev +21.3%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1.25 | overall: 2.25
10.0% variety 24oz can
A - pours a light, pale yellow like light apple juice. Pours with thin white head which dissipates instantly. 2 minutes after pour not even a small thin head. Absolutely no lacing.
S - smells like a citrus cleaning product. Bitter apple. Definitely a citrus-y nose.
T - rotting apples as someone else said is a perfectg description. really not all that bad tho once you're halfway through. Taste better in a glass than a can.
M - watery thin. high cRBONation
O - yuck. $1.59 for 24oz at 10.0abv it gets its job done
Jul 25, 2014A - pours a light, pale yellow like light apple juice. Pours with thin white head which dissipates instantly. 2 minutes after pour not even a small thin head. Absolutely no lacing.
S - smells like a citrus cleaning product. Bitter apple. Definitely a citrus-y nose.
T - rotting apples as someone else said is a perfectg description. really not all that bad tho once you're halfway through. Taste better in a glass than a can.
M - watery thin. high cRBONation
O - yuck. $1.59 for 24oz at 10.0abv it gets its job done
Reviewed by eodiv from Ohio
2.71/5 rDev +60.4%
look: 2 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3
2.71/5 rDev +60.4%
look: 2 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3
Here in Ohio we get the 10% variety so I'm not sure how much that makes a difference.
Anyway.
You should know what you're getting into when you pop an Earthquake. This isn't a beer to be enjoyed, this is a beer to make you want to fist fight telephone poles and it does it's job.
It's much sweeter than its malt lager brethren which makes it a bit easier to stomach but it's still pretty harsh. Drink one on a dare or if you are on a super low budget looking to catch a buzz.
Mar 30, 2014Anyway.
You should know what you're getting into when you pop an Earthquake. This isn't a beer to be enjoyed, this is a beer to make you want to fist fight telephone poles and it does it's job.
It's much sweeter than its malt lager brethren which makes it a bit easier to stomach but it's still pretty harsh. Drink one on a dare or if you are on a super low budget looking to catch a buzz.
Reviewed by DannyDan from Michigan
1.85/5 rDev +9.5%
look: 1.5 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2
1.85/5 rDev +9.5%
look: 1.5 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2
Pours out an amber hue with a thin white head that leaves no lacing or retention. The smell is of alcohol, rotting apples, rotting corn and mildew. The taste is lots of alcohol, spoiled corn and sweet malts that leave a bad aftertaste in the mouth. The mouthfeel is burning alcohol and an unpleasant feel on the tongue. This $1.30 for a 24 oz. can was one of the worse beers I ever tasted and will never buy it again.
Serving type: can
Jan 21, 2013Serving type: can
Earthquake High Gravity Lager (12%) from City Brewing Company, LLC
Beer rating:
48 out of
100 with
77 ratings
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