Review of Nighthawk Premium Malt Liquor
Posted By Ken Monday, 08 November 2010 22:51
Ah, yes, another malt review. This one is particularly pleasing to me as this is one that I heard about back shortly after we started this site. Maybe it was the name, I don't know, but something made me want to get a hold of this one to try. After all this time, the time finally arrived the other night to break into this thing. Read on and see if waiting a few years to find and try this was worthwhile or not.
Ken's Review
Taste: B Well, this one was a little hard to balance a grade on. I say that because initially the taste of this one was surprisingly decent. It had a bit of a bubbly taste to it and seemed a little more watered-down almost than most malts we've had. The latter side of this rating is that you really have to get this stuff down and not let it sit because it starts flying south (get it) really quick once it has a chance to get some air into the bottle. Poor advice, I know, but if you want the best taste out of this chug it.
Packaging: A The packaging of Nighthawk is one that is a blend of awesome and confusing at the same time. At the top of the label it reads "Rule the Night". Yeah, I don't know if you will be ruling the night. But anyway. Nighthawk is in big letters in a font that I don't know what the hell it is. The main part of the label shows a kind of run-down like city in the background with a giant hawk that appears to be clutching a blue brain looking thing that is in the lower right corner. As if that weren't odd enough, there are 2 bundles of wheat on either side of the city scene. "Premium Malt Liquor" is below that, and a small "NH" in the dead-center bottom. Overall, very strange but somewhat bad ass at the same time.
Value: B I think I overheard this was bought for about $1.75 for the 40. For one that actually had some drinkability to it, can't complain too much on this price. Pretty average for a malt, and why not put it towards something that isn't total swill?
Drunkeness: C+ The Nighthawk fails miserably in this arena for a couple reasons. I will say that I could not track down a solid ABV for this one online, and it's not on the bottle. One site claimed 5.5%, and another said the Nighthawk Ice (where the fuck can I find THIS?!?!?) is 5.9%. By malt standards, completely weak. The second reason why drunkeness gets a low score can be found in the Overall rating of Nighthawk.
Overall: B So while the Nighthawk adventure wasn't a raging success, I will say it was good to try this and add the bottle to my growing 40 collection. The only thing I will really warn, and it poses a massive catch-22 when it comes to the taste description, is that it does not take long for this stuff to give you a nice headache. Even the next day I was feeling a little bit of the night before, and I had maybe a grand total of 1/5 of the 40. So be careful. It isn't strong in content, but will definitely unleash the talons on you without you knowing it.