Goldmine
World Brews

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From:
World Brews
 
California, United States
Style:
American Adjunct Lager
Ranked #104
ABV:
4.5%
Score:
71
Ranked #27,970
Avg:
2.97 | pDev: 19.87%
Reviews:
43
Ratings:
93
Status:
Active
Rated:
Dec 05, 2023
Added:
Jan 26, 2011
Wants:
  5
Gots:
  9
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Ratings by ZombiesAteMyDog:
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Rated by ZombiesAteMyDog from Indiana

3.3/5  rDev +11.1%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25

Sep 14, 2016
More User Ratings:
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Reviewed by stevoj from Idaho

2.86/5  rDev -3.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
Can from Whole Foods. Good looking pour,r bright golden, active carbonation, big fluffy head. Aroma and taste are your normal grainy, adjunct flavors , slightly vegetal. Starts out great looking, ends up kind of Blech.
Dec 05, 2023
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Rated by ChrisBeerDrinker94 from Colorado

1.12/5  rDev -62.3%
look: 3 | smell: 1 | taste: 1 | feel: 1 | overall: 1
$3.99 at Whole Foods. What to expect? Paint thinner.
Jun 12, 2019
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Reviewed by CheeLayBearDay from California

1/5  rDev -66.3%
look: 1 | smell: 1 | taste: 1 | feel: 1 | overall: 1
This is literally the worst beer I’ve ever had. It looks, smells and tastes like sour urine.
And to top it all off their logo seems to be some not too vague homage to communism?
Apr 13, 2019
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Reviewed by Beginner2 from Illinois

3.08/5  rDev +3.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
There are three go-figures about this lager.
First, it was $4 for a sixer at Whole Pay-check Foods.
Second, the can/package is retro without being so since the brew is 7 years old.
Third, it is brewed (possibly on contract by Gold Mine Brews) in Rochester NY... hardly a distribution network for a national grocer. I tried to go on the brewers website and it is a Parked Domain... which I interpret as not existing. Who are these guys?

Mysteries aside, this is a good value but an OK lager that is reasonably refreshing.
Looks a decent golden. Smells and Tastes of mixed malt and faint hops. Also sits in the mouth OK. Clean finish.
Nov 02, 2018
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Reviewed by DrMullet from Florida

3.38/5  rDev +13.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Pours a clear golden yellow with moderate head. Resolves to thin lacing.
Smell is a sweet corn syrup with a hint of apple.
Taste starts slightly sweet followed by grainy malt and a mildly bitter finish.
Not as bad as expected for a generic type lager.
Sep 30, 2018
 
Rated: 3 by Griphon from Florida

Jun 30, 2018
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Rated by nunitn from Arizona

2.75/5  rDev -7.4%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
As good as an AAL gets. 3.50 for a six pack? All day, every day.
Dec 28, 2017
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Reviewed by dedrinker from Kansas

2.99/5  rDev +0.7%
look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
So pale, so yellow. It smells like creamed corn. So far it seems like a bad idea. Total macro adjunct lager taste but pretty light and smooth. Serious tailgater here. Hobo campfire time. No finish. Bubbles. Carbonation finish. That is all.
Nov 08, 2017
 
Rated: 3.33 by cb8282 from Michigan

Feb 05, 2017
 
Rated: 2.9 by billab914 from Virginia

Jan 15, 2017
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Reviewed by chinchill from South Carolina

2.98/5  rDev +0.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
12 oz can served in a pint glass.

Looks and smells like a standard American "yellow fizzy" beer albeit with a relatively large and fluffy white head.
Light flavor with mild bitterness. Clean and refreshing but with very limited flavor. Crisp dry finish.

Overall: Meek but more than acceptable as a hot day work beer.
Sep 12, 2016
 
Rated: 3 by Tuck_leepulin from Texas

Mar 31, 2016
 
Rated: 3.01 by Jaygrant1387 from South Carolina

Feb 13, 2016
 
Rated: 3 by jpuetz from South Dakota

Aug 10, 2015
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Rated by Hopped_head from California

4.15/5  rDev +39.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.25
This beer is cheap as fuck and get the job done. Great beer! Highly recommend it for drinking games.
Jul 05, 2015
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Reviewed by BeerAdvocate from Finland

3.25/5  rDev +9.4%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
From BeerAdvocate Magazine #84 (Jan 2014):

Another no-frills-labeled beer from World Brews, not too far off from “Generic Beer,” but the price tag of less than $4 a six-pack is what this beer is about. And to think this beer is being sold at Whole Foods, go figure.

STYLE: American Adjunct Lager
ABV: 4.5%
AVAILABILITY: Year-round

LOOK: Crystal-clear pale yellow straw, lacing struggles

SMELL: Grainy, dried grass, corn syrup, faintly herbal

TASTE: Big crispness, clean, lighter bodied, mild hop bitterness, grassy, faint cereal grain, hint of corn syrup, one dimensional hop character; dry, semi-clean finish
Jun 19, 2015
 
Rated: 2.5 by cryptichead from Illinois

May 10, 2015
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Rated by shivtim from Georgia

1.78/5  rDev -40.1%
look: 2 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1.75 | feel: 2 | overall: 2
A pretty crappy macro lager. Metallic, sweet corn dust - basically a Coors.
Apr 05, 2015
 
Rated: 3.25 by jman005 from Kentucky

Dec 01, 2014
Goldmine from World Brews
Beer rating: 71 out of 100 with 93 ratings