Bruz: 10%: Great crack - awful smell! Aw man, and it tastes like wine! Hahaha- a wine mixed with dust, to be more accurate. Oh this is crap... unique... but crap. "Malt beverage with artificial flavors, ginseng (Phat Boy anyone?), and certified color added (FD&C Red #40)". I gave my dad a sip & he cringed, made a face, & said "OH MAN!"... keep in mind, he has nothing against beer/malt liquor- just yesterday he drank an OE800 40 of mine in 30 minutes! Malt gangsterism runs in our blood apparently. Ok, my mother tried it too... and they both agree with my fruity wine comparision (mixed with dust). Drank this with some KFC dinner. Garbage. Overall 1/10 swills. And no buzz, even at 10% alcohol - what's up with that?! Much thanks out to MyLiverHurts & ders0 for these!

8%: This review is going to be very similar to my EE Sour 8% review. The only redeemable quality about this 40 is that this supposed "New Great Taste" does indeed taste like kiwi-strawberry. There's no harsh alcohol flavor. However, the problem arises when attempting to drink forty fluid ounces of this stuff. It's rough. EE Red won't make you any friends. This should be made in 22oz bottles or 24oz cans, at the most, to compete with the likes of Joose, Four Loko, and all those other horrendous fruity 24oz energy malt beverages. This 40 gave me depression and I hurried through it, to get it over with, getting it down in 13 minutes. No buzz, instead, just an overall crappy feeling afterwards. What kind of slob wants to drink a 40 that can stain your shirt anyway? I am not sorry to rate this 40 only 1/10 swills yet again. I am sorry, however, that I soon have to drink the wide mouth version of this crap again... I just can't pour my 40s down the drain - every new bottle MUST be consumed!

6/5/10 ders0: I thought I reviewed this but I guess not. This is definitely just like the green evil eye where the 8 percent "new great taste" is actually much better than the OG 10 percent.

The 10 percent was really fucking bad. The red is better than the sour but only by a small margin.

The after taste of the 8 percent red has the same flavor as the straight up taste of the OG 10 percent but it's not as prevalent or as bad.

I even drank this shit at room temp because I have no other booze in the house and had this on stock in my backpack after my move.

Either way it still sucks but it's a significant improvement from the 10 percent which was one of the worst ever.

11/16/09 nickmoulton: Hands down, the worst 40 that I have ever had in my life
not because of the taste
but the wild, equator style heartburn that it gave me

First off, thanks to 1sts13 for the hookup on the 8% widemouth
new great taste my ass
i would rather eat a jar of mayonnaise
this shit tasted like the sweetest kool aid that i have ever had, and for some reason smelled like vanilla
I still cant get the scent out of my shnoz and it has been 2 hours

but besides the taste, the heartburn was unheard of
the heartburn hit me within 10 minutes of finishing, and forced me to take an ice cold shower while leaning up against the wall with my hands on my knees for 20 minutes
ridiculous, burning pains in the moob area
felt like something lit a match in my chest
it sucked real bad

Another thing that I have a big problem with was the over all resulting mood the lack of buzz, combined with the pain and gross smells made me want to cause mass destruction
-10/10
absolutely nothing good about this 40
I would rather buy a case of OEHG or EE Sour and drink them all within 4 days then sip one of these again

11/6/09 91firebird: Thanks to ders0 for the 8% EE Red SM. First off the color is fuckin wicked and this is definately a 40 you should keep full because the taste is nothing to write home about. Crack was decent and the first pull is ok. This bitch was in the freezer for about 40 minutes and it was Ice cold. basically this is radioactive kool-aid with a pound of sugar in it. Its not horrible, but far from poundable. I guzzled this as fast as I could to avoid any warmthness and after all is said and done its still is mediocre. This is bad but no where near as bad as the EE green. That shit was horrid, this at least tastes semi good. Kinda like Hawaiian Punch mixed with low grade booze. Overall this gets a 6/10. Not the worst but definately not the best by any means. This is for college girls that wanna get fucked up and then pounded by a dude that has had 20 Natty Lights lol

9/16/09 d07c0m: I wrote this review while I drank it about 3 weeks ago when I didn't have internet:

no carbonation

flat for about 2 months (leaked a bit, thanks to my good friend ("Not White") Mike for holding on to this for me

1.5 inches been missing since then

tastes like kiwi-strawberry + cleaning fluid

shit is weird

don't like it but don't hate it enough to actively spend energy on hating it

just like everyone else says, it would be great in a smaller portion but not a 40.

I think there is a market for this though, white trash whores who like flavoured vodka but can only afford 2 dollar Evil Eye fruit

for those types it should be just the same, drinking it like a bitch and getting super drunk and making an ass of themselves.

only it's less dangerous

if that's possible

in a way this is easier to drink than Tornade Cool Berry because the sweetness is held in check by the alcohol content

It doesn't feel like my teeth are rotting (yet)

maybe the fact that mine is 100% flat affects the ease of swallowing this putrid filth

shit is getting me agitated though, it's warming up fast and the ice cold freezer effect is wearing down with every character I type

it's the colour of gatorade practically but it has nothing but adverse health effects

my theory is they take a strong malt liquor base, strip it of colour and flavour and then inject it with some nice fake colour and flaovur from New Jersey

then they inject some co2 to make it fizzy (not mine though)

this is an uphill battle, I'm starting to hate it

I'm really glad I have some "normal" beers downstairs to wash this down with

thanks out to ders but I really wish I hadn't have had to strike up a trade for this thing with so much other stuff that minnesota has to offer

if I had, for some reason, been able to buy this locally I would have taken one sip and then tossed it

as it stands I did a trade and sent booze out for this so I am going to do my best to drink the booze sent to me

I'm just really glad this doesn't have "energy" in it

I draw the line there, no energy booze for me

although I would have to drink a 40 of it if it came out

that's just me

by now I'm at the bottom of the label and it's getting to the point where each swig is harder and harder to take

I'm cringing at the taste, not the fruit flavour per se, but at the un-nameable underlying chemical death substance that lingers with every pull

now it's getting really bad, the last swig I took was like a beer mixed with cheap red wine, fruit punch, and cheap vodka

something you never want to experience on purpose

why is this in a 40, give me a skunked Evil Eye HG any day over this garbage

I don't even want to try the Sour Apple now

I'm thoroughly turned off by the entire prospect of flavoured 40s

kiwi-strawberry and dirt doesn't do this justice; it is kiwi-strawberry and burnt plastic from the floor of a chemical plant

I had positive hopes for this but it went down hill so fast

Started at a 4/10 and ended at a 1/10

I am feeling a buzz but it may just be the alcohol from the EE Red mixing with the 6 Lakeport Ice I drank before

Either way, fuck this shit. Tastes like tequilla mixed with lip gloss factory run-off

WARNING: If you plan to indulge in this product make sure you have enough booze to get thoroughly fucked up afterwards

8/22/09 BigJandthe40: Ok I got this a few days ago from 1sts13, brand new Wide Mouth

I have been holding off the past few days to drink this, It was waiting for me when I got home from Vegas, after MOTM 6
But I wasnt really in the mood to try this after reading all the bad about this 40oz.

But today is friday and I am all out of beer so Its a must I crack this pos. Crack is cool, smell of strong fruit and berrys hits my nose. First sip is good, taste like an old school St Ides Mixed Fruit, but after a few sips I am already sick of this shit. This would be a cool ass 12oz to chase shots with but 40oz is way too much.

It has a very nice chugability, but leave a chemical after taste that worries me.

As far as label goes, I give it a mouther fucking 10

Taste I give it a 6, it tastes like a 10 compared to the sour apple in my mind

Buzz is cool but that might just be a sugar high

6 out of 10 in my books

8/10/09 SouthLyon40s: Once again I venture into horrible territory for the sake of my 40 oz collection. I'm worried about this one. It doesn't have the "New Great Taste" that the EE Sour I had did.... even though that didn't seem to help much.

But on the other hand my ability to handle some type of berry or "red" flavor is better than that of handling some bastardized sour apple abomination. Either way I'm not enthused about this one.

I'm getting into a terrible 10% on a Sunday afternoon. Probably not the best idea... but I've had worse.

Just cracked this god awful thing. Once again smells like candy. Like if it were up to some 7 year old child - and he was forced to pick a way to get drunk - I can imagine something like this would be the result.

First sip. Oh Jesus fuck no. Not this again. I was expecting something a little different than the apple. Not so. Not so at all. From reading the reviews I was expecting something at least slightly akin to wine. No no and no. This is once again liquid candy. And for my pleasure I get a bumped up ABV this time.

I really cannot stress how badly I hated the Sour Apple. Words cannot express.

This is the same thing. I am 100% positive that the slick geniouses behind Evil Eye have some base non-flavored alcoholic formula in vat. They split it in half, and dump the appropraite food-coloring and terrible masking flavor into each and market it as two brands. I am dead serious about that.

This is 100% the worst.

Copping a slight buzz so that's making things a bit easier. But like the Sour Apple this isn't a "good" drunk to be. Numbness in the face and warmth in the stomach is slightly making things better. Only slightly. Let's talk buzz though. This isn't a beer buzz. Once again I'm feeling half wired and half just sloppy uncoordinated drunk.

In all honesty this reminds me of the satan165 video when he's an old MD 20/20. He says of the ghetto wine "this is just such a fucked up way to get drunk" This is that. Such a bad way to get drunk.

Flavor-wise I generally prefer a "berry" like flavor to a sour apple one... but it really isn't the flavor that gets you when drinking these. To me it's the viscosity of it that kills me. Liquid candy. Syrupy and thick.

I just do not get these. How are they still around? Who buys them? The only type of market I can think of these things having is people like us. Curious about a bright red or green 40, so they pick it up. Try it once and absolutely hate it and never try it again.

It tastes terrible.

The buzz is unpleasant to say the least.

Everything about this 40 is bad.

8/10/09 40zForSatan: I was hoping for something decent when I cracked this, despite everyone's reviews condemning it to hell. Unfortunately you can hope all you want but it won't change the facts, this is terrible. I got a furious crack, a hiss of warning, then I smelled it and was surprised at how delicious it smells. I don't like that it smells delicious, it is very misleading making you think everything is okay. When you first swill it you catch a decent flavor, but that flavor is swept away very quickly with a terrible bitter sensation, bitter that makes your face almost numb. I had to pound this quick, it was very bad, not so much of a buzz either even after drinking a 211 before it. 4/10

2004Blackwrx: very I opened and took my first sip and was like this is going to suck. Fortunately after that it keeps getting better. It reminds me a lot of the st ides fruit mix flavor or something like that. One thing for sure is it packs a nice punch. After only less then 1/3 of the way through I was beggining to get buzzed. Around half way through I was worrying their would be no real kick, but now about 2/3 of the way done I know their will be at least a decent kicked packed in this bottle. Yep Im done with this forty and i Think its a lot better then everyone else said. It doesnt have the classic 40 taste but when you looking for something that is will get the job without the harsh taste this is the drink. I just finish this think and needless to say Im feeling no pain right now. Other then St ides i have yet to find a 40 that made me feel this good. However, the kick to the st ides may be a little more, but I sipped this 40 over a hour instead of like saint Ides which I usually pound in 30 minutes.

Alvin Karpis: Big thanks to my boy Dukesplace for the "Greetings from Brooklyn" tagged on the box, and the hook up on this 40. I took his advice and threw it in the freezer for and hour and a half. The crack was heard down the block and the hiss lasted at least 5 seconds. Took a whif and the hair on my arms stood up. The first sip took me right back to the old days when the women in our crew used to drink only one thing, Boones Farm Strawberry Hill. This tasted just like it. I am not a big Wine fan and this has to be considered a wine. If I had to chose a wine it would be Boones farm so this 40 really wasnt that bad. I drank it fast. The buzz was not what I expected at 10% I thought that I would be very buzzed, this was not the case. My wife even took a sip and said its not that bad. the next day I was very dehydrated and drank like 10 bottles of water. Taste 5/10 Buzz 6/10 Overall 5/10 I would drink this again although not on the reg. Thankd Dukes

BIGMAN4206: Again this is the very same thing as the green cept for the nice red welcoming color! I take a big gulp! Ahah its mad dog that's been burried for awhile? Another rip and I'm startin to think I should put the cap back on because this is some aged primo mad dog? Feelin heart burn annd gettin the burps I want to finish this as fast as I can! Funny thing is my lady friend actually would drink it and she hates all beer so it can't be beer! Like the green no buzz! Bad after taste left in my mouth! I found out why there is no buzz its gotta be tha ginseng course I never had another beer with ginseng but that's gotta be it! Nice ornaments for the tree these make but never again shall they be drank!

BoozeClues: I tried this one for the novelty after seeing it on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. It's different from every 40 I've had, it just tasted like a carbonated strawberry malt liquor, but the alcohol is very strongly disguised in the taste, like a Smirnoff Ice or something. I'm not one for sweet alcoholic drinks but I contentedly finished it. As for the buzz, it is every bit the Evil Eye it claims to be, it took me down hard as any hi grav. I think its a surprisingly decent tasting drink, 7 out of 10 swills for me. It'd be a fine 40 for a lady, in that it tastes like a conventional fruity drink but packs a severe wallop.

DC40s: This 40 makes me want to commit violence against the people who created it and the people who sell it, and that's not the alcohol talking (we'll get to that in a second).

In my estimation it is not at all an understatement to say that this is not only the worst tasting 40 of all time, but that Evil Eye Red is the worst tasting 40 of all time by a huge, huge margin.

This thing cracked hard and it is heavily carbonated. It's also almost exactly the same color as cranberry juice. To be honest, I read Bruz's review of this 40 and was expecting a nasty smell upon opening the bottle, but to me it smelled kinda like Special Brew. I thought to myself, "Hmmm, maybe this won't be as bad as everyone says."

Well, it is.

The first sip is a two-fold experience. First you taste the sweet berry-like flavor, which is kinda like Special Brew. BUT THEN YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE SINGLE WORST AFTERTASTE IN 40oz HISTORY!!!

There is nothing to compare this 40 with (aside from Sour Apple Evil Eye, maybe, which I have not tried). It is more terrible than words can express.

I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say that this 40 will be off the market in six months. Women--the core demographic fruity malt drinks target--will not drink this. It's just too terrible. Hardcore alcoholic bums--the core demographic 10% malts target--will not drink this either, at least not if they have some sort of reasonable alternative (like gasoline or toxic liquid benzene).

And finally, this is not a 10% malt. It creates almost no buzz and the label's claim of 10% is obviously deceptive advertising.

In conclusion: thumbsdown

hardxcorejihadist: i first had this 40oz about a year ago and i haven't had it since due to it being the nastiest thing that has ever touched my lips....anyway i got this 40 for my boyfriend like i said about a year ago...at the time i was extremely excited i don't know if it was anxiousness to try the 40 or to get drunk but after my boyfriend left i probably downed this in 25 minutes or so... the buzz i got from it was completely amazing .... but shit, the taste, meh.... its like fucking strawberry jello with piss and a few extra chunks of vomit... i honestly think they manufacture this shit in hell, it is probably one of the worst or the worst alcohol I've ever had. i wouldn't recommend this to anyone i mean it literally does taste like shit and the aftertaste is so potent of strawberry that it ruins the entire evil eye experience. taste .05/10 swill 2/10

JoeWebberlione: Got this bottle thanks to my man Dukesplace, had him send me it empty cause I knew I'd beable to fade one myself in the near future which I did so heres the review. First crack this shit smells like ass, although its packing a really nice buzz that I like, unlike alot of other 10%ers that just leave me feeling like shit while I'm drinking em, Four-O & Black Bull are the only two 10%ers I think I really enjoy drinking that I have had in my time. The buzz is on par with those but the taste just doesnt cut it, at all. Although now that I'm getting twoards the bottm, its starting to taste better. Funny how that works sometimes, it'll sometimes taste awesome at the beginning & foul at the end, or you'll cringe ur first few sips then start to slowly enjoy it. In any case, I do prefer this one over sour, but its not half as good as the regular Evil Eye. I guess when it comes to 10%ers I'll have to stick with Four-O & Black bull. 4 out of 10 swills.

OldeGoldSwilla: First Taste: straberry+dirt
Few seconds later, still has that Evil Eye burn in the chest
Just noticed...It contains GINSEING!!!!!
One thing comes to mind while swillin this joint, Jungle Juice+Mad Dog
SOOOOO Hard to drink.
I will never drink this again.
But it was a very SOLID addition to my collection!

orentha: very nice crack
very bad taste

i agree with everyone, this is NOT a 10% brew

this and the apple are very unique, but garbage

3/10

SanJose40Drinker: Alright, well ive been wanting this 40 for a real long time and i just got it in the mail today (thanks Dukesplace), so i threw it in the freezer for 3 hours and cracked it..... who cares about the crack and hizz but from everyone was saying in their reviews i was scared to drink this thinking it was vile shit (which it is)
First sip i thought "wow this stuff is good i cant even taste the achohol" and i started thinking everyone's crazy for hating on this delicious strawberry tasting soda pop forty. But as i drank more i started hating it more and more and near the end i realized why everyone hates it, cuz Kiwi Strawberry flavoring gets old....QUICK. So now im nearing the end of this 40 and its getting worse and worse.....most 40's get better as you get faded but this thing sucks horribley.
Now...as for the 10%.....as everyone else has said this must be a lie.... im near the bottom and i feel a slight buzz...but just slighty...i drink 8.1% steel reserve all the time and i get shit faced off a 40 of that...and this is nothing....so in a nice summary; im glad to have this 40 for my collection, i would NEVER buy it for casual drinking, it gives a weak buzz for 10%, and last but not least.. im suprised they still make them cuz i can see nobody ever buying them due to their crapiness, that is all.

sippin apache: Thanks Dukesplace! Made sure this stayed a good hour in the freezer.
Nice loud crack but almost no hiss, maybe because it was so cold. First smell was like berry McCain punch and this is actually what it tasted like all the way through.
First sipp actually tasted good, sweet but it rapidly followed by a bad beer after taste and a burn trail all the way down.

Not as bad considering previous reviews that had me almost hesitant to try it Reminds me of BlackBull but even more vile(the feeling of burning going down). Got a good warmth and slight buzz rapidly as I'm guzzling this bad boy(my girl is actually sippin at it too).
Don't beleive the hype. It's not all that bad, not for a Canadian anyways probably because we're already used to these high % 40's. Done now. Taste stayed the same all the way through. Buzz is great, very decent but rapidly felt.

Rating: 5/10 For kick ass label, nice add to the collection and a pretty overall sweet tasting 40 and very good buzz right now. I will never drink this again, because I do not have access to it and because once was enough.