{"id":27956,"date":"2018-06-28T12:00:36","date_gmt":"2018-06-28T17:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/?p=27956"},"modified":"2018-06-28T15:16:52","modified_gmt":"2018-06-28T20:16:52","slug":"kirkland-light-lager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/kirkland-light-lager\/","title":{"rendered":"Kirkland Light Lager: It’s a Beer"},"content":{"rendered":"

The things we do for you people.<\/h4>\n

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I knew at some<\/em> point I’d have to crack into Costco’s Kirkland Light and give it a try.<\/p>\n

Nothing this cheap can go for long without me trying it somehow — and a blisteringly hot June day out on the dusty plains of Oswego, Illinois was exactly the moment.\u00a0If you’ve ever joked about canoe beer<\/a> and thought you’d hit the apex with a cold Silver Bullet, friend, you owe it to yourself to try a couple cans of Kirkland Light Lager.<\/p>\n

It’s hard to really hate something that barely exists. I don’t know if it’s even possible to truly<\/em> dislike a beer that’s barely there, so if you hear anyone raging to the high heavens about this beer being bad…well, that’s a heck of a palate that can discern “less water” vs. “water.”<\/p>\n

I assume that there are plenty of people who would dismiss this beer based simply on the fact that it is sold nearly 50 cans at a time, for about as cheap as you possibly can move beer. Not unreasonable.<\/p>\n

But let’s actually try it, shall we?<\/p>\n

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What other light lager or lowbrow beer have we drank through the years? Check out our reviews of Game Day Ice<\/a>, Clear Creek Ice<\/a> and Big Hurt Beer<\/a>.<\/pre>\n
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What I can actually taste from this beer — served ice cold and not allowed to warm up, as I believe is their overall intent for a serving of this beer — is quite crisp and lightly fruity in an sparkling cider sort of way. It’s also aggressively watery with almost zero malt character save just for some lingering residual sweet graininess and instantly<\/em> forgettable. There’s a nice bit of carbonation sparkle, a bit sticky on the finish and honestly, it’s not awful.<\/p>\n
This is listed at 4.2% ABV which I find very hard to believe based on flavor. It’s actually hidden quite well save for a whiff of some sort of chemical tail at the finish.\u00a0You’ll likely never<\/em> feel that 4.2% because I imagine most of this beer is drank in garages on very hot days, and gets sweat out almost immediately.<\/p>\n
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It claims to be brewed by Regal<\/strong> Brau<\/strong><\/a> by way of Monroe, Wisconsin, which means that it comes out of the Minhas<\/strong> plant. That’s the brewer responsible for other similar beverages<\/a> like Boxer Light, Huber Premium and Mountain Crest Classic Lager.<\/p>\n
Both Regal Brau Light and Boxer Light are also listed at 4.2% ABV, leading me to believe that Kirkland Light is just a reskinned version of those brews, which, again, fine. Whatever.<\/p>\n
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If they put as much care into the beer as they do their websites — the Regal Brau site still has the free Wix.com banner on top, while the Minhas site manages to misspell “malt liquor” — I’m astonished this is as drinkable as it is.<\/p>\n
By all rights it should taste like creamed corn and diesel fuel, and yet, here we are.<\/p>\n