Kochs Golden Anniversary Beer

Brewed by High Falls Brewing Company
Style: Golden Ale/Blond Ale
Rochester, New York USA

Does what it does... gets you buzzed when you don’t have a lot in your pocket. Rumor is kegs for less than $30. I think that says it all.

I think this is a fine beer, for a cheap mechanized American lager, with more than average body and flavor (again, for a cheap American etc. etc.). I had it in a 12-ounce can - I think some of the stuff you other guys were tasting in the 40’s was each others’ saliva. I actually cheated on the appearance rating - I’ve never actually seen it outside of a can (did I ever spill it? Not sure).

My father inlaw drank this till he could no longer find it. It is cheap and tastes every bit of cheap. You will urinate alot with this beer. VERY WATERY.

Big ol’ bottle shared with Jerc, Blankboy, Hogtown Harry, and GregClow, thanks (?) Paul! Light yellow, decent white head. Smells like polluted water - in my case, that means Domtar on the Trent river. Bad watery taste, but not terribly offensive. Blah. 40oz’s of blah.

Huge 40oz bottle shared with HogTownHarry, GregClow, jerc & tupalev -- courtesy of me -- sorry guys. We laughed out loud when we saw this was only 4.4% In a 40oz? WTF?! Pours a clear pale yellow with an average size lasting white head. Aroma of stinky water, grain and corn. Watery bland grainy aroma. Thin palate. A useless excuse for a beer.

Bottle (40oz). Shared with blankboy, GregClow, jerc and Tupalev - blankboy’s bottle. Big honking screw-top glass bottle full of cheap golden shite - can’t wait!! Poured oily-looking flat yellow with a small bright white fluffy head. Aroma of vegetal creamed corn and really nasty liquid invert sugar - seriously ugly stuff. Taste - well, nothing, really - reminded us of stagnant pond water with some dead leaves and a few rusty packets of Sweet’nLo in it, but way less offensive than that methanic aroma. This stuff is just about as thin and useless all-around as you’d expect.

Who puts a 4.4% abv beer in a 40? I mean honestly! :) Yellow, small white head. Grainy not quite skunked dilute cereal aroma. Dry dilute stringen grain flavour. Thin watery palate. More bland than it is offensive.

Bottle shared with blankboy, jerc, HogTownHarry & tupalev - courtesy of blankboy. Bright light gold with a decent sized white head that leaves some nice lace. Smells like stagnant lake water and rancid corn. Flavour of not much at all. Could be worse, I guess.