6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 4
Bottled. Hints of hops. Nothing special. Clean finish. Nothing to see here,...............
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 May 2025
at 01:13
7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
12oz can. Pretty nice lager. Balanced, clean, well brewed. Doesn't really lean into the German Malts that much so sort of lame to call it a Helles. Really clean and easy drinking.
Tried
on 18 May 2025
at 03:38
6.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6
This brew is a clear straw-gold color with a medium thin white head that burns away quickly. Spotty lace. Malt, grassy hops and fruit in the nose. Light-bodied with flavors of mildly bitter grassy hops, roast malt and fruit. The finish is clean and malty with a touch of hops in the aftertaste. Slightly above average overall.
Tried
from Can
on 06 Feb 2025
at 23:52
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
6.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
12 pack of cans from Costco.
Pours clear golden with a medium sized white head that dissipates quickly, light lacing. Grains, bready, mild bitter finish.
Decent
Pours clear golden with a medium sized white head that dissipates quickly, light lacing. Grains, bready, mild bitter finish.
Decent
Tried
from Can
on 30 Jan 2025
at 02:51
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
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
12 oz can from Costco. Pours a crystal clear gold color with a small off-white head and decent retention. Light spotty lacing. Faint pale malts and light bread aroma. Crisp and clean light pale lager flavor. Slightly sweet. Light bitterness. Super easy drinking. Very repeatable. Pedestrian, but well made. Good beer at a good price. Light body. Medium-light carbonation.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Dec 2024
at 22:45
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
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
12 pack from Costco. Clear golden pour, foamy head recedes. Grainy, aroma, sweet malts. Taste is bready, sweet. Nothing exceptional, but decent overall.
Tried
on 27 Nov 2024
at 06:57
4.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 4
Notes from June 2010 This particular sample case has been contract brewed up in Utica with 400 other recipes. Costco usually just rebrands things(albeit, quality name brands) so I'm wondering if anyone can guess what this stuff is yet. Best by June 28 2010 Poured into a Carlsberg Pilsener glass. Generic honey amber color. Just a bit milky, so I probably disturbed the sediment some. The yeast falls out pretty quickly though. Thin eggshell white head, but not much of it. There's too much wasted space up top, so I cap the glass off with 4-5 more ounces. :) Smell is white bread, honey, subtle white pepper, & just a touch of citric acid. Shy, leafy hops. Boring & stale. Taste has more going for it. Little bit of coriander, little bit of caraway, lots of starchy husks & hulls. Grainy. Grassy hops. No real pungent phenols like banana or clove that I'd associate with Hefes. No aftertaste besides a little glass. Carbonation is almost right on, but is still a little thin & irritating like a force-carbed draught beer, & doesn't deliver that creamy feel I was expecting. A bland American Hefeweizen without the hop bite. That is what this is. I drank two without flinching though, so it's not terrible. If CostCo can get stock it for a bit less(I think it was $21/cs), then maybe I'll give it another shot.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Nov 2024
at 02:38