Cobra:
Hello ladies and germs and let's welcome me (and these reviews) back to the Lone Star State! So as promised during last night’s pirate beer review, we are back into the 40oz of freedom game and tonight with another convenience store staple: Anheuser-Busch’s King Cobra Malt Liquor. The beverage pours okay with a slight head of foam that loudly dissipates in about fifteen seconds flat and is still overly carbonated. The nose is one of mashed. over ripe bananas and undercooked bread dough (ok, first prize to King Cobra for actually SMELLING different than some of the others). Not surprisingly, there isn’t much room for taste or difference here or any malt liquor before it. The entire tasting process is that of a stale beer that’s still carbonated and a back end of hops and malts. Not the most desirable thing in the world but it’s got to appeal to someone, otherwise why would they continue to brew this stuff? As with the Steel Reserve, I’m now convinced that all malt beverages come from the same vat somewhere in America, they just let brewers buy barrels (I’m picturing oil drums) and then bottle it as they see fit. I won’t be surprised if tomorrows malt tastes just the same.