Kirkland Signature Vintage Ale 2024
(Batch of Kirkland Signature Vintage Ale (2024-))
Kirkland Signature / Costco Wholesale Corporation in Issaquah, Washington, United States 🇺🇸
Brewed at/by: Deschutes BreweryStout - Imperial Regular Out of Production
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Score
7.34
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Aged for nine months in a mix of bourbon barrels. This robust imperial stout was meticulously crafted by Deschutes Brewery in Bend, Oregon, with notes of dark chocolate and roasted coffee.
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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 8
Near black pour with a small tan head. Bourbon heavy aroma. Caramel, roast malt, oak, chocolate. It also tastes bourbon heavy. It’s a little hot even with some aging but it’s still good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Mar 2026
at 05:14
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
22 oz. bottle from Costco in Charlotte, NC. Pours a pitch black color with a small beige head and fair retention. Surprisingly little lacing. Bourbon barrel aroma. The taste is similar to the aroma, with bourbon notes up front with some dark roasted and bitter dark chocolate notes in the finish. Strong alcohol, but it’s not as boozy as I expected for 12% ABV. Smooth. I don't taste the coffee flavor, and that's okay. Medium+ body. Low carbonation. Moderate bitterness. Too strong overall for me, but a decent sipper.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Oct 2025
at 02:43
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bomber pours with a dark brown sort of milk chocolate colored body that supports a nice tan head of foam. The aroma offers up roasted malts, mineral kinda maltiness, a sense of barrel oakiness and then a firm blend of booze and bourbon. Smells pretty nice. The taste delivers chocolate malts, roasted malts and then smooth yet nuanced bourbon notes. The experience mingles left and right and slides into the finish with a moderate level of booziness, chocolate, a bit of roasted malts and lingering bourbon. Pretty damn solid.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Feb 2025
at 05:24
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
(Bottle from Costco) clear, bright, very dark brown color with a small tan head; aroma of dried fruit, creamy palate, rich, balanced flavor with a long, light bitter finish
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jan 2025
at 04:48
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Rewind: I came down a little bit hard on this beer, because the packaging was a one for one replication of a Fuller's Vintage Ale, which is an old ale. I see now that it's an imperial stout, but shame on Costco and Deschutes for trying to package it as a Fuller's equivalent. This will improve my score somewhat, but I still feel a bit deceived.f Bomber from Costco. Dark brown pour, ring of beige head. Sweet aroma, pit fruit, prunes, shoe polish. Taste is sweet, prunes, dark cherries followed by a hefty burn. Kind of harsh. Now I see that this supposed to be an imperial stout rather than an old ale, I like it even less. A royal mess.
Tried
on 30 Nov 2024
at 04:57
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bomber. Drink the cold away! Nearly black with a small tan head. Bourbon, chocolate, vanilla nose. Chocolate, both dark and milk, dry roast, bourbon, some char in the finish that is a bit off putting. Otherwise nice.
Tried
on 29 Oct 2024
at 23:08
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
bottle - shared with friends. Cool beer from Deschutes/Kirkland - was very good overall - on the sweet side, could probably stand to cellar for a bit but i liked it
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Oct 2024
at 11:27
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle. Pours a dark brownish color with a nice creamy beige head that dies down. Sweet nose, butterscotch and bourbon. Rich. Some heat. Tannins, sugary hot bourbon, something akin to chocolate cake. Pretty hot. Unrefined compared to the Abyss, but this is a solid buy.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Oct 2024
at 05:57