Review of Evil Eye High Gravity Lager
Posted By Ken Sunday, 15 August 2010 15:30
This is the second in the line of four malts we have/had to try and review. And it is one of those that based solely on the name was a must-try for us. I know they say that you shouldn't judge a book by its cover, but no one ever said don't just alcohol by its packaging. At least, I don't think anyone ever did. Anyway, this is another one that Cari was awesome enough to find at a liquor store and bring back for us to try and review. Read on to see if this was appropriately named, or if there really is a reason you don't judge alcohol by its packaging.
Ken's Review
Taste: C- I don't know that I would go as far to say that Evil Eye malt liquor is in any way "evil". However, it was not good. This malt had the overwhelming skanky malt taste to it, and also left a not-so-pleasant aftertaste. You could say the initial split-second wasn't that bad, but quickly goes into an abyss of malty harshness. The only reason the grading on taste didn't go lower was because it didn't fall anywhere in, say, the Axe Head range of shit-awful taste.
Packaging: B The packaging on Evil Eye is pretty basic. You got a pitch black label, with two glowing green eyes on the front. Above that is "Evil Eye" in a sort of comic-book style demon font of some kind, with the words "Ojo Malo" underneath, which essentially means "Evil Eye" in Spanish since this is a Mexican malt. Cool packaging, yes, but nothing too original about it.
Value: C I think Cari got the 40 ouncer for around $2.00. For the "quality" of this malt, definitely not worth even that much. Put your $2 to another malt use unless you are a fan of the pungent tasting malts.
Drunkeness: A In about the only area that Evil Eye shines, this malt comes in at a solid 10% alcohol content. It is, after all, a High Gravity, so it isn't fucking around on content. I guess if you can get past the taste in an effort to get plastered fast, this may be a choice you are willing to make, but God help you the next day is all I'm going to say.
Overall: C+ .Even with the packaging and the alcohol content, I just cannot in all fairness give this an overall rating of anything higher than this. I may be cutting slack here, but I think this grade is fair. It is a little tough to find, so from that standpoint it gains a point or two in my book, but in the realm of malt liquors, of which there are too few varieties to choose from nowadays, it is pretty bad. Go elsewhere.