Hurricane High Gravity

[Patchez]

So high gravity = high ABV?

a good amount of craft brews are high ABV. Think barleywine...12 to 16% ABV. Mmmmmmmmm.

[Sgt. HSA]

Look what you made me do

Always glad to be a bad influence. You should have gone for the double malt.

I might add, I do believe it was you who re-introduced me to the 40s some years back.

[booznik]

Hurricane HG, having this now, in a silver 25oz can that proudly announces "ONE EXTRA OUNCE" at the top. This brew shall never see the inside of a glass. $1.99 at the ol' 7-Eleven.

Not bad for a malt likker, I'd say. A side of brandy helps kill any aftertaste. In any case, Steel Reserve has more flavor, but this is quite a bit smoother. They have tamed the fusels pretty well.

Knowing what I was in for, I got this freezer-ice-cold first.

[Lush City]

Hurricane is more palatable than Steel Reserve. Less alcohol so what? Just drink more of it.

[booznik]

Hurricane is more palatable than Steel Reserve. Less alcohol so what? Just drink more of it.

Hurricane and Steel Reserve both have "normal" versions. The High Gravity versions are each 8.1% (Hurricane HG was a copycat response to the runaway success of SR HG).

I haven't seen the normal versions of either in the wild here. Everyone wants the hard stuff. Another random fact about SR HG is that you can get it in normal 12-packs of 12oz cans in the supermarket, perpetually on sale for around $9. At $0.75 per can (before tax) + 8.1% abv, this makes it one of the cheapest drunks around. The smaller cans can be kept ice cold without going warm, making them the discriminating malt liquor drinker's choice (as opposed to the forty-pounding proletariat).

Protip: Never drink a real beer with any detectable level of hops and then a Steel Reserve. Hughhhhghghh! Travel in the opposite direction only.

[oettinger]

$0.75 per can (before tax)

Wow that`s a lot, wake me up at half the price and we talk cheap fill round here.
They will try to raise it here to those inhuman levels too though

[booznik]

$0.75 per can (before tax)

Wow that`s a lot, wake me up at half the price and we talk cheap fill round here.
They will try to raise it here to those inhuman levels too though

Are we talking 8.1% though? If so, you should stop drinking the canned kerosene. That's for camping lanterns, you know.

[oettinger]

$0.75 per can (before tax)

Wow that`s a lot, wake me up at half the price and we talk cheap fill round here.
They will try to raise it here to those inhuman levels too though

Are we talking 8.1% though? If so, you should stop drinking the canned kerosene. That's for camping lanterns, you know.

Alright you got me there, shame on me!
Fun thing is that the most commen cheap beer in germany is in fact from czech republic as all of you know Plisner.
For high gravity purposes we use calrsberg`s elephant beer. Too spicy for my pilsner tounge, hmm pilsner...

[booznik]

Fun thing is that the most commen cheap beer in germany is in fact from czech republic as all of you know Plisner.
For high gravity purposes we use calrsberg`s elephant beer. Too spicy for my pilsner tounge, hmm pilsner...

Pilsner, Pilsner. Czech Pilsner, German Pilsner, Dutch Pilsner, Belgian Pilsner, craft American Pilsner... they are all welcome here in the land of warm weather.

The Elephant is widely stocked here, but for some reason, I never see people buying it.

[booznik]

$0.75 per can (before tax)

Wow that`s a lot, wake me up at half the price and we talk cheap fill round here.
They will try to raise it here to those inhuman levels too though

Are we talking 8.1% though? If so, you should stop drinking the canned kerosene. That's for camping lanterns, you know.

Just to point out another difference, cans are 355ml here as opposed to 330ml in Europe. In the case of a 12-pack, the difference gets you nearly an extra Euro can for free.

That's enough math for now. More drinking.

[Lush City]

Talk about fortified beers, there was a brand in S. Africa called 'Sportsman's Lager' back in the mid '70's. To this day I still remember it's crispness and potent punch and drinkability. I'm still looking for the same effect today at no avail. Instead I've become a real pilsner fan except for Pilsner Urquell the Czech Republic fave. It was a little funky for my palette.

[booznik]

Talk about fortified beers, there was a brand in S. Africa called 'Sportsman's Lager' back in the mid '70's. To this day I still remember it's crispness and potent punch and drinkability. I'm still looking for the same effect today at no avail. Instead I've become a real pilsner fan except for Pilsner Urquell the Czech Republic fave. It was a little funky for my palette.

Wow. Now rare enough to constitute a $40 beer can.

Apparently, they used to sponsor a lot of auto racing. Found some pics of their logo plastered all over race cars from the 70s.

[oettinger]

their logo plastered all over race cars from the 70s.

Sure that wasn`t vomit?

[Lush City]

Talk about fortified beers, there was a brand in S. Africa called 'Sportsman's Lager' back in the mid '70's. To this day I still remember it's crispness and potent punch and drinkability. I'm still looking for the same effect today at no avail. Instead I've become a real pilsner fan except for Pilsner Urquell the Czech Republic fave. It was a little funky for my palette.

Wow. Now rare enough to constitute a $40 beer can.

Apparently, they used to sponsor a lot of auto racing. Found some pics of their logo plastered all over race cars from the 70s.

Dood, you are taunting me. My chops are now watering. It is currently unavailable according to the website. I can only fantasize now my younger days. Pardon me while I go weep in private...

[booznik]

Dood, you are taunting me. My chops are now watering. It is currently unavailable according to the website. I can only fantasize now my younger days. Pardon me while I go weep in private...

Well dammit, I didn't mean to be so cruel. Accept this offering of mango chutney chicken on rice in compensation.

With Mr. Stig talking about his casino days, I'm suddenly thinking about the film Croupier.

Also: Biltong is the bomb. I have a source. They ship. I'll spill, if that stuff floats your boat. Actually, they have tons of nostaligic SA items, although Sportsman is off the menu due to being long gone.