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Ballast Point Yellowtail Pale Ale

Ballast Point Yellowtail Pale Ale

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A Kölsch brewed by
Ballast Point Brewing Company

San Diego, California USA

bottled
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2112.97/5.02.97/5.04.6%63.6 Kölsch/Altbier P  Stats

Commercial Description:
It is made very much like a pilsner, except that it is fermented at warm temperatures with ale yeast. It is then lagered like a pilsner. It tastes very much like a pils, except for the subdued fruitiness of the ale yeast, the tang of the wheat (in some), and the lack of lager-like sulfur aromas.

So where can you taste a Kolsch? There are no Kolsches being imported into the United States. So you could fly to Cologne. A better idea is to come to Ballast Point Brewing Company and try our Yellowtail Pale Ale Kolsch. We make it with 5% Wheat, finish hop it with Liberty and Tettnanger hops, and ferment it with a yeast we borrowed from a brewery in Cologne. So come on in and enjoy a taste of the Rhineland!!

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 omhper (10456), Stockholm, Sweden
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/102/510/20
Feb 12, 2006  
Draught at the Pizza Port (Solana Beach). Clear golden. Fruity with notes of melon. Sweet, and somewhat perfumy with clean mouthfeel and straight forward malt character. Medium bitterness. Lagerlike.


 Papsoe (9999), Frederiksberg, Denmark
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/55/102/512/20
Jul 23, 2005  
(Bottle 65 cl) Beautifully fully golden beer with a small, creamy head. Pronounced sweetish, malty nose. Very pronounced sweet, malty flavours and a very light body. Absolutely no bitterness. A true beer for summer. 170705


 yespr (6406), Copenhagen O, Denmark
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Aug 6, 2008  
From tap at Break Water Brewing company. Pours clear and golden orange with a lacing white head. Mild spiced and hoppy aroma. Flavour is mild malty and light spiced. Dry and mild spiced finish. Simple.


 joergen (6340), Frederiksberg, Denmark
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/59/20
Jul 18, 2005  
Bottled. Yellow coloured with a small white head. Fruity aroma with notes of malts. Fruity flavour with notes of malts.


 kp (6200), Woodstock, Georgia, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/56/103/510/20
Sep 1, 2007  
Date: 12/01/2005
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewery

clear light amber, nice off white head, light floral hop aroma, good hop flavor on a mostly dry carmel malt base,

Aroma: 4/10; Appearance: 5/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 10/20
Rating: 2.6/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **/4




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