If you like malt liquor, then this is probably one of your favorites. Im not really a fan, but when I am pounding a 40 with the boys, this will be the one I chose! And just because Billy Dee said so (although he does make an excellent salesman with that smooth silky voice!)

This was my drink of choice back in the day, accompanied by a bottle of Jim Beam or Fleischmann's. I never drank coffee of beer for the taste...I was never a coineusseur of either, although I abused both...but Colt 45 never tasted any more or less repellent than anything else I ever drank, and the buzz came much faster and much stronger while drinking it. Back in college, some friends and I drank every night, and I always consumed a six of Colt and at least half a bottle of the whiskey. Towards midnight, those who had to work the next day or were concerned about actually learning something drifted away, but me and a schizophrenic friend who lived a few doors down continued drinking, sometimes listening to records as we drank. Often at 2 or 3am, we'd stagger out into the street and walk around the block a few times, having "heavy" (and drunken) philosophical discussions (one winter night, we nearly got into a physical confrontation with a snow plow guy who was trying to get around us). The next day in class, I'd always show up on time, bleary-eyed and sluggish, but there. After college, I slowed the drinking down a bit, and thought I was in control of it, until one friend told me, "Ya know, getting f'ed up even once a week is still too much." That made some sense to me, and I began to see my drinking as a problem rather than a hobby. Sometimes during those post-college years, I'd be driving back from NY and would make a detour through Irvington on my way home. In some ways, Irvington was a scarier city than Newark, but it had a church and a liquor store on nearly every corner, and I'd sometimes stop and pick up my libation there. Haven't had Colt 45 in years and I'm not even sure they make it anymore. When I've gone into the local liquor store on occasion recently to buy wine for someone, I never see it. Maybe that's a good thing.

Pretty much everything on this list (or at least everything I've ever tasted, be it quite a while ago) is, simply put, "porch climber" You don't drink this stuff for the taste, but for how cheaply and quickly it gets you liquored to the tits. By that standard, this is as good or as bad as any of them.

One of three brands of malt liquor available in the Northwest in the era when I would drink this stuff. About 40 years ago!

William December Williams tells you the truth. It works EVERY TIME!

This urban classic tastes decent for being a cheap-priced malt liquor. Even though it doesn't have a distinct taste, it's very tolerable to drink and is very smooth. Colt 45 definitely goes down smoother than mass-produced ice beer (Beast Ice, Natty Ice) but has the same alcohol content of about 6%. For those on a budget or wanting to have a conversation starting accessory (definitley go for the 40 oz!), this is a definitely a no-brainer.

It's ghetto-licious. . .

It's the King of the malt liquors COLT 45 it work every time. It's not only a drink the hood drink but higl class dranks too. They just don't want to admit it.

I've been drinking Colt 45s for a long time and all I have to say is that its cheap and it gets you drunk fairly quick. Although I've been consuming this particular beverage for a long time I still can't get over the wicked headach the next morning. 3 out 5 stars.

Although a little weak, it has a damn good taste and the price is right and not too mention smooth as can be. What the hell 5/5.

In my salad days, I would quaff a '45 or two. I haven't had it in forty years, however.

IT WORKS EVERY TIME, JUST ASK BILLY D WILLIAMS DUH

not bad. okay when you cant get beer. packs a punch, for the novice. makes your breath stink, however, which can be a problem after drinking a 40 of Colt and then going out.

chronic ass shiat that tastes as good as the rest...except for mickey's

Just like Budweiser is the King of Beers, Colt 45 is the King of Malt Liquor. The tru gangsta malt, It doesn't even deserve to be hidden in a paper bag! 5 out of 5 swills!