Kosmos Reserve
Spoetzl Brewery (Shiner) in Shiner, Texas, United States 🇺🇸
Lager - Premium Regular|
Score
5.38
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“Kosmos Spoetzl knew how to brew great beer. Born in Bavaria, Kosmos’ mastery of German brewing carried him as far as Egypt before he found his way to the small Texas town of Shiner. Our proud brewery still carries his name and commitment to excellence in brewing. This full-flavored, hop-jacked lager is every bit as unique as the man himself and our way of saluting the brewmaster who started it all.”
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5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Pours gold into a shaker. Bright white soapy head with medium retention recedes leaving gloppy sheets. Stale beer mung aromas. Dry and fruity with sour malt and wet earth.
Tried
on 03 Sep 2015
at 16:42
5.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Yeasty barley malt nose, somewhat nutty. Clear amber, thin head. Yeast, barley, tangy lemongrass. Light body, frothy mouthfeel.
Tried
on 29 Oct 2014
at 18:01
4.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Purchased in Vermont, part of their tester mixed-pack. Pours a clean rich golden colour, with a little amber in it. Frothy warm cap with good retention and some thick foamy lace. Typical macro lager smell with sweet malt, alcohol, fake hops and corn. Even more corn in the taste with some mild adjuncts. Fake hops. Not the worst lager out there. Nice label, brew looks good, but nothing more than this.
Tried
on 14 Oct 2014
at 20:57
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Pours a medium golden color with huge frothy white head that slowly recedes. Aromas of earthy mineral water atop grainy sweet bread. Light earthy hop aroma. The flavor is a bit malty sweet with a light earthy fruitiness. Medium to full body with a moderate level of carbonation. So far I liked this on the most from the mixed 12 pack I got. Its a decent lager, not horribly complex or continental inspired, but drinkable just the same.
Tried
on 28 Jun 2014
at 18:48
5.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle - Light skunk and light sweet malts. Clear gold with a rich white head. Light citrus and some grape with a bit of skunky hops and slight bitter finish. Closer to a Euro Lager but still too sweet.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Apr 2014
at 18:16
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
12 oz bottle from the Shiner Family Reunion variety sixer bought at WinCo in CDA, ID. Aroma is roasty, bready malt. Dull, but not as boring as the Premium I had before this. Pours almost clear old gold with a light haze; medium white head with good retention. Sweet but with a faint hop presence. Light metal offnote. The label brags about its hoppiness, but this could use a whole lot more hops.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jan 2014
at 20:50
4.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4
Pour is a darker gold with a large white head. Aroma is kinda vegetal and sweet grain. Flavor is weak and watery. No real malts and no hops what so ever. Kinda just sweet and thin. I guess they were going for a Sam Adams lager clone but missed the mark on the important things like aroma and flavor.
Tried
on 18 Jan 2014
at 19:09
5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle from Once Upon a Vine - South on 04/02/2011. Clear golden body with a large frothy white head. Sweet spicy hop aroma on a light malt background. Sweet spicy hop flavor with some light fruitiness and a mild malt background. Medium body with moderately high carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jan 2014
at 08:56
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Fairly bland taste and a musty smell. Medium golden body with small silky head. Not much here to write about.
Tried
on 07 Dec 2013
at 16:04
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Amber beer with a cream head. Earth and light mineral aroma. Mineral an sweet malt flavor. Medium bodied. Sweet malt and light mineral lingers with light earth and light caramel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Nov 2013
at 10:40