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Anheuser-Busch Jekyll & Hyde liqueurs
I Paid: $11.99 per 750-milliliter bottle (prices may vary by region)
In that respect, kudos to the Anheuser-Busch-developed Jekyll & Hyde, two distinctly different but complementary varieties of sweetened booze that are sold as a pair. (Selling one $12 bottle of liquor is fine and dandy, but if you can essentially guarantee that you’ll sell two, now you’re talking.) The two bottles have a wavy cut to them so that they stack together, and the two half-face portraits of the benevolent Dr. Jekyll and the malicious Mr. Hyde smush together to produce a single image. The two beverages are—in theory—meant to be chilled, then layered, so that the licorice-tasting Hyde can lend depth to the berry sweetness of Jekyll. All fine in theory, and then you start drinking the stuff.
Hyde, make no mistake, fits the “evil” role fairly well: It’s kind of herbal-molasses-y with an aspirinlike bite to it, despite its somewhat unexpected syrupy sweetness. It smells like Good & Plenty—never a great sign from a gastronomic perspective, unless you’re opening a package of Good & Plenty. With ice cubes, it mellows, but it’s still not good drinkin’.
Jekyll, it turns out, is the real villain in this duo. It smells like Pop Rocks and tastes like watermelon Jolly Ranchers with just a faint thoughtful hint of cherry Dimetapp. Jekyll is like a stranger who seems polite enough in casual conversation and somehow persuades you to let him crash on your couch after the party’s over. Then you wake up at 4 a.m. and realize that Jekyll is standing right next to your bed, nude except for elbow-length rubber gloves and a Styrofoam ball gag.
The chilled, layered shot thing, incidentally, doesn’t help: Hyde is just too damn sweet, and everything tastes like melted movie theater candy.
interesting comments about what you wake up to at 4am.....did it happen to you
Why even write about crap like this and give it free press?
I has this at a industry event (liquor distributor) a few years ago. It tasted like crap and I was already bombed. So that is saying something.
Wonderful detail! I practically tasted the vile liquid (which is both a good thing and a bad thing, I guess). Your writing has been getting even better lately - more detail, and I like the focus on some less "in your face" stuff, like the ginger syrup and Indian pizzas.
Blech, I tried this at Surdyk's a few weeks ago. Like Jag got infused with Robitussin. Just plain foul.
Let me start by telling you that if I didn't have customers who wanted Coors and Miller, I'd give all my beer business to the Anheiser Busch (sp?) people. They're very good at marketing beer.
That being said, we were given a chance to try the Jekyll and Hyde and I must tell you they're both disgusting. I'd never serve that to any of my bar customers.
They sell chillers with a lighting...+READ
Let me start by telling you that if I didn't have customers who wanted Coors and Miller, I'd give all my beer business to the Anheiser Busch (sp?) people. They're very good at marketing beer.
That being said, we were given a chance to try the Jekyll and Hyde and I must tell you they're both disgusting. I'd never serve that to any of my bar customers.
They sell chillers with a lighting device on the front to display this stuff at shot-and-beer places. The display is as catchy as the bottles that mesh together. But, like I said, chilled or not, this stuff is vile and should be left for the "kids" to drink.-COLLAPSE
Very funny post! Thanks!
"watermelon Jolly Ranchers with just a faint thoughful hint of cherry Dimetapp," too funny!
As usual, Anheuser-Busch puts all into marketing and leaves little for taste.
This. Is. Hilarious.
Great review. I hate watermelon Jolly Ranchers. Not that you asked.
I got this as a Xmas gift... Wow was it vile tasting...
Holy moses!