Bruz: Gave me an awesome crack & hiss upon opening it. The label declares this to be a 5.9% beer. However, the taste tells me it's malt liquor to the fullest. This ain't no "beer". Old Milwaukee? Yes. Budwesier? Yes. The new Colt Ice? No. This is maltmuthafuckinlicka, straight up. Basic malt taste, but being labeled as "beer" bewilders me... if so, this is one badass beer. All that's just a technicality though. I pissed one long stream of urine about 2/3 into it. I did many a fart throughout, but that may be due in large part to the black bean soup I ate for lunch at Lone Star Steakhouse today. At one point I burped & some really weird aftertaste/breath came out... not like usual beer burp breath, this shit was a bit more foul. No real buzz unfortunately. But Colt Ice Beer is rockin the slick black n' gold label. And what an exciting new find, during a time of the "same old, same old" 40s, we are introduced with a new (re-incarnated) version of a major malt brand! Colt Ice Beer is 8/10 swills for a beer, 6/10 swills for a malt liquor! Do not confuse this new Colt Ice Beer (5.9%) with the discontinued Colt Ice Malt Liquor (7.5%)! Much thanks out to MyLiverHurts for this!

brooks79Z: thanks to neufutur for hooking me up with this awesome bottle and brew.

i was excited to try this after reading all the previous reviews, and i cant say much different. the crack and hiss was very powerful. i took a large first gulp, down to the label. very good shit, i wasnt quite sure what to expect. very easy to drink, refreshing if you will.

buzz factor a little weak, but only being a 5.9% what can you expect buzz factor=5/10

i love this label, very plain but bold and almost demanding. the label and very good taste adds to the overall

overall package=9/10

DC40s: Big thanks to Dolby for the hook up!

The simple black label on this thing is menacing in a way similar to the Black 211 label.

The cap CRACKED really loudly upon opening.

This is pretty good stuff, though I can't say that it tastes too different from Colt 45 and Colt 45 Double Malt. It seems strange to me that Colt would put out three different 40s that all taste so similar, but there you have it.

Overall this was a pretty good malt (sorry, I mean "beer"). It tastes very much like an "ice beer," so the label is correct in calling it one.

FultonCounty40z: Got this from dolbyzero as well. i had it ice cold out of the freezer, it was in there for over an hour. it was so crisp and clean, very smooth indeed. i drank the first half so fast just cause of its great drinkability. great taste, great 40, i wish i had access to it all the time.

ImissMy64oz: got this courtesy of dolby

shit was smooth as fuck
not your typical 5.9

shit had a real nice flavor

i wonder why its so obscure

colt 45 needs to step up and market this bitch in chicago
id drink it on the regular basis for sure

LMSCRacer: Big thanks to Netfutur for the hook up here.

This stuff looked awful in the bottle with a cloudy haze. I actually considered just dumping this, but I chilled it and when greated with a strong hiss off the crack, I said WTF and soldiered on.

Not bad...even the driver likes it. Decent enough malt flavor. Standard 5.9 malt otherwise.

Bottom line..if you get one, ignore the haze, be a man and drink the shit. I'm still alive and you will be to after drinking it.

MyLiverHurts: By now everyone knows I hate ice beers. Ice malt liquor is the greatest thing on God’s green earth, but for some reason, ice beer blows. Only ice beer I’ve ever liked is Milwaukee Special Reserve Ice. Well, make it two, cuz Colt Ice Beer is fuckin wicked. If you gave me a blindfolded taste test, I would think, ‘fuck, this IS an ice beer, but for some reason...it tastes like Colt 45 Malt Liquor!!!’ And I got the greatest crack and hiss of any 40 anywhere ever. A thick white fog formed right over the surface of the liquid!! Even after killing it, it was still misty on the walls of the neck!! It still is to this day!! Awesome. Just Awesome. And the ladies enjoyed it too...not because they actually tasted it, but because it was one of the main reasons that my shapely tanned buttocks were bared for all of downtown Cleveland to see. I give Colt Ice Beer 9 out of 10 cheeks. I mean, swills.

satan165: this was delicious. i have said about a few crispy refreshing brews like schlitz blue bull what also holds true of this one: perfect BBQ beers. i know this even without grilled meat, but i also proved it this time around. i was very fortunate to have the opportunity to swill one and then ate 2 hamburgers and a steak. very refreshing, with a foaminess to it, a perfect carbonation of body, a crisp taste. this was better then most ice beers on the market in general, including mainstream brews. this shit rules, highly recommended. colt works everytime. every fucking time!!!!

SouthLyon40s: Well, I'm going to do something I normally don't. Which is to review a 40 that I do not have currently sitting in front of me.

But given the circumstances, I can't exactly go down to the store and rip a fresh one.

This is without a doubt my favorite 40 of all time. I started swillin malts regularly in June of 2006. And this was my go-to malt. It had that "musty" Colt 45 flavor which I love, but it had a tiny bit more kick and a whole lot less "sweetness" than standard Colt 45. It is in my opinion the perfect malt. From what I remember it had that bitter "Ice" flavor which in this case perfectly complimented the sometimes-too-sweet normal malty taste.

Ten years after ice beer made its big splash, Pabst still sees some opportunity in the declining category. Beginning this month, the Pabst Brewing Co. will be introducing a new product called Colt Ice Beer in the Detroit, Indianapolis and Cleveland markets.
The company reported that Colt Ice Beer will contain 5.9% alcohol by volume and will be sold in 16 oz., 22 oz. and 40 oz. package configurations. According to Pabst, Colt Ice Beer has been developed to "extend the Colt 45 equity" into the premium category of beer brands.

This was from a random excerpt I found. Dated May something, 2004. Reading earlier reviews all the expiration dates were in 2004. So this beer I'd been drinking and loving for a good 4 solid months during the summer was 2 years expirered! If I could drink only one thing for the rest of my life this would be it. Hands down the best beverage ever made.

I remember goin to my local liquor place which stocked it and asking where the hell it was. The turban at the counter said it was discontinued. My stomach dropped about 18 feet. It was like bein in 1st grade and finding out Santa Claus didn't exist. Oh well. At least I've got solace in the fact that I got it at all. Kind of a "better to have loved and lost than not have loved at all" kinda bullshit. FBS I know.

Also, it's one of those discontinued malts that just sorta bring back good times just lookin at the bottle. Used to chill at my buddies. Bring over a case of assortd Malts, usually regular Colt 45, Magnums, and Olde English's, and of course two Colt Ice Beers for me. Just makes me feel like chillin out on the deck with a cig and savorin the swill of this apparent "test" malt. Fucking bullshit how trash like OE HG can be found everywhere and this nectar of gods fades out in less than a year.

White Mike: My first sip I thought this had that classic Colt 45 after taste that I don't like. An almost musty taste too it. I tasted that inthe double malt and the regular colt. Just something I picked up that most people don't notice. But this also has a nice ice taste to it a la Ice Man. Bottom line, this is a resonably tasty 40, that is smooth all the way down. I didn't like the after taste, but most people don't complain about that taste in regular colt. If you like colt 45 you'll love colt ice.