Kokanee

Brewed by Columbia Brewery (Labatt-InBev)
Style: Pale Lager
Creston, Canada

Can’t beat $9.99 a twelve pack. It was good, not anything special. Average beer, alittle more watery, but I guess that goes with being a Glacier Beer. On sale all over Boise too, so bottles up I guess.

12 oz. bottle- Pours pale golden with little head, aroma is some sweetness but mostly pretty bland, just like the taste. This beer is very watered down, almost like a light beer, I don’t get what the mass appeal of this beer is here in the Northwest. I would take a Coors Original or Pabst Blue Ribbon or even a Hamms over this any day.

12 oz bottle. Smells of grains and it’s a bit nutty. Looks like your average macro swill, even if it was made in a "small mountain brewery." Tastes much better than those macros, however. I was expecting it to be just as bad as Bud, Miller, or Coors, but it is better. Average carbonation. Kind of watery, just like those aforemetioned macros. I am pleasantly surprised by it. Now for my personal backstory on this beer. I used to drink this all the time. It was my go-to beer for mindless drunken consumption (camping, poker, drinking games, etc.). A year ago I stopped drinking it after I learned of the InBev acquisition. When I was drinking it, I used to tell everyone how much better it was than the big three macros. Now that I’m on Rate Beer and have reviewed it I can honestly say that there was some truth to those bold statements. It is better than the big three, but not by as much as I used to boast. It’s kind of hard for people in different parts of the country to believe, but here in North Idaho (the Canadian border is in spitting distance) this beer sells almost as much as Coors Light and Budweiser, and actually outsells all of Miller’s beers by a longshot. Pretty good for a small brewery, even if they only produce this fairly boring swill.

[Bottle] Pours a clear light yellow color with plenty of fizzy white head. Aroma of corn and some assorted grains. Taste is very similar, with a high carbonation level. Pretty clean taste all in all, but still a pale lager at heart.

My choice for worst Canadian macros. Light-bodied, watery and weak. Still better than Bud, Miller, etc.

12 oz. can courtesy of tytoanderso - Pours a clear light golden color with a one and a half finger thick white head. Light lacing. Aroma is light grain and herbal hops. Flavor is the same. Lingering malt finish. Light body. Not bad. Thanks Tyler.

473 ml CAN pours a clean pale gold with fine short white head. Ugh. Aromas of wet dog and swampy methane decay. Maybe light citrus hiding in that. Definitely taste rind of lemon right away, and that is the one-trick pony of this creamy feeling pale-malty beer - lemony hops. Centennial is actually present and carries over finish. Feel is mild and creamy, and becomes irritatingly dry - to bad, I will dump the remaining 300ml. Could have been a good concept for a lager, the lemon hops.

Crystal clear and darker golden in color than your typical macro style beer. Slight malty citrus aroma. Weak hops presence but detectable. Overall, its a bit better than the average macro. Would make a good session brew.