Shiner Kosmos Reserve - Spoetzl Brewery

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446 Ratings

rAvg: 3.33
pDev: 16.22%
Reviews: 194
Hads: 252

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Spoetzl Brewery

Texas, United States

Style | ABV
American Pale Lager | 4.98% ABV

Availability: Rotating. bottle (194).

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Reviews by BgThang:

BgThang

Texas

3.93/5 rDev +18%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 4

Let me just say its been 10 years since Ive had this beer. I remember it tasting like f'ed up shit. Of course this is before I learned about better beer and appreciated many different styles.

Appearance - very clean, ligth copper yellowish look. very well carbonated , but not alot of head.

nose - grassy, earthy malts. A little bit of a twang cannot pin it down.

Taste - Very descent for a larger if it is that. Sorry left my reading glasses at work and cannot read the bottle. There is something there that I got in the nose its a nice change from the norm. I am thinking its a unique hop that I have not experienced alot of. Still cannot place it.

Thoughts - This beer is one of my favs from shiner. I hope they re-release this as a seasonal in sixer. I like it. Alot. its not an A beer but a solid B beer. I do not care what you think, this is certainly a nice brew. ` If the rep for shiner reads this, RELEASE IT IN SIXERS!

Serving type: bottle

02-28-2009 02:06:02 | More by BgThang

More User Reviews:

lucasj82

Indiana

2.5/5 rDev -24.9%

06-18-2013 01:34:02 | More by lucasj82

Satsuma

Florida

3.25/5 rDev -2.4%

06-16-2013 03:44:54 | More by Satsuma

MandaLeigh

Nebraska

3.75/5 rDev +12.6%

06-12-2013 21:03:51 | More by MandaLeigh

NYR_Rob

Pennsylvania

3/5 rDev -9.9%

06-09-2013 04:04:23 | More by NYR_Rob

RedWeizen83

Texas

3/5 rDev -9.9%

06-08-2013 16:32:39 | More by RedWeizen83

jngrizzaffi

Texas

4.25/5 rDev +27.6%

06-07-2013 04:20:44 | More by jngrizzaffi

blastoderm55

Texas

3/5 rDev -9.9%

06-07-2013 02:48:00 | More by blastoderm55

plaid75

New York

3.75/5 rDev +12.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75

Poured a light brassy hue with a one finger foamy white head. There was decent retention and lacing.

The smell featured a soft caramel with a grassy hop.

The flavor was very well balanced with round caramel malts and a clean herbal hop.

The mouthfeel was of average fullness with a dry finish.

Overall a tasty well balanced ale.

Serving type: bottle

06-05-2013 01:37:36 | More by plaid75

ThisWangsChung

Maryland

2.89/5 rDev -13.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 2.75

12 oz bottle into a pint glass.

A: Pours a crystal-clear amber color. The head is one and a half fingers high, shaded white, and it doesn't feature the best retention or texturing. However, it does leave a minor ring of lacing on the glass.

S: There is a noticeable hoppiness to the aroma here - certainly nothing that would give Stone any fits, but enough to give me some hope. This helps provide a touch of citrus and pine. However, there's little else aside from a touch of mineral water.

T: I've been waiting for something from Shiner to give me anything in terms of hops, and this provides it, albeit in a light manner. Luckily, the slight citrusy/piny tones are welcome here. There's something else here I'm not a fan of - I can't put my finger on it, perhaps a metallic note on the back end - so I can't call this one 'great' by any stretch.

M: Sampling this Shiner Family Reunion 6-pack, I've notice several trends in all of their brews: most are fairly clean, crisp, and light, but also too sweet on the back end, partly due to a slight lack of carbonation. This doesn't suffer from the latter qualities like the others have, thankfully. It's a bit drier and more assertively carbonated.

O: I'm a little let down, because while it succeeds where other Shiner beers failed (such as providing something resembling hoppiness), I can't put my finger on why I'm not a huge fan of this - maybe it's not that fresh? Ah well. Tickers gonna tick, bro.

Serving type: bottle

06-03-2013 21:12:06 | More by ThisWangsChung