UPDATED: MAR 23, 2024 500 ml can #20 from the 2023 Costco Advent calendar. Pours a clear gold color with a small white head and good retention. Very good lacing. Standard lager aroma. Standard lager flavor too. Lightly sweet, with only a hint of sulfur taste and some soft bread in the finish. Super clean, smooth, and refreshing. No gimmicks - just good beer. Easily repeatable. Medium-light body. Medium-light carbonation. Not bitter. Good example of the festbier style.

UPDATED: JAN 20, 2024 Another light Marzen from the Advent Calendar, clear yellow, lemon, floral, light spritzy body,

UPDATED: JAN 14, 2024 Can from the Costco advent calendar. Poured a clear golden yellow color with a medium-small white head. Sweet, with some earthy and spicy herbal hops. Flavor was similar, light spicy herbal notes, with sweet malts.

UPDATED: JAN 12, 2024 50cl can from the Costco advent box. Clear gold, cloudy white head. Malt and candy nose, corn and tons of unfermented sugar. Flavor is cloyingly sweet with nearly a caramel note, corn and corn sugar. Flabby finish. No.

UPDATED: DEC 27, 2023 16.9 oz. can poured a clear gold with a lasting white head. Aromas of straw, earthy hops and light graininess. Palate was light bodied and crisp with a dry finish. Flavors of straw and a hint of fruitiness with a crisp dry finish.

UPDATED: DEC 21, 2023 The aroma is grainy with grassy hops. The color is pale gold with a medium head. The taste is like the aroma. The palate is smooth from carbonation. Overall pretty average.

UPDATED: DEC 19, 2023 Costco calendar I’ve mixed up all the days at this point. Tannish gold and smaller white head. Nose is bread and herbal. Tastes of herbals notes, bread crust, hint of caramel, some cardboard. Light bodied.

UPDATED: NOV 15, 2023 this one is okay. I think I've just had too many of this style today. easy enough but nothing special.

UPDATED: OCT 8, 2023 500 ml bottle, from Vinmonopolet Norheimsund. ABV is 5.6%. Clear golden colour, moderate to small white head. Sweetish aroma of pilsener malts and floral hops, a faint hint of smoked sausage. The flavour has the same elements, low bitterness.

UPDATED: SEP 23, 2023 Can from a 2023 Costco mixer pack. Clear golden body with lasting white head. Nice bready malt, light fruit, herbal aromas. Big malty sweet bread, herbal, light fruit flavors with a ln easy smooth finish ___ super tasty session brew