3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Originally reviewed: 10/8/10. Great little bottle received from CrellMoset in a recent trade (BA). Thanks!
12oz bottle poured into a pint glass. Pours a pale yellow/gold with a thick 2-finger white head on top. Decent retention; some minor sticky lace left behind. There’s a good amount of particles suspended in this beer. Odd. The nose is sweet and fruity. Some fresh-cut apples, faint pineapple, honey, and mealy grains.
The body is crisp, wet, and refreshing. Perfect for this light style. The fruit comes through in the flavor, mirroring this nose with notes of Granny Smith apples, honey, white bread, and a grassy finish. There was a bit of a hop kick on the back end as well. Nice change of pace. Good beer.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
The draught was pale yellow with a thin white head. Aromas and flavors were biscuits and malt with a lite body and mouth feel.
2.1 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 1/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 8/20
Light hay nose. Clear yellow, no head. Light, little flavor. Builds to a modest surge of hay. Weak with little kolsch character.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Pours a golden colour with a small white head. Aroma is malt with hints of hops. Taste is also malty with some grain and citrus. Very light bitter finish. Not great but it’s pretty much all you expect from a Kölsch.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle/12oz - Pours a clear golden yellow in color with a very small white head that faded to nothing. Aroma is of nutty/grainy malts and floral hops. Flavor is also nutty/grainy with mild hop bitterness. Something here reminds me of corn adjunct, but nothing definitive. A touch of tartness works its way in. Generally I like a good Kolsch... this one is just average.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Draft. Pours gold with a white head. Crisp and clean aroma with light floral hops. The flavor has floral and earthy hops on a clean grainy base. Solid.
2.9 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 11/20
The aroma is dominated by corn but has hay and kraut. The appearance is amber gold with a medium head. The taste is like the aroma with less sourness. The palate is smooth. Overall I can’t say that I love it but I certainly don’t hate it. There is just something enjoyable in it’s offness.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Poured from bottle. Nice aroma of vanilla and lemon. Lager gold, thin white head. Toasted malt, hay and a bit of citrus hops, a touch of honey as well. Crisp, refreshing feel. A nice summer choice.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle pours a clear golden body with a small white head that leaves only a few specks of spotty lace. Subtle aroma has toasted grain, grassy and herbal hops, and a hint of green apples. Light body is crisply carbonated. Taste has a prevailing grassy and herbal hop bitterness. Clean malt graininess. Dry and refreshing finish. A really good kolsch here. A fine warm weather thirst quencher.
1.9 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 7/20
Crystal clear golden coloured body with a very thin off-white head. Aroma of pungent skunkiness, malt, cardboard, water, yeast and a touch of fake sugars. Light-bodied; Rich sweetness and some cardboardie malt with a little skunkiness and some subdued dry flavours. Aftetaste is a bit more bitter from the malt, shows some light hoppiness and finishes with some off flavours that aren’t too pleasant. Overall, not such a great beer with more flavours in the ’off’ category than in the ’in’ category. I sampled this twelve ounce bottle from the Opera House Gourmet in Manassas, Virginia on 12-March-2011 (best by 01/2011) sampled at home in Washington on 04-April-2011.
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