Bruz: Came home early from work to relax ("early" being a mere 9-5 workday) and cracked this while watching my taped copy of last night's Sopranos. It's got that basic "musty" malt taste. Christopher's new girl is kinda hot... damn... anyway, back to the brew at hand: Many would not like this flavor, but a seasoned malt gangsta like myself thinks it's a decent change from the usual OE/Colt flavor. It's dirtier... ballsier. But yet, not original. I wonder what the friggin' 11-11 means? So Tony's curb doggin' it with Christopher now - passin that wine bottle back n forth, screwin up his rehab. I love to see good old fashioned family bonding in today's society. Tony is an awesome business man. Now, back to the 40: I love me a nice cold 40oz. Ah, but I'm not a fan of watching Christopher fall back into the H... sigh... Yo, I love beer. But Tony's sister is the worst. The lion on this label is pretty cool. Maybe I'll get all the malt liquor animals tattooed on me, next to my Schlitz blue bull - I'll just steal 40oz Crew ImissMy64oz's idea, he won't mind. Speakin of tatts, my new tribal 40 tatt itches. Whoa, Paulie's wiggin out seein the Virgin Mary in Bada Bing! Just ate 3 slices of pizza & a salad (and 1 red spiced jelly bean) and am about to kill the swill. The swill's no prob. Slight heartburn, very minor buzz, and my girl just texted me with "I want u" - I wrote back "Then fucking take me". 6/10 swills. Much thanks out to neufutur for allowing me the opportunity to re-taste this liquor!

1/10/10 timmah1231: Chillin' in my new robe, watching Pulp Fiction. Excellent crack, decent hiss.

I'm about 2/3 down, watching the scene where Samuel L. Jackson and Travola are fuckin' up the group of burger-eating losers. Awesome scene. And awesome 40...a nice robust malt flavor, lacking the sweetness that some adjuncts give to other staple 40s like OE or KC. It's a nice change of pace...this 40 doesn't need to sweeten its raw malt flavor but still tastes great and very drinkable.

Watchin' the scene where Uma Thurman ODs on coke now, with about a tenth left. This 40 warms well...not too bad a swill. A bit sour, definitely has the old-carpet warm-beer bite, but smoother than some other 40s that taste like fermented Taco Bell vomit after losing their chill.

Buzz is decent, but taste is excellent. 7/10 swills.

12/7/09 40zForSatan: I got this one from detroit40ounce and I am so happy I did. I cracked this after a long day, I had been up for about 22 hours already and just got back home from a big potluck with my friends. This amazing 40 is EXACTLY what I needed. I cracked this open and took my first swill and it was just perfect. It blew me away how perfect this malt was in fact, I had to pour some out for my friend jake to try because I was in disbelief. I would drink this in heavy rotation, this would knock colt45 out of the rotation all together actually.

TASTE: 10/10
SWILL: 10/10
BUZZ: 6/10
LABEL: 8/10
OVERALL: 9/10

11/28/09 satan165: light corn aroma, appearance is standard urine. flavor is low on 'corn-sludge' quotient and somewhat crisp and drinkable. no outright noticeable QC/infection problems besides heavy handed use of adjuncts.

Aroma 3/10
Appearance 3/5
Flavor 4/10
Palate 2/5
Overall 10/20

10/19/09 40ozIsMyMiddleName: This was definitely a 40 I would not rip on the regular.

I have had two of these bad boys ever, and I felt like they were both skunked. The aftertaste was just real funky, nothing that will leave you with a smile.

I like the label on the bottle, but can't say much about the contents. I do wish the lion was bigger on the label.

I surprisingly found this 40 right down the street from my house up in midland, michigan. The store that had it always has a really bad inventory. Haven't seen it in there again besides the one time I found it. It is available in Saginaw in mainly every hood-ass liquor store though.

As I said before, not too crazy about this one. 4/10 overall.

9/13/09 havinafett: Got this from a friend of mine in Cleveland. I was really looking forward to drinking this after reading some of the reviews and seeing a few mention a similarity to Ice Man. This stuff was smooth from beginning to end. It definitely had a basic flavor to it but it wasn't the sweet malt flavor that something like Olde English or Colt 45 have. A dirtier malt flavor, but real nice. Honestly I don't even remember what Ice Man tasted like, just that I thought it was delicious... so who the hell knows. I did find myself thinking that it was similar to Coqui 900, another dirty but good one. Real basic, but in a different way (if that makes any sense.) Took my time drinking it but it still had a good flavor even at the end, which wasn't bad at all. Gave me a basic buzz, but again, not a bad thing.

Gotta give it an 8/10 for being dirty, yet delicious, and for the awesome label.

8/13/09 d07c0m: Thanks go out to nickmoulton on this ghetto piece of shit.

Nice crack and yadda yadda yadda.

Tasted like basic malt liquor. Comparable to Colt 45 in a way.

Very beer-like.

Soapy and watery.

Nice to drink a non-HG 40 for a change.

Glad to have the bottle, buzz is ok.

5/10

2/13/09 dj oe 800: boston40 hunter: word up. wild sounding crack. this tastes pretty good, a less-sweet (but not dry) initial taste that fades into a really inoffensive aftertaste. even the burps don't taste too offensive. reminds me of schlitz red bull, curiously enough. a less strong tasting red bull, almost. real solid, not too unique, but not boring or shitty either. the taste stays nice and consistent on the way down. i wanna make the label into a t-shirt so bad, but would feel like a poser in wearing it because i don't have regular access to the malt itself.

2/04/09 BigJandthe40: Big Ups to Nick the Main Man Moulton for this 40

I got this today in the mail, put it in the fridge after work and let it sit for a few hrs. I took this out at the start of the second quarter of the Warriors game. I knew I wanted to drink this in 10 so I got my camera out and filmed this shit and put it on the 40OZCREW Youtube page.

This bad boy was super smooth, went down with easy, very gentle malt, but it still pack a decent buzz. It always helps when you slam them in 10. If I was around this more I might not like it as much, but for a first go around I give this a 8.5/10 for taste and 7/10 for buzz for an overall 8/10.... I am still thirsty so I know I am going to the store to get another 4 so when I wake up with a hangover I am going to blame it on the 11-11 but in all fairness this malt is pretty damn good.

11/23/08 91firebird: First off many many thanks to the resident 40oz crew chef nickmoulton for the hookup on the Black Label 11-11

Kind of a weak crack but the rest of this experience was sublime. Shit was hella smooth from the beginning to the end. Tasted like a beer 40 all the way. Colt 45 is my go to malt but this is alot better by a long shot (those are some strong words people). It didn't have that dirty malt taste that you get in cheap malt liquors. My favorite 40 is Silver Thunder and this was almost as good. Smooth smooth smooth. Hands down one of the best 40's I've ever had. I wish I lived in MA as I would buy case after case of this and get shitfaced all the time lol. This was an awesome ass 40 and provided a great buzz. 10/10. Fuck it....11/11. Gotta keep with the Black Label theme here lol

Nick...you must have got a skunked one...this 40 is the shit.

11/18/08 nickmoulton: Paid 1.85 for this sonbitch
cracked while taking a duke that looked like snuffolufogus's nose

I forgot all about this 40, and let it sit on the floor for about 25 minutes before even taking a taste
I was typing emails and lost track of time
this 40 is real gross
- this has to be because of its semi-warm temperature, but god damn
This has a ton of malt flavor, musty tasting as fuck....im guessing around 6%

drinking this after dinner with the folks
I had a grown up grilled cheese which is a monstrous grilled cheese with ham and tomato, onion rings, and 3 grey goose and tonics
good thing for the stomach coating, otherwise this would be much more difficult.

the warmer this gets, the more I want to do some throw aps, but that not how i do
so here it goes

drank this bitch in about 8 minutes, shits gross, barely a buzz, but it adds a nice label to my collection
the lion is sweet

i love black label beer
i hate black label malt liquor

taste: 3/10
buzz: 4/10
overall: 5/10, only because I am sure it would be a little more tolerable if it were cold, however, I have no desire to drink this again

211 Swilla: I loved this 40 from 1st sip to last swill. This 40 is almost as good as colt 45 for taste. Yeah, i know thats a bold statement but I stand by it. The buzz is average, but I swilled it on an empty stomach so it hit hard. 7/10 swills - you should definitly try this 40.

AK40seven: Well this stuff is smooth, every bit the way I remembered. It is definitely not a high gravity, but every bit a malt liquor. I'd judge it to be a mid-gravity malt liquor. I once came across the percentage and recall it to be only in the upper 5%, but one of these did give a buzz, although rather slight. It is a smooth drinkable brew which seems to stay cold longer and is good to the last drop. No unpleasantly overpowering flavors at all, almost a premium quality beer like Private Stock. I give it a 9 out of 10 because as my name implies, on a warm day with cold bottles of this, it is easily possible to down 7-40ozs by the end of one mid-summer day.

beam21: I'm chugging away at my first 11-11 40oz and so far I like it quite a bit. Time is 12:30 am and I'm at the top of the label. There was basically zero hiss & crack and the ring came off with the cap--not a great sign--but it tastes pretty damn good. It's heavy-setting brew for how light the flavor is... 12:41 and halfway down the label. Real clean aftertaste, very smooth. Halfway between an Eagle and a Colt 45 double malt, but better than both. I had a couple beers beforehand but there's no discernible buzz at this point... 12:54, the swill is funky and not great but generally inoffensive... 12:57 it's gone, 11-11 is good shit; buzz is nice but light, taste is very consistent. My impression is that 11-11 40s should be consumed slowly in 3's starting at 5:00 in the afternoon. I wish in fact that I had 2 more at this point at 1 am. This is a prime, easygoing malt that I would drink the shit out of if it was locally accessible. Taste: B+, Buzz B-

beerface: It's good to the very last drop. Even the swill tasted good!

Buzzcore: The first thing I noticed about this, was the cool-ass label which depicts an angry lion with possessed red eyes. Maybe his eyes are red from drinking massive amounts of 11-11? Next, I noticed the darker than usual golden hue. As for the brew itself, well it's very carbonated, very malty, and very easy to drink. Sort of like a cross between Colt 45 Double Malt and (a more carbonated) Coqui 900, which are two malts I definitely enjoy. It also gave me a buzz, so I give this a 7/10 and would drink this stuff again, for sure.

DolbyZero: Another tasty malt. This one is very malty, I am one to like that. Gave me a great buzz off of just one. Love the label too. 7 outta 10 swills.

FultonCounty40z: thanks to dolbyzero for this in a trade. i finally got around to drinking it last night. This was an excellent malt. it was crisp with a good taste, reminded me of an ice man. it stayed cold and drinkable throughout. This 40 is somewhat rare, but get ahold of one if possible!!

ImissMy64oz: pretty nice
tastes like an mgd
nice flow and nice label

LMSCRacer: Thanks to 5.0 for the trade here. Suprisingly very malty flavor. Went down quick in my garage while changing oil. Carbonation held all the way to the swill (which was decent enough). Nothing special for buzz factor, just a smooth, easy drinking malt. A nice add overall.

neufutur: When I did a trade to Vile and Beam, I picked up two Black Labels. One leaked a little in my bag so I had to get a third one to send to them, and I got the leaked-out one (it might have leaked like an ounce, nothing big and I got to it quickly). Anyways, I stuck that in the fridge for a few days and let it get nice and chilly. Opened it up, had a vaguely metallic taste to it, but was essentially an inoffensive brew throughout the entire 40. The swill only occurred way late in the 40, and while it was a mite hard to get down, I was left with only the lightest of buzz. Decent taste (if nothing can be called a taste), light buzz factor. Was completely ready to kill another 40 by the end of this one.

pman433: they dont taste as bad as everyone says they do i think thier quite smooth for cheap shit

satan165: this is like iceman to me. both have a general malt taste. both stay cold or seem to have the same taste as the 40 goes on. this might be a lil stronger. maybe i was just ina good mood drinking both of them or whatever it was, i seemed to race thru them, and suddenly looked and the bottle is nearly empty. it wasnt struggle to drink. this seemed to have a weak crack at first and since dolby didnt tape the caps on i was worried it was partially opened and flat. there seemed to be no carbonation but after a few swigs it looked better. even now at the bottom it doesnt taste flat so i guess thats the nature of the malt and it works well for it. the label cant be beat nor can the tradition of the black label name, which has been around much longer then many people would think (i remember seeing black label beer many years ago). the '11-11' even adds another dimension to the label and name as it is like the most unexplained malt # (600,800,900, etc...) ever. god only knows what that means. this shit rules. taste B+ buzz B-

SouthLyon40s: Good crack and good hiss. Props to DetroitFourtyOuncer for lettin me know where to pick this stuff up. And if it were anywhere close to where I lived it would definately be one of my number one picks. At 1.79 it's one of the cheapest around.

First off, the taste isn't anything special. But, to me that's a plus in a fourty. If it's too malty or hoppy (Wild Cat) or has a weird aftertaste I might appreciate the first half, but as it starts getting warm and I start getting sick of it it gets old pretty fast.

Diggin the taste. Like 64 said it's a lot like Iceman. Nothing special. Sort of reminds me of Magnum also... in that it keeps the same taste throughout the entire 40. Unlike Bruz I didn't notice anything "dirty" about the taste. Just sort of bland. No alcoholic burn like High Gravs. No too-sweet taste like Colt 45.

I just really like this 40. Just killed the swill and it was nothing. Kept cold for the most part. ...Only downfall is the label. Kind of boring. Having a name like Black Label I'd expect something a bit more intimidating. And what's with the lion? Looks like some High School Mascot. (South Lyon Lions... I think it might actually be the same design)

But regardless. Delicious. If I ever see it again I'll buy it instantly.

Tiger Tai: Copped this one in a trade with Pman. I drank 2 of em an smoked some herb and was feeling nice, ya know.... good taste, below average buzz factor, however it seemed to give me superpowers while playin' checkers, I mean I was kickin' ass... I'd give 11-11 6 of 10 Swills...