Amsterdam

Maximator

ABV 11.6% • Vol 500 ml • can • Netherlands • Mid-price • Flavour 2
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Oh good god, this stuff is awful! Picked up a can recently when in the South of France. This stuff is essentially a can of 'Spesh' (Special Brew/Tramp Fuel) with a continental edge. I'd recommend it to a tramp going for a more upmarket or cosmopolitan appearance, but to the good readers of bottledbeer.co.uk I would suggest it only be bought as a comedy present for any heavy drinking friends. Can you handle the power of Maximator???

Review submitted by: Chunky Norwich

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Review updated 07 July 2004

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Am a daily beer drinker but this is a no no for me... This smells like battery water and gives the effects of cheap whisky. After juz half a can I was getting this annoying headache and had to gulp a lot of water to clear that half a can from my system.
Ananth M

I'm rather fond of this, two cans gives a slight buzz, without the distended feeling one can get from the quantity other beers require for the same effect.
Mike Sadler

I drank this beer quite frequently while studying in France over the summer. Was very cheap, and needless to say, two cans did the job for me (I'm party asian). Granted it tasted aweful if you didn't down it fast, but I wasn't drinking for the taste. Hell, I was attending college at the time, and we drink to get drunk, am I right?
Charlie Five

Tastes ok to me, but a little weak strengthwise
Richard Mettam

This is the best "I just want to get drunk" beer in the world. To me it smells and tastes like regular beer with Everclear and windshield wiper fluid poured into it. Delicious!
Sean

its proper bo i tell thee
bresslaw

hi,im from argentina and we drink beers from much europeans and latins countries,this beer is a garbage and is very expensive here!!!!
rodrigo

the ONE is enought for most of MOST OF US
BEERER

You can't argue with 11.6%, pour doen a funnell and a good night will be had by all, except my mate Lewis who KO'd on it!
Common Jon

this stuff is incredible...!! hail to the maximator!
Oliver Goodwin

I just want to have been in the meetings when the decided on a name. Horrendous stuff and absolutely brilliant as well.
Jamie Ptaszynski

Probably the best beer in the world. Amsterdam Maximation indeed.
Bill Sutton

wow... had in France and again in Holland. Drank one can warm and it was the most difficult thing I have ever done, but worth it, the most buzz I have ever had off of one beer. Cold it's not that bad, if you can ignore the cloying taste of hard liquor that follows each gulp. Now is a running joke among my friends, and we're trying to get some imported to Canada. Amazing stuff, like nothing else. Next up, try to shotgun....
Andrew S.

MATE BROUGHT A CAN OVER FROM HOLLAND ITS GOT TO BE THE BEST,BETTER THAN TENANTS,CARLSBERG SUPER IF I COULD GET IT IN THE UK I WOULD BUY LOADS OF IT
T J FEWTRELL

This beer is excellent. It tastes a bit rough admittedly but it gets you drunk extremely quickly which is a bonus. I suggest that you try this beer as you'll get used to the taste after a few cans of the stuff and you'll enjoy it more too. I wish that amsterdam beers would export it to the UK. They say they have no plans to do this as yet. I bought my beer from carrefour in Calais, France. I managed to get a whole case of 24 cans of the stuff (the last case on the shelf). It cost 28 quid but i think it was well worth it! I went back to try and get a case but they didn't seem to have any more!!
Ben

Pull the ring at the top of the can and all yon wee creepy crawlies lurkin in yer heed will vanish.Don't be afraid tae do it again and again.Maximator is the god of beers long live maximator.Hint, take a few gulps oot o the can, refill with buckfast tonic wine and hold on,enjoy the ride.
jolly jock

me and my mates got absolutely hammered on this stuff in france and disrupted the tour de france wearing kilts, sandals and kitchen marigolds. ko'd our mate bob too. fantastic stuff!
G bangers

Four maximators and a really big "world in chaos"
ChanGux

Below is the description from the company: Amsterdam Maximator 11.6%: The demanding drinker's choice Description: Its smooth taste combined with superior strength makes Amsterdam Maximator a treat for the true beer connoisseur. I don't know where they get this BS. My ad would be "Maximator may taste like the butt of a rhino but it definitely gets you drunk. And it's cheap. For more information on how to find our beer check with your local wino."
Jim Bigelow

Hell yes, this shit is good/bad. I couldn't even describe how it tastes, given the amount of alcohol in it. All I can feel right now is that dreadful taste you get when you drink cheap gin. All that said, I'd totally buy a can at the beggining of the night, since it does the job of getting you drunk pretty quick. It's not cheap here in Brazil, though.
Incitatus

500 ml can, supplied by my friend Olav. Brewed by "Dutch Export Breweries". ABV was 11.6%. Golden colour, moderate head. Weak aroma, a hint of white wine and honey. Very sweet and alcoholic flavour. Pretty bad. Score: 2
Sigmund

what is the can made of? Something strong – my god battery acid - don't waste your euros.
big mick

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