30 seconds in and I already see a problem. Mickeys is truly at it's best duct taped to your hand. Best paired with a second bottle of Mickey's preferably also duct tape fastened. Cheers
College buddy exclusively drank Mickeys 40’s for an entire semester. Used the empties to create sculptures in his apartment including a large pyramid & a beer pong table pedestal. At the end of the school year he proceeded to completely fill his VW Rabbit with those iconic green glass bottles with the intention of returning them for the $.10 Michigan bottle deposits from the tiny party store for which they came. The store owner had a total meltdown because he filled his back room to beyond capacity & didn’t like refunding so much cash all at once. He was so mad he banned him from the store! Good Old Mickeys!
Long time ago we had a warehouse we used to practice music in, in an area that was band friendly so most were rented to bands for a practice spot. Around the side was an empty 55 gallon drum and we all started pitching our bottles in there, and when full we'd break em with a piece of pipe to make more room until it was topped. Must of weighed 1 ton or more. No deposit no return state. Boy was the warehouse owner pissed when he realized it was his problem.
This continues to be my favorite 40 oz. I went through a "beer snob" craft beer phase but nothing would ever beat an ice cold Mickey 40 oz. I would rather drink a Mickey than a Coffee flavored stout any day
Drink that swig and swallow. It don’t switch it around in your mouth and form it up and then try to give a review. What a garbage review. It’s a good beer.
Mickey's is the best cheap-ass 40oz. It might be neutral in taste, but for malt liquor that's honestly a bit of an accomplishment. Also the only 40oz I could reliably drink without shitting my pants the next day if I trusted a fart. Honestly kinda sad it got a lower rating than Steel Reserve of all things, which is usually so skunky and disgusting by the time it's sold the first half of the bottle is a chore and a half. I'd have given it a 25, personally - for something that inherently is of low quality and class, it tries harder than the rest to succeed in life. Like if I saw a guy drinking a Mickeys nowadays, I'd probably think he's just a cheap drunk. If I see someone drinking Steel Reserve I'm calling mental health services on them.
Holy shit you just transported me to 10 years ago where I would drink mickey's while gambling with pocket change and dice in front of my apartment in the middle of the day... the winner would win a total of $6. Enough to get 2 more mickey's
Growing up I would see these line up the gas station fridges and I will tell myself that one day I’ll drink them so I can be cool like that guy who smokes alone at the park.
It tastes like a barroom brawl that broke out into the parking lot in broad daylight - that is the greatest line I have heard and should be put on a t-shirt
Agreeing with the folks who would like to see a mix of “real” reviews of consumer grade wines as well as the novelty booze. Your presentation is great fun. You have a real talent for education that also makes me laugh. This may very well turn in to the best gig you’ve had.
My best friend and I used to buy these at a tiny little gas station on the edge of the bad part of downtown. We would buy 3. They were $1.09 each. We would get thoroughly wasted. Best cheap drunk ever. Good times and bad choices were had by all.
I used to sit out front in a lawn chair on the driveway, in college housing, in the State of Florida, drinking Mickey's at 9 AM when I was 21 while watching fellow students drive to campus. Memories!
Packaging Engineer here. Green bottles actually do not prevent UV light from coming in. Clear, yellow and green bottles do not do this while blue and amber bottles do prevent UV light from coming in and affecting the taste.
Listen, after years of being a functioning alcoholic (as is most in military) and who actively chooses Mickey's as my drink of choice even tho I have money to spend on more expensive alcohol... You are pretty right. Mostly a homeless person drink and no one not even my self understands why I drink it. Also no one ever showed me to drink it in the bag but it instinctively dressed its self up in the bag. It calls for the bag it just requires the bag.
"The people who talk about their really big plans that don't actually do them." This is very accurate. An asshole I used to be friends with drank these a lot.
Ahhh, Mickey's Malt Liquor, fine memories of my college days, late 70s. Mickey's made a good paint remover when it ran down the rear side panel of my 76 Datsun B210, especially when mixed in with Freddy's vomit. That kid never could hold his liquor.
The only thing I associate with Mickey's is the Tom Waits song "Franks Wild Years" about a man who goes insane during a midlife crisis and burns his own house down. Sounds like it fits.
Oh man seriously the best channel I've seen in a long time. I'm literally in stiches, I cant stop laughing. I think I'ma go get some help, this might be bad
It tasted so bad when I first tried it, but I had been drinking all day with other beers and wines. It tasted very smooth and flavorful when I tried again the next day though. Definitely different from my other beers, could be good in a different way.
@@rhondathomas7952 Zima is a cooler right? You'd still need to like the taste of beer to like Mickey's. I like it because the 12 pack of stubby bottles also has little puzzles under the caps that are fun to solve.
After I finished Army OSUT (I was 18), I had been with my first unit for a couple two three months or so and I had an official letter come in saying my biological mother was dying (I didn't know her too well) and so my COC sent me to Dallas on leave for the funeral. I arrived and it's almost dark and two of my cousins show up from my/our hometown and it was on! Lol one of em was already a grown ass man in his thirties and the other was a few years younger than me. We wanted to drink so my older cousin bought a bunch of 40oz Mickey's. For two nights we drank Mickey's and all I remember was having fun.
I was really hoping after you tried it in the bag you would say it's the best thing you've ever tried. Top notes of vanilla and leather with a mesquite whisper tickling your palette. Bottom notes of cinnamon and orange peel but not too festive.
Actually the green glass doesn't block as much light as the brown bottles. Beers that have that skunky flavor is caused by being light struck. Back in the day the we used to drink the 12 oz big mouth bottles, they used to come with a cap that you had to tear off leaving the metal cap a jagged and sharp edges everyone had cut themselves on them once. They eventually replaced those with screw tops.
Downside of UV protection with green glass - it's not as effective as brown glass. That's why most green glass bottles have a tendency of tasting light struck. Unless they're particularly fresh and well packaged away from light.
Christ. When I was in HS in Oklahoma, decades ago, a pack of short little Mickey's wide-mouths was a HUGE score, because it was apparently delicious. It wasn't, but fuck, we really pretended that it was. And frankly, it was less shitty than other shit. Do they still make Mickey's wide-mouth jars?
I swear this tastes different every time I try it and the best tasting part is the foamy part on top. One time I drank Mickey's it tasted like gasoline (almost like steel reserve). One time I tried it I was kind of enjoying it, and one time I just wanted to get hammered after a shitty day at work so I bought a tall boy from the gas station and chugged it on the side of the road, the most authentic way to enjoy mickey's in my opinion.
Lol I know I’m three years in the future but I’m going thru your old stuff cuz I just discovered you on tik tok and you are hilarious! My friend from Oakland in college taught me a trick called “insta-on” and we would drink half a mickeys and then fill it back up with orange Sparks. I remember it being actually pretty tasty maybe an OG lokos
I watch beer reviews of the beer I'm drinking at the time. When I buy it more then once i watch a different review, of the beer. this mickeys review was pretty good.
How about an Aldi Winking Owl Review! (Your pick which variety) --I've always been curious about how it compares to more expensive wine in the eyes of a professional....
My friends used to play a game with mickeys 64 oz. Each guy had a 64 taped to each hand which meant you couldn't piss unless someone helped you. And you could comply remove them after you finished both of them. The game was named after Edward scissorhands. I forget the name.
30 seconds in and I already see a problem. Mickeys is truly at it's best duct taped to your hand. Best paired with a second bottle of Mickey's preferably also duct tape fastened. Cheers
I see you have played Edward 40 Hands as well. You are a human of true quality.
My good sir. Thank you for enlightened the people
New backsplash, really old cabinets
I prefer plastic 40s for this game, but I lack any other grounds for argument.
@@derekw9724 You must be a youngsta.
@unemployedwineguy honestly you should start doing reviews in progressively worse apartments until it's an absolute hole in the wall.
Two years from now he'll be reviewing the most expensive wine on earth while laying in an overflowing gutter. It'll be great.
Just keep going till he is actually in Silent Hill
That would be truly glorious!
By the end, he's fighting off crackheads while drinking Foster's in an empty parking lot
College buddy exclusively drank Mickeys 40’s for an entire semester. Used the empties to create sculptures in his apartment including a large pyramid & a beer pong table pedestal. At the end of the school year he proceeded to completely fill his VW Rabbit with those iconic green glass bottles with the intention of returning them for the $.10 Michigan bottle deposits from the tiny party store for which they came. The store owner had a total meltdown because he filled his back room to beyond capacity & didn’t like refunding so much cash all at once. He was so mad he banned him from the store! Good Old Mickeys!
How much did your roommate get for all the bottles?
Most places have a maximum daily return per person now.
What a goddamn legend. Thank you for this glorious story
Cool story
Long time ago we had a warehouse we used to practice music in, in an area that was band friendly so most were rented to bands for a practice spot. Around the side was an empty 55 gallon drum and we all started pitching our bottles in there, and when full we'd break em with a piece of pipe to make more room until it was topped. Must of weighed 1 ton or more. No deposit no return state. Boy was the warehouse owner pissed when he realized it was his problem.
His wife got the house and homie had to move out
ABBY!!!!!!!!! WHYYYYYYYYY!!!!!
Abby... The Mickey of women
Next kitchen will be Plinketts
Sounds about Mickeys.
Hey, the loss ends up a-gain in the long run. Minor setback.
This continues to be my favorite 40 oz. I went through a "beer snob" craft beer phase but nothing would ever beat an ice cold Mickey 40 oz. I would rather drink a Mickey than a Coffee flavored stout any day
it has a nice taste to it. goes down smoothly.
Agree!!!
Same but with ye old English. Classic
Drink that swig and swallow. It don’t switch it around in your mouth and form it up and then try to give a review. What a garbage review. It’s a good beer.
Please pray for Prescott during this difficult time.
It would be fun to see you review a decent Sonoma Pinot Noir purely as a point of comparison for past and future reviews.
That would be excellent, actually.
That’s a fun April fool’s day idea
Russian River or Carneros in Napa are prime for pinot.
@@SamP0rterBridges hello fellow 707ers. Not a sommelier but from the area. Glad to see us getting some representation lol.
I just wanna see him happy :(
Mickey's doesn't reach full flavor potential until it achieves room temperature....
True 🏆
Only the real ones know.
Warm or cold its still drinkable. Prefer cold.. This guy gotta try hurricane 40oz
@@andrewcee1399 I'm thinking king cobra
@@ikillacommunistforfun320 $10 would get me so many of them at my local store when i was a teen 😂 now i hate them
"I already feel like I've had a cigarette, just drinking this."
LOL truer words were never spoken.
Yea having a cig after drinking one of these is awesome
Definitely Newport's.
*Took one sip and spit it out *
This apartment....screams "Divorced Bachelor Dad"
just trash the place with beer cans then it's a bachelor pad!
His reply... Fine.
Dad pad shaming? Shame game snark shark you be .
Got my man living like jerry in that one rick and morty episode 😬
As a divorced bachelor dad, I gotta say that this place kicks the shit out of my house.
These videos have made my year already.
Mickey's is the best 40, mostly because they kept it in glass. Goes well with chow mein from the local Chinese takeout.
My entire college experience in one sentence
Love it
Or the local taco shop
Roberto's Taco Shop and Mickey's
So true, Mickeys and some spicy ass thai food is an excellent combo
Mickey's is the best cheap-ass 40oz. It might be neutral in taste, but for malt liquor that's honestly a bit of an accomplishment. Also the only 40oz I could reliably drink without shitting my pants the next day if I trusted a fart. Honestly kinda sad it got a lower rating than Steel Reserve of all things, which is usually so skunky and disgusting by the time it's sold the first half of the bottle is a chore and a half. I'd have given it a 25, personally - for something that inherently is of low quality and class, it tries harder than the rest to succeed in life. Like if I saw a guy drinking a Mickeys nowadays, I'd probably think he's just a cheap drunk. If I see someone drinking Steel Reserve I'm calling mental health services on them.
There is so much deep lore that is being built in this channel.
Holy shit you just transported me to 10 years ago where I would drink mickey's while gambling with pocket change and dice in front of my apartment in the middle of the day... the winner would win a total of $6. Enough to get 2 more mickey's
😎
Maybe I'm old school but actually find this to be my favorite outta the malt liquors
Same!!!
Growing up I would see these line up the gas station fridges and I will tell myself that one day I’ll drink them so I can be cool like that guy who smokes alone at the park.
"I've tossed more mickeys than Walt Disney" -Louis Logic. Mickeys my personal favorite. A sixer of grenades is where it's at.
Damn right
Pass the 40 cuz my mother's not lookin'
1st time I heard Louis logic was on the jedi mind tricks album.
Aren't these traditionally ducktaped to both hands? Excuse my ignorance I'm not familiar with "fine" American varietals.
Ahhh the Ol “Edward 40 Hands”. Haven’t thought of that game in years.
@@billyabston4531 Edward fifth hands for the discerning, but have to drink something like Malibu so you don't die
@@yosarianilivestech4018 if you don't come close to dying does it count?
@@aceghost1074 only if you get in a fight or arrested.
Definitely need an "Edward 40 hands" review.
people are clowning you for the kitchen but it's still nicer than mine
It looks nice to me. Of course, I love I'm a hotel. My kitchen is a microwave on the nightstand lmao
No one ever get jealous of a loser
Looks fine to me also, everyone is a critic.
@@mattk3645 but that’s literally a nice looking kitchen wth.
It tastes like a barroom brawl that broke out into the parking lot in broad daylight - that is the greatest line I have heard and should be put on a t-shirt
The people demand Twisted Tea
He already has on TikTok
Nasty asf who over 25 drinking that shit 😂
You’ve got better writing than some late shows.
Some?
Agreeing with the folks who would like to see a mix of “real” reviews of consumer grade wines as well as the novelty booze. Your presentation is great fun. You have a real talent for education that also makes me laugh. This may very well turn in to the best gig you’ve had.
You’ll find that it’s pronounced “foty,” not “forty”
(ˈfôhdē) as pronounced by a man with a horribly low credit score and garnished wages for back child support payments.
Foh oh
Foh oh of oh e
@@jimlahey988 🤣
Yep also the proper attire while drinking this would be a pair of dickies, some chucks or cortez shoes, and a flannel shirt
Jokes on you. His other kitchen was actually the display at Home Depot. This is his real kitchen.
I work at a bowling ally and can confirm. We use Mickeys to clean our shoes.
My best friend and I used to buy these at a tiny little gas station on the edge of the bad part of downtown. We would buy 3. They were $1.09 each. We would get thoroughly wasted. Best cheap drunk ever. Good times and bad choices were had by all.
I love your whimsical humor
I love finding channels that are absolute gold before everyone else does. You have an up and coming TH-cam career (if you want it).
I used to sit out front in a lawn chair on the driveway, in college housing, in the State of Florida, drinking Mickey's at 9 AM when I was 21 while watching fellow students drive to campus. Memories!
Still drink this after college. Not quite at 9 am but afterr 12pm its on!!!
Did you graduate with a purpose or a psych major ?
Packaging Engineer here. Green bottles actually do not prevent UV light from coming in. Clear, yellow and green bottles do not do this while blue and amber bottles do prevent UV light from coming in and affecting the taste.
What a fine way to kick off 2021.
It’s a hornet and they have 4-5 variations of where the hornet is. Collect ‘em all!
“Bread in liquid form that will get you plastered.” This is how I’ve always viewed malt liquor: alcoholic bread water
Malts are better than hops
Fell apart laughing, thx
You're so professional with your analysis and critique that I feel bad even doubting if you're a real sommelier. S tier content.
Listen, after years of being a functioning alcoholic (as is most in military) and who actively chooses Mickey's as my drink of choice even tho I have money to spend on more expensive alcohol...
You are pretty right. Mostly a homeless person drink and no one not even my self understands why I drink it.
Also no one ever showed me to drink it in the bag but it instinctively dressed its self up in the bag. It calls for the bag it just requires the bag.
Back in college a local pizza place would sell 12oz mickey's grenade bottles for 2$ on Wednesdays. It was a fine time had by all.
Glad to see you uploading more frequently, keep them coming!
Used to drink bumblebee beer when I was a hobo. It was the best of the malt liquors, but it was still very much a malt liquor.
"The people who talk about their really big plans that don't actually do them." This is very accurate. An asshole I used to be friends with drank these a lot.
Why ? Just because its Malt liqour ?
Yup. That's how ignorant these folks are
Mickey's it THE BEST malt liquor. It almost tastes a little more like beer than malt liquor.
Its SMOOTH
Plot twist: he's in a different kitchen here because Troy is getting out soon and lookin for our boy
Best paired with the darkness that creeps into the corner of your mind as you stare listlessly at the acoustic ceiling tiles above your desk.
You lost the house didn't you...
Ahhh, Mickey's Malt Liquor, fine memories of my college days, late 70s. Mickey's made a good paint remover when it ran down the rear side panel of my 76 Datsun B210, especially when mixed in with Freddy's vomit. That kid never could hold his liquor.
Warm Mickey's and cold Domino's pizza, College banquet!!!
A moment of silence for my man Troy and not having internet.
Another memorable review, keep em coming, if your liver can take it.
You really should have done a test of the wide mouth grenade bottle. It really does something for the flavor ya know
Lets air into the bottle faster so the sip is easier than narrow necked bottles
The only thing I associate with Mickey's is the Tom Waits song "Franks Wild Years" about a man who goes insane during a midlife crisis and burns his own house down. Sounds like it fits.
I drank so many of these in the west coast i ended up with the bee tattoo.
I'm guessing his old lady kicked him out.
Your descriptions are hilarious! Real knack for it
One of the best beverage reviews ever. I can’t stop laughing. Thank you!!
Oh man seriously the best channel I've seen in a long time.
I'm literally in stiches, I cant stop laughing.
I think I'ma go get some help, this might be bad
I feel like that was a rough review. I'll put it this way, Mickeys is the best malt liquor you can buy
Can confirm, its the only malt liquor I could stomach back in day
Nah man, Colt 45 is the king of malt liquors.
Definitely. It crushes all the other malt liquors.
While not the strongest, it is definitely one of the best...
It tasted so bad when I first tried it, but I had been drinking all day with other beers and wines.
It tasted very smooth and flavorful when I tried again the next day though. Definitely different from my other beers, could be good in a different way.
Mickeys is damn good.
Mickeys was the shit back in high school. Much better than Cisco lol
I will keep watching these as long as you never drink anything pleasant. Thank you.
This is absolute gold. I love a good roast
Greatest channel ever
Hey look you're actually reviewing something I buy occasionally. Should I be ashamed?
It’s fine
Would I like it if I liked Zima?
No! Really!
@@rhondathomas7952 Zima is a cooler right? You'd still need to like the taste of beer to like Mickey's. I like it because the 12 pack of stubby bottles also has little puzzles under the caps that are fun to solve.
Mickey's is purely functional. No shame in that. It's practical!
Please review Raki (Turkish, if you can find it) or Korean Soju!!! I love these videos!
Just the thought of Raki gives me bad flashbacks. So yeah, he should totally unleash that on himself.
Ouzo, no water
What happened to the old kitchen?
At some point he needs to mix all of the things he's reviewed into one drink for a season finale
Speaking of PBR... you should review it! :-)
For a while they were selling them in plastic bottles. Good thing they brought the glass back
After I finished Army OSUT (I was 18), I had been with my first unit for a couple two three months or so and I had an official letter come in saying my biological mother was dying (I didn't know her too well) and so my COC sent me to Dallas on leave for the funeral. I arrived and it's almost dark and two of my cousins show up from my/our hometown and it was on! Lol one of em was already a grown ass man in his thirties and the other was a few years younger than me. We wanted to drink so my older cousin bought a bunch of 40oz Mickey's. For two nights we drank Mickey's and all I remember was having fun.
Glad your cousins and Mickeys' was there for you in your time of need!
@@unemployedwineguy thank you! They did indeed help!
Not gunna lie... When he put it in the paper bag, my mouth started to water.
I was really hoping after you tried it in the bag you would say it's the best thing you've ever tried. Top notes of vanilla and leather with a mesquite whisper tickling your palette. Bottom notes of cinnamon and orange peel but not too festive.
I just randomly stumbled on this vid. Never seen your stuff before but dam u had me laughing right off the bat!
I recommend MD 20/20 and saladitos
Actually the green glass doesn't block as much light as the brown bottles. Beers that have that skunky flavor is caused by being light struck. Back in the day the we used to drink the 12 oz big mouth bottles, they used to come with a cap that you had to tear off leaving the metal cap a jagged and sharp edges everyone had cut themselves on them once. They eventually replaced those with screw tops.
Could you do glenlivet 12? Or any Jameson?
Would you characterize it as sumante? Would increasing its surface area by serving in a coupe improve the experience?
Enjoyed all your lil jokes lol Good vid
Need the Mickey's Big Mouth!
Try some Cruzan coconut rum, affordable but quite tasty. Delicious with a bit of pineapple juice.
The correct terminology for the paper bag is “East Coast Koozie’.
Downside of UV protection with green glass - it's not as effective as brown glass. That's why most green glass bottles have a tendency of tasting light struck. Unless they're particularly fresh and well packaged away from light.
I love your scoring method
I remember Mickey's big mouth beer back in the day.
A coworker told me she had a blind beer tasting party in the '70's and Mickey's Big Mouth won. It was a simpler time kids.
Aww I miss Mickey's... always reminds me of the Navy.. gotta get one of those.
Christ. When I was in HS in Oklahoma, decades ago, a pack of short little Mickey's wide-mouths was a HUGE score, because it was apparently delicious. It wasn't, but fuck, we really pretended that it was. And frankly, it was less shitty than other shit. Do they still make Mickey's wide-mouth jars?
I swear this tastes different every time I try it and the best tasting part is the foamy part on top. One time I drank Mickey's it tasted like gasoline (almost like steel reserve). One time I tried it I was kind of enjoying it, and one time I just wanted to get hammered after a shitty day at work so I bought a tall boy from the gas station and chugged it on the side of the road, the most authentic way to enjoy mickey's in my opinion.
Dang, I'm so glad i found this channel.😂
Lol I know I’m three years in the future but I’m going thru your old stuff cuz I just discovered you on tik tok and you are hilarious! My friend from Oakland in college taught me a trick called “insta-on” and we would drink half a mickeys and then fill it back up with orange Sparks. I remember it being actually pretty tasty maybe an OG lokos
Mickeys is the perfect drink for daydrinking once she finally leaves you.
I watch beer reviews of the beer I'm drinking at the time. When I buy it more then once i watch a different review, of the beer. this mickeys review was pretty good.
Great review!
How about an Aldi Winking Owl Review! (Your pick which variety) --I've always been curious about how it compares to more expensive wine in the eyes of a professional....
I think winking owl is superior to three buck chuck. That's not saying a whole lot. It's decent table wine.
Not only is he unemployed, he's also homeless! The kitchen is of tonight's squatting victim
Nothing like a cold 40 of Mickeys to start the buzz. 🤣
My friends used to play a game with mickeys 64 oz. Each guy had a 64 taped to each hand which meant you couldn't piss unless someone helped you. And you could comply remove them after you finished both of them. The game was named after Edward scissorhands. I forget the name.
Absolutely hilarious, you got my sub. 👍
the grenades are more fun. did you do the puzzle on the cap?
I've never but I'm going too! For the crowd I like to hang with, of course in the bag.
I'm curious about DOUBLE MALT Colt 45 - what is the taste impact of 'the double'