Kochs Golden Anniversary Beer

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

Saw this stuff and it looked so generic, I just had to try it. I’d agree with Frank below that in taste this was closer to an american lager, but a cheap one to be sure. Better than some of the other 40s floating around out there, but I wouldn’t buy it again.

I’d like to personally thank my "friend" Brian (bkelley68) for this can - what a generous guy he is! Aroma is sweet and slightly vegetable. Color is golden (go figure), soapy head, and actually pretty good lacing. Taste is medium bodied, sweet with a little green apple and a hint of corn sugar, some biscuit malts and a very slight dusting of hops. Body is softly carbonated and becomes watery as it warms up. I think someone else mentioned this, but I have to also - this beer reminds me of something that my grandpa would’ve had back in the early ’70’s. Not overly offensive, I could drink a couple of these at a cookout.

Had this awhile back down at school, all I remember is that I was not impressed whatsoever, and it was cheap, so I guess the cheapness explains the taste

Pours pale yellow. Slight aroma of hops. Very little malt and hop taste. Finishes fizzy and rather bland.

You know, I don't think many people here have really given this beer the chance it deserves. They see the fact that it comes in cans and cost $3 for six and give it a point five. That's hardly the kind of behavior we encourage here at ratebeer...

Anyway, it pours a rather nice golden color with a decent head of mostly small bubbles. In terms of flavor and aroma, it's more in the league of American-style lagers than what most people would expect from an ale. That being said, it's really very flavorful and easy drinking. So much so that you could almost mistake it for a pilsner or maybe a helles given that the hop presence is pretty low. Try this with an open mind and you'll be surprised. Or, you can be pig-headed and not enjoy it if it makes you feel superior to pan cheap beers without regard to their quality.

One of the worst beers I have ever had. Yellow/gold with a foamy white head. Skunky smell. Off the bottom shelf of a local quick mart. Really bad, maybe been very old stuff.

don't bother unless you're broke and it's 25 cent draught night. i'm serious.

Bad beer. It may be one of the most over rated beers on this site. This is much worse than the 1.4 average lets on.