c.n.budz said:
Nope.... If you change the recipe it won't be Old E, Bull Ice, etc anymore. It will be something else entirely. IMO, still a waste of time and ingredients.
if you enjoy brewing it and think it will be fun to have on hand, then it isn't a waste. furthermore, many major craft breweries make malt liquor including dogfish head, rogue, bear republic, and three floyd's, which are some of the most highly regarded breweries in the country.
http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/dogfish-head-liquor-de-malt/33380/
A 40-ounce, bottle-conditioned malt liquor brewed with Apache Red (red), Hickory King (white), and Taos Blue (blue) corns. The "All-American" malt liquor is packaged with a hand-stamped, Dogfish Head brown paper bag. Scheduled for a 6/15/04 release. (limited availability, 300 cases) Bottled in 40 ounce bottles.
http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/three-floyds-dolemite-malt-liquor/55915/
A delicous lager brewed with a little bit of Illiana's finest corn.
http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/rogue-dads-little-helper/58241/
"This ain't your Dad's malt liquor" - Brewmaster John Maier After the death of his wife, Henry Jackson Smart was left to raise 6 young children alone. His courage, love, selflessness and dedication inspired his daughter, Sonora Smart Dodd, to organize the First Father's Day on June 19th, 1910. In 1924 President Calvin Coolidge proclaimed the third Sunday in June as Fathers Day. President Nixon, in 1972, established it as a permanent day of national observance. Dad's is brewed with Harrington and Klages malts, Flaked Corn, Crystal Hops, Free Range Coastal Water, and Czech Pils Yeast. Available in the spring of 2005 in the classic 22-ounce Rogue micropiece. Measurements: 17 degrees Plato, IBU 25, Apparent Attenuation 77, Lovibond 10 degrees.