Mountain Creek Classic Lager Beer (6 pk. cans)
Item Purchased: Mountain Creek Classic Lager Beer (6 pk. cans)
Location Purchased: Trader Joe’s / 1840 N. Clybourn Ave. / Chicago, IL
Price: $2.99 + tax
Review: Usually Trader Joe’s can be trusted implicitly when it comes to cheap food and drink. Even the seemingly cut-out priced items tend to taste great and meet your needs. This cannot be said for Mountain Creek Beer. This beer is proof that my home state of Wisconsin is not only the home to the U.S’ best beer, but also the worst. Mountain Creek is brewed by the Joseph Huber Brewing Company in Monroe (from the folks who brew Berghoff), Wisconsin and their URL used to be www.damngoodbeer.com, but that address no longer registers as a valid site. I am assuming that the URL was a curse against good beer rather than a description of the beer itself. This stuff tastes like Miller Lite with a few dirty gutter pennies at the bottom.
On the can is the claim that Mountain Creek is a “Classic Lager” which is a sham. Also displayed prominently at the top of the can just below the lip, is the alcohol content of 5.5%. While this is a stronger beer than most other lagers in this ultra affordable price range, the only reason to buy Mountain Creek is for the relatively high alcohol content. With a hoppy head, this brew may fool the freshman college student or beer neophyte, but there is only one word to describe it… Bunk. If shopping at Trader Joe’s, spend a dollar more for their own Frugal Joe’s Ordinary Beer. There is good reason tragic alcoholics drink mouthwash instead of this.
Rating: 0.1 / 5
April 28th, 2007 at 7:50 pm
I’m also a Wisconsin native and for the price this is the best caned beer I’ve ever had.
April 8th, 2008 at 1:50 am
love this beer…. go global! Maybe not that far but there are college kids in Oshkosh, Stevens Point and Madison that are in love with the Lager you distribute. Keep it up!
May 24th, 2008 at 2:05 pm
Just goes to show you that these “so called Beer Tasters” forget what REAL BEER should taste like.
GET A REAL JOB……………………………..!
Mountain Creek is a very tasty beer, all times of the year.
June 4th, 2008 at 11:12 pm
whoever wrote this is an idiot, this beer is great! fuck these self-proclaimed beer experts, these idiots would rather waste their money searching for an arbitrary “quality” beer taste than save it and spend it in more worthwhile things that will actually enrich their life. long live cheap beer and high quality LIFE!
November 27th, 2008 at 1:19 pm
I could not disagree more with the reviewer. Mountain Creek is one of the finest tasting beers available in a can. It has a rich, hoppy flavor bearing absolutely no resemblance to a “water beer” like Miller .If the price were double ($8.49 currently for a case in Milwaukee ) it would still be a great value! The “expert” reviewer here still leaves me scratching my head. Perhaps he got confused and was actually talking about Keystone or Hamms. If you haven’t tried Mountain Creek already, pick some up… it is truly a great beer for those with discerning taste buds. Beware though, it has a surprisingly high alcohol content at 5.5%!
March 23rd, 2009 at 6:00 pm
This beer was good and cheap. I went to pick up a pack of Bud Light and saw that Mountain Creek was only $8.99 for a 24 pack so I wanted to try it. I bought a 6 pack and it isn’t too bad. Tastes just like Bud Light, but has a darker flaver at the end. I am definately going to switch to this beer from now on. I just wanna know if they have a light in this beer so I don’t get a bigger beer gut than I already have. I would recoment this beer to any college student with a low budget who wants a “great taste and less filling” beer. 9/10.