Matt Brewing Company is recognized as the fourth oldest family-managed brewery in the USA, one that started brewing beer in pre-prohibition days, most famously their West End IPA which was first created in 1914. Matt Brewing Co is better known for its Saranac line of craft beers and for producing soft drinks such as ginger ale and root beer, but it also produces many of the fine pale ales and IPAs you will find in the Kirkland range of beers. Hopfen Und Malz is actually operated by the California brewers at GB and is also known to brew beer for Trader Joe’s label and, in some areas, their line of restaurants. Hopfen Und Malz is the name you are most likely to see on the labels of beer bought on the West Coast side of Costco and even has the same address as the San Jose Brewery of Gordon Biersch. Gordon Biersch did also produce Kirkland’s Signature Light for a period but this was discontinued when Costco received too much negative criticism of the beer. If you are looking for a German beer to try there are plenty of options including a double bock, a German-style lager, a Hefeweizen, and a Kolsch.
If you shop at Costco on the West Coast your best bet is to go for Kirkland’s range of German-style lagers and ales due to the high quality of Gordon Biersch’s authentic German-style beers. Trained at the Technical University of Munich (the most renowned brewing school in the world), Dean brews all his beers according to the age-old German purity Law of Beer (the Rheinheitsgetbot) and uses only the finest ingredients of Hallertau hops, two-row malt barley and a special yeast strain imported from Germany. Originally opening back in 1987, the Gordon Biersch brewery was a partnership between Dan Gordon, one of the most sought-after brewers in the country, and Dean Biersch, who was an experienced restauranteur and beer lover. On the East Coast Kirkland beers are brewed by Matt Brewing and Bricks & Barley Brewing Company.Ī variation of Kirkland’s Signature Light Beer was also originally brewed by Regal Brau Brewing in California, although it enjoyed such a poor reputation and was too bad to keep selling that Costco and Kirkland beers canned it for good in 2018.Īlthough a search for Kirkland brewery on the net brings up just one craft brewery in Kirkland, Washington – the Chainline Brewing Company – don’t be fooled, none of the Costco range of Kirkland beers actually come from the town itself. On the West Coast Costco use Gordon Biersch Brewery and the Hopfen Und Malz Brewery (also at the same address as Gordon Biersch). Which brewery your can of Kirkland beer comes from depends pretty much on where you live. Costco doesn’t own a brewery of any kind but instead farms out the job to other already established craft breweries. If you were hoping one day to go on a tour of the Kirkland Brewery, unfortunately, you are going to be disappointed. Who Makes Kirkland Beer? Photo by Simon Hurry on Unsplash Who actually makes the beers for Kirkland? And, in an attempt to try and convert you to the cheap beers which are Kirkland, I’ll take a look at some of the best Kirkland craft beers available at your local Costco now. Many of them have even placed it in the category of “worst beer ever” on user review websites such as reddit.
What about Kirkland beer? If you have ever shown up to a pool party with a six-pack of Kirkland brand beer, you have probably noticed it’s still in the cooler at the end of the night.ĭespite the proven high quality of some Kirkland beers, there is still a snobbery which means it doesn’t have the greatest of reputations with some beer drinkers. Why do people love the Kirkland brand so much? Overall most Kirkland products sell for approximately 20% less than the brand name equivalent products, and, while some are lower quality knock-offs of the branded items, many of the Kirkland brands are actually brand name products just under the Kirkland label. Introduced in 1995, the Kirkland range was named after the location of Costco’s corporate headquarters in Kirkland, Washington. If you are a regular shopper at Costco Wholesale you are no doubt aware of their signature Kirkland brand which accounts for a huge percentage of their overall sales (in 2021 Kirkland products brought in over $58 billion in profit for the chain).
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