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Top 40oz. Selections
All the pictures in this article are credited to The 40oz. Crew
>> Keep Swillin'... The 40oz. Crew ...Continued
"I've got a number of rare 40's. I've got a Colt 45 Premium, which has been gone for nearly 10 years. The story is that Colt 45 came out with a malt called Colt Power Master. Colt was immediately pressured to drop it because of its name, but instead of dropping it, they changed the name very briefly to Premium. It was very unpopular though, so it only lasted a few months… I've got a Schlitz Red Bull wide mouth and also the small mouth with the old label, a wide mouth King Cobra with the old label which was changed a long ass time ago, as well as another old King Cobra brown glass small mouth, definitely 90's style." -satan165.
As I mentioned earlier, this isn't just some passing hobby for the 40oz. Crew. They travel all over the world to taste and find those rare 40's. But, don't get it twisted, the 40oz. Crew aren't just a bunch of drunk bums. "Wherever we go, we are shown around the city by people who live there and know the area. We are treated to proper accommodations, the best places to eat, and the best malts in the area. It's the only way to travel." -White Mike.
"It ain't no secret that 40's are marketed to the minorities, so where else you gonna find the real shit besides the hood? People have gone on hunts to find shit and come back with all types of ridiculous stuff. Especially in urban areas like Chi-town and New York City, these small ass convenient and liquor stores have wack distributors that never take away the old product like they are supposed to. This is where you find the true rarities, the shit that's been sitting around for five years or easily more. The cheap ass storeowners can't get their money back from the distributor so they keep it on the shelves for eternity hoping they can get their $2.00 for it to break even. Lucky for them, they got us, 'cause we'll buy that shit." -Satan165 "One time, me and 40oz Crew member, Drastic Measures were out were out in this shitty run down little bodega in Freeport, Long Island searching for 40's and we found something rare in the back. I pulled out my camera to get a picture of us with the new find. As soon as the flash went off, this pregnant lady came flying out from the back screaming her ass off demanding to know why we were taking pictures. She must have thought we were cops or from the Board of Health or something…" -White Mike.
A common misconception is that a lot of people associate the 40oz. Crew with frats or just a bunch of white kids drinking 40's to be down? "There's no doubt we are a bunch of white kids. But if I fly across the country to New York, Seattle, Florida or wherever, and I'm hanging with my true peeps (or those I am meeting for the first time) and some 40 seals start crackin with no one around but the 2 or 3 of us, how is it that we are trying to be 'down'? We don't act like fools or wiggers drinkin 40's tryin to be something we are not. We are down to earth and we are serious as cancer when it comes to this shit." -satan165.
"There is an underground community dedicated to 40oz malt liquor that goes beyond the bums passed out with their brown bags under your local bridge and even further beyond frat boys drinking Mickeys 40's next to the jungle juice. That community, that movement, is us, The 40oz. Crew." -Bruz. "You don't have to have 100 bottles to be a part and you don't have to down twenty 40's a day. We just want people that want to get down and wile out either in their own city with people like me as a guest or vice versa." -satan165. In the mean time, they'll be in a different city, drinking exclusive 40's, and meeting new people every month. Now that you're probably thirsty after reading this, take that trip to your local bodega…
*I'd like to thank everyone with The 40oz. Crew for all the pictures and for their participation in this article. You can find out more about 40oz culture at http://www.40ozmaltliquor.com. Keep Swillin'
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