Opinions on Coors Batch #19

A number of posts concerning Batch 19 in this thread: http://beeradvocate.com/community/threads/macro-cravings.52750/page-3#post-694396

Cheers!

 

I tried one last week. Tastes like someone poured some amber/alt into a coors light. Better than a coors light but not quite an amber. Can't call this one a craft beer but it has a decent story (albeit contrived) and might get a few BMC drinkers to branch out.

 

i think it is a really good companion to carry-out pizza or the 12-pack of tacos...TONS more flavor than regular coors or other bmc...a bit too sweet for me to drink/enjoy without food, though. i picked up mine when the liquor store was selling beer at cost...it was $5. not bad at all for that price.

 

I live near Golden and frequently get the three freebies of this at the brewery. It's got a really unique hop kick right at the front. You can find it super cheap here too. It's been on sale for about 5 a sixer or so.

 

Bud/miller are six per six here. Available on draft but not yet in bottles here.

 

Not a bad beer.

 

I enjoyed it.

 

Had it on tap at the Denver airport and was shocked how much I liked it.

 

Not bad for a Coors product. I wouldn't search it out for myself, but if somone was serving it at a party I wouldn't say no.

Funny story. Was out last night at a concert and had dinner nearby, at a place that touts their beer selection. I saw Boulevard Wheat on tap, asked for one. She came back that it had been kickeed and offered a Batch 19 in it's place. I went with Paulaner Hefe.
Also had Allagah white, and Blue Moon as near the style.

 

Haven't seen it, but if it is good as you guys say, maybe I will try it when I start the grill up during some spring bbq's.

 

Actually WANT to try this

 

I tried it at GABF and thought it was pretty tasty. The bock they were serving was good too as I recall.

 

Sounds like this place needs to stop touting their beer selection.

 

I like it a lot, fills that place where I want a beer to chug down. There was an interesting thread that got kind of sidelined into a discussion about Batch19 being an "All malt" or Adjunct "AAL" so I've been trying to find a list of ingredients. Nearest I have been able to find is a clone recipe that was more or less discussed with the brewer at Coors and that recipe had flaked corn in it. If anyone has more info I'd be interested.

 

Saw it at a local Kroger grocery store the other day, thought about trying it.

 

Well-respected beer writer Greg Kitsock in the Washington Post, writes pretty definitively "Batch 19 is made with 20 percent corn grits..." and then quotes Coors' Keith Villa when he notes "But that’s far less corn than is used in regular Coors..."

 

I liked it. Very drinkable for a near BMC.

 

Cool concept but it is NOT the recipe from pre-prohibition - they changed it or tweaked it. And that completely destroys the story behind it.

I thought it was still watery/light and not really a flavorful beer at all.

No thanks, Coors.

 

Thanks! I guess that settles it. The AAL "style " is correct over the "premium lager"