Kirkland Signature German Style Lager - Kirkland Signature / Costco Wholesale Corporation

jeffjeff1

California

3/5  rDev -1.3%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

This was an ok beer. I have had better german lagers.

Appearance- amber color, transparent

Smell- bready malt

Taste- malt

Mouthfeel- medium bodied

Drinkability- pretty good, can't beat the price from Costco, 15 dollars for 24 beers, 4 kinds, was quite pleased with that

Serving type: bottle

07-04-2009 07:00:05 | More by jeffjeff1

trocketsauced

New York

3.5/5  rDev +15.1%

05-13-2013 01:52:12 | More by trocketsauced

KingBiscuit

Illinois

2.75/5  rDev -9.5%

04-08-2013 22:54:23 | More by KingBiscuit

DrunkinYogi

Connecticut

3/5  rDev -1.3%

04-06-2013 04:36:50 | More by DrunkinYogi

grumpygerman

Alabama

2.75/5  rDev -9.5%

04-05-2013 01:08:22 | More by grumpygerman

Onenote81

North Carolina

3.5/5  rDev +15.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Another one from the pack my friend gave me. Poured into a stemmed lager glass.

Pours a dark rusty orange, clear, with a small white head on top. Scents of grass, lemon juice-soaked crackers, orange zest. There's ample bubbles rising through this beer, and this gives this beer a nice crisp feel. Light with a touch of dryness on the back end. Easy drinking for sure.

Mild bitterness from the hop presence, semi-sweet citrus add a nice balance. Easy finish with no lingering aftertaste. This beer is what it is - a simple easy drinking lager. I was in the mood for one and it delivered. I could see this pairing well with some burgers or grilled 'dogs.

Serving type: bottle

03-20-2013 13:29:47 | More by Onenote81

Darkmagus82

Montana

3.48/5  rDev +14.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Poured from bottle into a pint glass

Appearance – The beer pours a clear medium amber color with a two finger white head. The head has great retention slowly fading to leave a decent level of lace on the sides of the glass.

Smell – The aroma is light overall but is heaviest of malt and a caramel sweetness. Mixed with these are a faint whiff of a earthiness as well.

Taste – The taste starts out with flavors of a malty and bready base with some light caramel flavors. As it advances further there are flavors of a fruity nature come to the tongue. The sweeter fruit flavors however start to fade more toward the middle to the end of the taste with a light bitterness form a mix of citrus hop flavors coming to the tongue. With all the flavor combined, in the end a moderately sweet caramel and lightly hopped bready flavor is left to linger on the tongue.

Mouthfeel –The body of the beer is average to above average in terms of its thickness and creaminess with a carbonation level that is rather average. The combo of the two is nice for the flavors of the brew and create a rather nice easy drinking brew.

Overall – For the price you pay for this one it is one good brew. There were no detectable off flavors with nice smooth transition. Not too shabby.

Serving type: bottle

03-06-2013 02:16:29 | More by Darkmagus82

pheelingIt

Tennessee

2.75/5  rDev -9.5%

02-02-2013 00:29:32 | More by pheelingIt

EricTheJew

Missouri

2/5  rDev -34.2%

01-25-2013 03:29:19 | More by EricTheJew

blinker97

North Carolina

3/5  rDev -1.3%

01-22-2013 01:28:50 | More by blinker97

rusty3335

Massachusetts

3/5  rDev -1.3%

01-15-2013 16:56:00 | More by rusty3335

dmorgan310

Michigan

3.25/5  rDev +6.9%

01-13-2013 01:51:06 | More by dmorgan310

napetry

North Carolina

3.5/5  rDev +15.1%

01-06-2013 22:56:35 | More by napetry

CmBanaszak

3.5/5  rDev +15.1%

01-06-2013 00:59:37 | More by CmBanaszak

Mxslms

2.75/5  rDev -9.5%

12-31-2012 22:22:31 | More by Mxslms

TheBishopco

Tennessee

2.5/5  rDev -17.8%

12-30-2012 07:36:19 | More by TheBishopco

kojevergas

California

2.63/5  rDev -13.5%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5

Acquired as part of a variety pack at Costco; it was $19 for the 24 pack. Expectations are below average; I've had the other three and they've hovered between bad and average. Reviewed live. 12 fl oz bown glass bottle with standard pressure cap served into an Oskar Blues pilsner glass in me gaff in low altitude Los Feliz, Los Angeles, California.

Served straight from the fridge. Side-poured as no carbonation issues are anticipated.

A: Pours a 2.5 finger beige colour head of slight cream, decent thickness, and average (~2 minute) retention. Body colour is a clear pale copper. No yeast particles are visible. No bubble show. Zero lacing. Neither vibrant nor dull. A typical appearance for a festbier.

Sm: Sweet malts, pale malts. Minimal floral hopping. Barley. Clean. Slight hints of sweet cidre. An average strength aroma. Comparable to festbiers I had at Bergkirchweih.

T: Clean full barley, a sweet malt climax, and a clean smooth finish. Light hop nectar and minimal floral hopping. No yeast character whatsoever. A bit too sweet and artificially so at that. Simple. The finish is strangely perfumey and bad. No alcohol comes through. Tastes like a homebrew extract beer. Imbalanced. Meh.

Mf: Smooth, wet. Average thickness. A bit overcarbonated. Thrown together.

Dr: A mediocre festbier, and not one I'd seek out again - but probably worth the low pricetag. Better than most macrobrew lagers. An underwhelming offering from Costco. Drinkable but pedestrian.

C-

Serving type: bottle

12-19-2012 05:27:17 | More by kojevergas

nheinzie57

Illinois

2.75/5  rDev -9.5%

12-16-2012 00:20:43 | More by nheinzie57

mfigueroa713

New York

3.5/5  rDev +15.1%

11-20-2012 12:07:04 | More by mfigueroa713

joecast

Australia

3/5  rDev -1.3%

11-19-2012 02:27:37 | More by joecast

Hobby

Michigan

2/5  rDev -34.2%

11-10-2012 00:58:39 | More by Hobby

TroyFarrar

Virginia

3/5  rDev -1.3%

11-02-2012 03:16:36 | More by TroyFarrar

biboergosum

Alberta (Canada)

3.63/5  rDev +19.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

354ml bottle, with yeast from the 'Weihensephan' (sic) bank in Freising, Germany, apparently. Part of a 24-bottle, 35 dollar (dirt cheap, around here) mixpack available at Alberta Costco Liquor outlets. Brewed by "Hopfen und Malz Brewing Company, San Jose, CA". So, Gordon Biersch, then.

This beer pours a crystal clear, medium golden hue, with three fingers of puffy, foamy off-white head, which leaves some nicely consistent bansai tree lace around the glass as it duly recedes.

It smells of bready, doughy, biscuity malt, a bit of caramel, some mild drupe fruitiness, and softly bitter earthy, leafy hops. Hmmmm. The taste is semi-sweet doughy malt, a waning biscuit character, some mild nutty caramel notes, and leafy, somewhat musty noble hops.

The carbonation is quite soft and unassuming, the body a decently solid medium weight for the style, and agreeably smooth. It finishes with a strong tendency to the dry, as the malt shifts in that direction, and the hops wait with expectant open arms.

A surprisingly enjoyable version of an Oktoberfest, even if the bottle's rather pedestrian labeling offers no such classifying indication. Well rounded in flavour, so much so, that I can foresee actually drinking the copious amount of its remaining friends in that big ol' box.

Serving type: bottle

10-28-2012 01:28:54 | More by biboergosum

hadlance

Alabama

4/5  rDev +31.6%

10-27-2012 13:54:33 | More by hadlance

wattoclone

Pennsylvania

3/5  rDev -1.3%

09-12-2012 14:22:57 | More by wattoclone