Bought a can of Earthquake High Gravity 12.0

I "like" the way City Brewing's website doesn't list any of the beers they brew. I had the 12.0 and it was disgusting.

 

Contract brewers is what City Brewing is.

 

It could be an old can but in the overall picture, it doesn't matter much. Fresh or old, it's going to be a near/drain pour for most discerning tastes.

 

Drink it and let us know how great it is already!

 

You should never attempt to drink this horse piss swill. Quite possibly the most undrinkable, nastiest beer I've ever had the displeasure of drinking. I only had a couple dollars left on my beer budget so I thought, sweet 12% big ass can, let's do it. Oh my, huge mistake...I had to put it back in the freezer a couple times just so I could finish it. There is no proper way to define the nastiness this "beer" becomes as it warms...undrinkable. On the rare occasion I'm looking for a cheap, corner store ice bin beer I will go with Steel Reserve. Still a pretty nasty beer but as long as it's cold it's still ten times better than Earthquake.

 

...I must have this...

 

That is one of the worst beers I have ever had, absolutely disgusting. I think I still have a can or two left in my fridge in case some moochers stop over, that's about the only thing that beer is good for, that and waking up naked in a dumpster.

 

Earthquake High Gravity is owned by Phusion Projects, LLC, using the dba of the Drink Four Brewing Co. - marketers of Four Loko. City Brewing Co. is just the contract brewer. According to BA's rules about listing contract beers, it shouldn't be listed under City at all.

 

As I understand it, they didn't stop brewing it, only reduced the abv down to 8.1%, some time late last year. (I imagine that City puts some sort of date on their canned products, probably Julian coded).
These folks would know:

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Drink Four Brewing Co.​

1658 N Milwaukee Ave. Suite 424​

Chicago, Illinois 60647​

 

Yeah there had been a thread about it a while back, then re-formulated to make it taste better. It wasn't too bad cold, but as others have lead on it was terrible as it warmed up. My brother and I split one back at Christmas as a joke. Wanted to get one to age to see if it would improve at all, but they must all be gone by now. :-)

 

What you really need to do is track down some Hurricane High Gravity and do a side by side blind taste test. Make sure to take good notes and post your findings to help the community figure out which is the preferred high gravity lager!

 

Can and will do...