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Kirkland Signature German Style Lager

Kirkland Signature German Style Lager - Pale Lager

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 Percentile 
18
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Brewed by Gordon Biersch Brewing Company
Style: Pale Lager

Palo Alto, California USA

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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
352.59/5.02.61/5.05.5%90.9Dimpled mug, English pint, Lager glass, Shaker
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Commercial Description:
An authentic German style lager brewed with pilsner, dark-roasted Munich, and dark caramel malts. The result is a deep, golden-colored beer with smooth body. The best ingredients create the best beer. We use a bottom-fermenting yeast strain from the Weihenstephan yeast bank from Freising, Germany, and aroma hops from the renowned Hallertau region in Southern Germany. ABV 5.5% Bitterness 22 IBU. Contract brewed under the brewer name Hopfen Und Malz for Costco by the Gordon Biersch Brewing Company.
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 TheBeerGod (3143), Newport News, Virginia, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/510/20
Nov 7, 2009  
Bottle. Amber pour. Short white head. Aroma is caramel, grassy hops, light toffee, fruit and nuts trail mix and buttery biscuit. Taste is sweet malt, caramel, fruit and nut trail mix and light grassy hops. Body is medium with a bubbly carbonation. Ends with more caramel, light toffee, dried fruit, nuts and grassy hops. Not too bad!


 yobdoog (1420), Woodridge NY, New York, USA
1.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/53/102/55/20
Nov 5, 2009  
Brown with a small head. Aroma is grassy, earthy, musty, corny. Not at all pleasant. Flavor is for the first time in a while, almost undrinkable. Like cooked vegetables and corn.


 BelgianBeerGal (1274), Sabbatical in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/55/103/510/20
Oct 28, 2009  
Local bottle. Clear brown colour with a medium foamy, khaki head, lots of carbonation and decent lacing. Aroma is sweet malt and apricot. Pretty clean taste but maybe a little metal in the middle. Some hops and bitterness pop up in the aftertaste. Decent considering the source.


 PorterPounder (3132), Tallahassee, Florida, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/102/511/20
Oct 18, 2009  
Tallahassee, Fl - Costco - 12 oz bottle - part of a 24 bottle variety pak for $18.99 - not a bad deal. Medium copper pour with a slight bubbly white head. Aroma has some toffee accents, some tootsie-roll like cheap chocolate and a hint of wort. Flavor has some toffee, a hint of chocolate and some ripening vegetable notes. Mouthfeel is slightly metallic and starchy. Not bad for the price and my fridge is full of beer for a few weeks!


 GodOfThunder (855), Orlando, Florida, USA
1.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
1/102/54/103/56/20
Oct 16, 2009  
Thanks to Sam for the fun. Smell is horrible, like a porto-potty. Flavor isn’t much better. Trying to be a typical macro-lager but it even fails at that. Plus, I don’t know what part of Germany they make crappy beers like this in, but remind me not to go there.


 redlight (1445), Winter Park, Florida, USA
2.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/102/55/102/58/20
Oct 15, 2009  
Sulphury lager aromas, grains with traces of caramel. Pours golden blonde, crystal clear. Actually not as bad as i thought it would be. There’s really just not a lot of flavor, cereal grains, mild caramel, with little hints of grassy hops.


 SoLan (1369), Orlando, Florida, USA
2.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/103/55/103/58/20
Oct 15, 2009  
Gold. White carbonation. Stale grains and a bit of petting zoo on the nose. Flavor adds some biscuity elements. Basic lager. Walking a tigh rope between offensive and not.


 bb (2905), Martinez, California, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/513/20
Oct 15, 2009  
Bottle. Amber beer with a cream colored head. malt and light grass aroma with light mineral notes. Malt and light grass flavor with light earthiness. Medium bodied. malt, light eatrh, and light caramel lingers.



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