Bruz: First sip already told me what I'm going to expect from this - a basic american beer. And by that I mean, imagine Miller Lite meets Pabst Blue Ribbon (basic yellow beer taste meets basic bad beer taste). Drank the whole thing down pretty quickly. Too smooth - like water. No buzz, no harsh swill... no character. Let's not waste words: 4/10 swills. Thanks out to shizzaun for hooking me up with this!

2/18/11 Maltliquorcommando: Basic american ice beer. I don't figure it to be too much different than busch ice, milwuakee's best ice, or any of the other cheap ice beers out there. Not terrible, but not that great either.

6/10

8/19/10 Nevertolatefora40: First Review...Bought this 40 last night along with a Steel Reserve High Gravity. I can't say there's anything wrong with it, just bland boring beer. It stayed carbonated for a good period of time. Actually it was quite refreshing, drank it along with a medium sized buffalo chicken pizza from Domino's. Overall Crisp taste, but not a very strong buzz.

Taste - 7/10
Buzz - 3/10
Label - 8/10
Swill - 8/10

9/4/09 WolfenMike: I think I can add to this.. Icehouse is alright if you want something that tastes like a stronger Budweiser. It's not the best tasting for being 5.5% in my honest opinion, if you want to drink a beer that's around the 5-6% area go for a Bud or a Bull!! The label looks cool though.. But overall.....

Taste 7/10
Buzz 5/10
Label 9/10

9/3/09 40ozHawaii: I never really used to like Icehouse beers. Over the years, I have grown to like it much more than your run of the mill Bud, Coors, etc... I have been wanting to try this 40, and I appreciate beam21 sending this my way.

Had it in the freezer for about an hour, then transferred to the fridge. Drank this at about 7:30PM as the sun was going down. The cap had a nice consistent crack. The taste is what I pretty much expected, nothing too special, but a fairly light, clean brew. No high gravity-type malt here. One reason I like Icehouse is because it has little to no aftertaste. It has a clean, crisp finish.

Taste: 6.0/10
Buzz: 6.0/10
Label: 7.0/10
Swill: 4.0/10

8/31/09 sleazye: Huge thanks to beam21 for hooking me up with this bad beer 40. The crack was pretty loud and hiss was your typical bad beer hiss, not much more to say in that field. Taste was sort of reminiscent of a cross between Miller Lite and Pabst Blue Ribbon in a way, with an overbearing sweetness. Coming in at 5.5% ABV, which is slightly higher than most bad beer 40s, which seems like an ok thing at first but the deeper you get into this 40, the more boring it gets quickly. However, most of the belches from this 40 were great. Aside from that, I was not impressed with his at all, considering I got little to no buzz at all from it, coming froma huge fan of bad beer 40s.
However, the label was super cool. One would be better off getting a PBR 40 for a better tasting bad beer 40.

All in all:

Taste: 4/10
Label: 6/10
Buzz: 4/10
Swill: 2/10

5/4/09 nickmoulton: not a bad beer IMO
this forty was super sweet and tasted like 1,000 varieties of asshole
horrible beer 40
almost undrinkable past the label and i drank it in about a half hour
worst beer 40 i have had
would a 40 with a worse rep (EEsour, oehg) bud products, in front of this in a heartbeat
prolly no buzz, im 3 40s in and dont feel much of a inprovement, nasty sugary flavor
igloos are alright, but fuck an icey house
super bad, and i know that i didnt grab a bad one because i took a swig of my 2 buddies 40s too
i drank 3 40s tonight and feel like i havnt even finshed a 2nd OE
sucks
2/10

9/15/08 dj oe 800: your basic bad beer, once again. only distinctive in it's slightly higher ABV and a disproportionately bad smell compared to how "bad" it actually tastes. wimpy buzz, overall acceptable because i'm a huge proponent of "bad" beer, but "acceptable" is as generous as i'll be for this one. made possible by a trade with troutkilla.

91firebird: First off....many thanks to troutkilla77 for hooking me up with this Icehouse 40oz . I've drank hundreds of Icehouse in cans and 12oz bottles, but never in a 40oz. Swilled a Colt 45 40 prior to this. Nice crack and I must say that Icehouse is a good 40 after a malt 40. Brown bottle keeps it cold for the most part. Only 5.5% ABV so this is very easy to swill. I like how the label has "Brewed Colder..Brewed Longer" on it. decent 40 all the way. Where I live there I cannot find "beer" 40's of any kind. So this is definately a treat and a cool bottle to my small but growing collection. Overall 7/10 swillls. Buzz factor isn't that great but since it's so easy to pound, it gets a 7/10 overall.

Al Hogar: Damn...Icehouse.

The taste of pain. Really, this stuff has a sweet, strangely inviting flavor, like many ice beers...lets face it, ice beer is the equivalent of fortified wine...do you really think that they spend any extra $$ on some elaborate brewing process on gang-bang fuck-yourself beer for drunks and lunatics? They just add cheap-ass laboratory alcohol to the cheapest crap they can brew...Canadians invented ice beer, right? Nuff said. Anyway, Icehouse is a little foamy/spewy...I've had to pull over while driving and spit out a gutfull of nasty foam between 40s of this junk. Still, its sweet like candy and will ride you hard if you can take the hangover. Overpriced, though, for the quality.

Drink this before/during your next cross-country killing spree. 4/10.

doafortyandyomom: icEHOUse REPRESENT!!!!! was up bitchezz?? im just here to let all you foolz knizzow that icehouse is the SHIIIIIIIIT! its crack is bigger than your fat sister's. tastes good the whole way to the goddamn swill. fuck dogs. after i drunk this hella good brewzz, it hit me hard. harder than i hit your mom from behind last nite. yeah yeah..doggy style bitch! i reccomend this stuff to anyone who wantssssssss to gettsssss CRIZUNK! unless you like animal porn, then you shouldnt drink it. haha, just kidding..pigs are sexy. drink the beeeeeeeeeeerrr now. 8.753657/10 swills. bottoms up. booooooooonnnnnnnnnggg!

elantrax: Special thanx to my boy George for picking this up on his way to North Carolina. The crack of the crap sent a pretty good hiss but after the first 2-3 sips I thought this stuff was nasty but out of nowhere this stuff just turned really good tasting somewhat like Ballantine xxx Ale. Half way through the bottle it was still good and at 5.5% this stuff isnt that hard of a hitter but the buzzfactor was decent for its proof. The final last swill wasnt that harsh and finally let me come to fact that this 40 overaul deserves a 7 out of 10. Taste wise its pretty decent for a 40 and taste way better then Bud, Coors etc.. 40's. I think Miller has hit the right spot on this 40 and if I had to choose one id take but at the same time. The only thing that made me think twice of this 40 was the fact they call it beer but it taste like Ale but anyway its a good 40.

ImissMy64oz: icehouse sucks due to its bitter aftertaste and what i consider boring and weak graphics

an ice shanty doesnt apeal to my internal alcohol related thoughts

i can see how ice house apeals to the outdoors man and hunters but i am neitrher fo those so i consioder icehopuse to be subpar

JoeWebberlione: not a bad beer. Kinda plain though & not a buzz at all. 4 outta 10 swills.

LMSCRacer: Needed the new label and found it at a 7-11 near the Hyatt during the 2006 MOTMs. Basic nondiscript American lager. Bruz hit it - mild taste, minimal buzz. No more words necessary - concur with 4/10.

OldeEOG: not good. my first 40 was this, but i hate it now. my homies always get it, while i have a colt in hand. ive compared dozens of times, and this is just garbage 40 beer.

OldeGoldSwilla: Just another american ice brew. A little stronger than bud and the like. Still not worth the extra money. I'd rather grab some malt!

sippin apache: Picked this up today, again in upstate NY.
Has the 1.99 price tag on it.
Regular loud crack and hiss of an American 40. At 5.5% alc vol I enjoy this 40 for its mild taste, no after taste, goes down easy. The buzz comes in eventually but was not necessarely provided by the icehouse.
This is a definite good 2nd 40.

Vermont represents again as my closest Icehouse provider.

Tiger Tai: I liked Icehouse a lot more than I thought I would. overall decent taste and buzz factor. tastes like a regular beer... I'd give Icehouse 7 of 10 Swills.

troobie: The only thing you really need to know about this beer is that it actually tastes better as it warms up. There is no swill factor to Icehouse at all. Now, if you want to know more, I'll tell you that it has a nice malty taste and smell. It is also really heavy on the metallic taste, and quite sweet although it seems to vary from batch to batch IMO. Sometimes I just feel like drinking some light tasting and easy to down beer, and that is how I felt tonight and why I purchased Icehouse. I hesitate to call Icehouse a bad beer, because I don't think it is. It doesn't have any old man shitty taste like PBR or Old Milwaukee. It finishes really clean like a light beer. Very low buzz factor, but nonetheless you do get something from it. Think of this as the "high quality ice beer". 5 out of 10. Score would go up if the ABV would go up. I'm also not fond of the Icehouse's low carbonation, because me like me some carbonation! Edit: As I've had more of Icehouse, I've come to enjoy it. Really hits the spot when you want a cheap, ice beer that actually tastes good. 8 out of 10