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Post by Roquefort Raider on Feb 19, 2018 6:20:18 GMT -5
Let's talk about "forties" or a "forty-ounce" -- Malt Liquor. This seems like a very American drink to me and something I'll definitely want to try when I visit the U.S. in the summer. So, what's it like and what are the classic brands of "forties"? This post is the first time I ever heard of malt liquor! I had to google it to find out more. Thanks for contributing to my education!
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Post by brutalis on Feb 19, 2018 8:00:36 GMT -5
Let's talk about "forties" or a "forty-ounce" -- Malt Liquor. This seems like a very American drink to me and something I'll definitely want to try when I visit the U.S. in the summer. So, what's it like and what are the classic brands of "forties"? Ahhhh, Fortie's are the American working class version of the British Pint. Take a regular beer, infuse or ferment by adding more corn, rice or dextrose to sweeten up and increase the alcohol content. Foreunner of the flavored Hard Ale's of today. Most are NOT very tasty IMO as they are so quickly mass produced and aimed at the ethnic and poor as a cheaper alternative drink. Buy a Forty ounce Malt Liquor instead of a six-pack of beer and get a quicker buzz for less money. And a longer hangover with splendid bed spins!
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Post by Confessor on Feb 19, 2018 8:54:14 GMT -5
Let's talk about "forties" or a "forty-ounce" -- Malt Liquor. This seems like a very American drink to me and something I'll definitely want to try when I visit the U.S. in the summer. So, what's it like and what are the classic brands of "forties"? Ahhhh, Fortie's are the American working class version of the British Pint. Take a regular beer, infuse or ferment by adding more corn, rice or dextrose to sweeten up and increase the alcohol content. Foreunner of the flavored Hard Ale's of today. Most are NOT very tasty IMO as they are so quickly mass produced and aimed at the ethnic and poor as a cheaper alternative drink. Buy a Forty ounce Malt Liquor instead of a six-pack of beer and get a quicker buzz for less money. And a longer hangover with splendid bed spins! Does it taste like beer?
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Post by brutalis on Feb 19, 2018 8:55:30 GMT -5
Ahhhh, Fortie's are the American working class version of the British Pint. Take a regular beer, infuse or ferment by adding more corn, rice or dextrose to sweeten up and increase the alcohol content. Foreunner of the flavored Hard Ale's of today. Most are NOT very tasty IMO as they are so quickly mass produced and aimed at the ethnic and poor as a cheaper alternative drink. Buy a Forty ounce Malt Liquor instead of a six-pack of beer and get a quicker buzz for less money. And a longer hangover with splendid bed spins! Does it taste like beer? Yes it does, just a bit sweeter or sour depending on your taste buds.
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Post by Icctrombone on Feb 19, 2018 9:09:58 GMT -5
Let's talk about "forties" or a "forty-ounce" -- Malt Liquor. This seems like a very American drink to me and something I'll definitely want to try when I visit the U.S. in the summer. So, what's it like and what are the classic brands of "forties"? As a youngin' I used to share the colt 45 on the street corners with my friends. I'm not proud.
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Post by The Captain on Feb 19, 2018 9:42:53 GMT -5
Let's talk about "forties" or a "forty-ounce" -- Malt Liquor. This seems like a very American drink to me and something I'll definitely want to try when I visit the U.S. in the summer. So, what's it like and what are the classic brands of "forties"? As a youngin' I used to share the colt 45 on the street corners with my friends. I'm not proud. This may become my new signature quote. It strikes me as both funny and refreshingly honest.
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Post by Icctrombone on Feb 19, 2018 9:56:47 GMT -5
It was the desire to fit in because it tastes like piss water.
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Post by Cei-U! on Feb 19, 2018 10:06:45 GMT -5
Beer snobbery has always amused me. Back in my college days, the same people who turned up their noses at malt liquor had no trouble choking down swill like Mickey's or Brew 102. I drank lots o' beers (good ones, bad ones, and crimes against humanity) back in the bad old days. Now, just the smell makes me nauseous.
Cei-U! I summon the serenity prayer!
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Post by The Captain on Feb 19, 2018 10:14:23 GMT -5
I've never had a 40 in my life.
As for beer, I can probably count on two hands the number of them I drink each year. While I used to be able to throw them down with the best of them (except my dad, who's a hardcore alcoholic), the taste just doesn't appeal to me any more. These days, I'm all about the hard ciders and even hard ginger beer (which will put you on your ass real fast if you don't pace yourself).
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Feb 19, 2018 10:58:33 GMT -5
I've never actually seen anyone drink malt liqour. I see a few in stores but I've never seen anyone drink one. It's just not a thing in Idaho.
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Post by DE Sinclair on Feb 19, 2018 12:04:09 GMT -5
Beer snobbery has always amused me. Back in my college days, the same people who turned up their noses at malt liquor had no trouble choking down swill like Mickey's or Brew 102. I drank lots o' beers (good ones, bad ones, and crimes against humanity) back in the bad old days. Now, just the smell makes me nauseous. Cei-U! I summon the serenity prayer! There's certainly no end of snobbery for any variety of things, beer, wine, coffee, food, etc. Most of it is people just trying prove how much better and more sophisticated they are than you. I'm not a big beer expert by any means either, though I do occasionally enjoy a good, mass produced, red one like Killians Irish Red, which isn't even really Irish, it's brewed by Coors. Though my biggest problem is if I buy a six pack I don't finish it in time before it goes bad. But it's really good for cooking brats in.
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Post by hondobrode on Feb 19, 2018 12:40:00 GMT -5
Beer snobbery has always amused me. Back in my college days, the same people who turned up their noses at malt liquor had no trouble choking down swill like Mickey's or Brew 102. I drank lots o' beers (good ones, bad ones, and crimes against humanity) back in the bad old days. Now, just the smell makes me nauseous. Cei-U! I summon the serenity prayer! I don't know about Brew 102, but Mickey's is malt liquor. In fact, it's the first malt liquor I ever drank back in college. For you guys out of country, it's very similar to beer, or a domestic pilsner that is, except with the higher alcohol content giving it a little more bite. Malt liquors are indeed marketed to the poor as they give more bang for the buck. It's funny this came up. An African-American co-worker, who works the midnight shift with me and another guy, was just trying to get us to all get a Hurricane each to ride out the last hour while we were waiting for the phone to ring. This was an hour after the supervisor had left. Sure it's part of America, but hardly anyone I know drinks it regularly. They, like I, will drink it if someone suggests it more as a dare than anything.
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Post by Confessor on Feb 19, 2018 13:22:21 GMT -5
As a youngin' I used to share the colt 45 on the street corners with my friends. I'm not proud. Sure it's part of America, but hardly anyone I know drinks it regularly. They, like I, will drink it if someone suggests it more as a dare than anything. I understood "fortie's" to be something that young (possibly underage) Americans would drink at parties or something that was popular in the black urban community, rather than it being a sophisticated national tipple. I had sort of gathered that it was a fairly cheap drink, but I still want to try it. Would they serve bottles of it in dive bars or is it only available from convenience stores?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2018 14:05:33 GMT -5
I haven't had a beer in 30 years and every time I touch any alcohol/wine/etc ... it's gives me a headache that you've can't believe and due to my body chemistry and all that ... I have been sober for a very long time.
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Post by Søren on Feb 19, 2018 14:34:44 GMT -5
I hate the taste of beer and most alcohol lol think was only one in my entire year group at college that rather stay at home and watch tv or read then go to a bar
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