“The first malt liquor worthy of a glass,” I had to try it, the premise is pleasantly absurd. Also, rumor has it (and the “kicks you where you most expect it” on the label seems to confirm) that DKML stands for Dick Kicker Malt Liquor, which has a nice ring to it.
Hazy with light head retention, smells of BOOZE with sweet adjunct grains and a light woodiness underneath. Taste is sweet and boozy, perhaps a little spicy in the background with a thin body. The finish is semi-dry, with a nice floral hop character and light bitterness, plus a lot more booziness and that classic malt liquor finish, I’m not sure how else to describe it, but all cheap high gravity beer has it. Overall, I respect the hell out of Founders and their work with barrel aging, and this beer’s a cool experience: a barrel aged malt liquor! In reality though, it’s a malt liquor; the aging adds some nice flavors, but underneath it’s still a cheap beer with inherent off flavors. But then the alcohol kicks in and you forget all that, A+++