Trader Joe's

Commissioner in Monrovia, California, United States 🇺🇸
Owned by Aldi (Nord / Süd / Hofer)
Associated with 53 Venues

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Monrovia, CA, United States
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Trader Joe's owns 1 brewery/brand:
Description
Trader Joe’s is a grocery store chain that has various beers contract brewed for them as exclusive house brands.

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6.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Very Unibroue-y. Standard house aroma. Medium sweet and malty dubbel, some aging fruit and light spices, a little black pepper?
Tried on 14 Feb 2007 at 19:33

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle from Trader Joes; grainy nose with caramel, yaest, and crabapple notes; dark copper witha medium, but quick disipating beige head; flavor of caramel malts with apple notes and a tiny bit of hop bitterness in the background
Tried from Bottle on 12 Feb 2007 at 17:44

4.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 3 Texture 6 Overall 4.5
Pour is a orange with a white head. Aroma is sweet malts and i can actually smell the alcohol. Flavor is some citrus and malts but here comes the alcohol. Should a amber have 7.2%?. Finish is very boozy. Nothing you want to have after a long day at work.
Tried from Can on 28 Jan 2007 at 20:02

5.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Pour is a almost black with a small tan head. Aroma is very small, some roasty malts but not much else. Flavor is again pretty weak. Some malts but again not much else. Cheap but nothing great.
Tried on 28 Jan 2007 at 18:47

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Pour is a nice black with a tan head. Aroma is a nice roasty with some coffee showing up. Flavor is a bit more on the chocolate side with some roast and wood smoke. A bit watery on the flavor is all i can say that would give this one a bad review. Decent but not great.
Tried from Can on 28 Jan 2007 at 18:02

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Pour is a dark brown with a large head. Aroma is candi sugar, Belgian yeast and wine. Flavor is sweet but spicy with some malts and a dark fruit aspect. A little watery and lots of carbonation. This is about as average as a dubble can get. It has its qualities to seak it out though especially with the price tag of $4.99.
Tried from Can on 28 Jan 2007 at 14:15

6.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
Biersch has made a surprisingly good Vienna and it is great they sell these beers so cheap. Viennas as not complex beers, nor do I expect them to be. The alcohol is maybe a little higher than typical. This beer is straightforward, simple malt. But it is well done. A session beer and slightly dry.
Tried on 27 Jan 2007 at 23:35

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottled. A deep brown beer with a red shine, under a brown head. The aroma is sweet malty with notes of spices and celery. The flavor is sweet malty and very spicy, coriander and cloves standing out, but also with notes of celery.
Tried from Bottle on 13 Jan 2007 at 00:19

4.4/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 4 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 4.5
This isn’t very good, and more of a strong Euro lager. Flavor actually reminds me of sipping Grandpa’s Blatz as a child. There is a little malt and just a hint of carmelly Bockness as it warms. Some hop bitterness but lacks malt sweetness. A dunkler bock? It has a gold color. Starts with a sizeable white head that fades to nothing, but there are a lot of bubbles with considerable carbonation. Strong and the alcohol is well hidden. Actually not a bad summer beer.
Tried on 12 Jan 2007 at 15:22

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Nose of raisins, chcolate, and some cloves; hazy walnut with a small tan head; flavor of nutmeg, caramel, chocolate, and raisins; decent dubbel; good complexity.
Tried on 02 Jan 2007 at 20:11