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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
common

on tap
available

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2222.96/5.02.96/5.04.6%61.5Kölsch/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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JugOPunch (74), leominster, Massachusetts, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/103/56/104/513/20

Apr 25, 2008  
Really nothing much happening in the aroma. A bit of earthy malt and lager. The flavor is malty with a bit of fruitiness and little to no hop. It does have a nice light-medium body with a smooth and quite pleasant mouthfeel. Highly drinkable and definitely meant to be a session choice.

 nbutler11 (305), Phoenix, Arizona, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/55/103/511/20
Dec 2, 2008  
Pours a dark golden color from the tap at the brewery. Notes of black pepper in the aroma with unbalanced amounts of hops and malt in the flavor. Skunky with yeast on the finish.


 DuffMan (2139), Calgary, Alberta, Canada
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/102/54/102/512/20
Dec 1, 2008  
Bright golden, moderate white head. Light floral and fruity notes play off clean grains. Palate is bready grainy pale malts with just a kiss of floral hop character. I guess I was expecting a little more.


 zappafan99 (351), Rock Hill, South Carolina, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/516/20
Nov 30, 2008  
Taste 11/8 Bottle. Looks: Very clear gold with a thin white top. Aroma: Wheat and a little fruit. Taste: Malty grain. A little spice tickles the tongue. Clean and medium bodied. Nice lager/ale blend.


 AmEricanbrew (1137), Swamp Shreveport, Left Coast, Louisiana, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/55/103/510/20
Oct 30, 2008  
Brilliant dark gold with a white head. Mild aroma is grainy malts. Medium body. Subtle flavors of lightly sweet bready and grainy malts. No real hop taste and barely bitter in the finish.


 doubelknv3 (507), Illinois, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/56/103/511/20
Oct 18, 2008  
Grain, malt sweet aroma. Pale golden with a thin white head. Citrus, sweet malt, and grain flavor notes. Full bodied with mild bitter finish.



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