3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle sample at a tasting at Dancing Camel. Thanks zvikar. Clear golden with a white head. Aroma of yeast, flowers, some fruitiness and light hops. Sweetish fruity flavor, a bit spicy, with a dry finish with some bitterness. Medium-bodied.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle from Galleria Kaufhof. Medium gold with a medium white head. Lemon citrus hop aroma and flavour. Pepper and spice in the background with a clean tangy lemon finish
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle (all of these BraufactuM beers [and their beautiful bottles] were from the Galeria Kaufhof am Alex), MHD 04.2012, this one checking in at 5.5%. Nose is sweet and loaded with citric hops - if this is Saphir, a Hallertauer derivative, then I’m amazed by the lemony and slight PNW tropical fruitiness. Light bread. Crystal-clear golden body with a creamy white head. Taste is lighty sweet, lightly bitter, with a delicate grainy malt, sunny and refreshing, in balance with cleansing citric hops, a touch of grass and pineapple. Clean and subtly floral; intensity of flavor makes it somewhat un-Kölsch-like. Creamy light-medium body. Excellent balance and grace. Impressed!
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle from Galeria Kaufhof, Köln
5.1% ABV on the front label, 5.5% ABV on the back label
Yellow color, with a straw hue. The aroma is mild, with mainly an herbaceous character, with a very light lemony touch; not enough to be interesting. The mouthfeel is dry and smooth, and the body is not too weak; there is a moderate malt and cereals flavor, with a light chamomile touch, and a quite strong bitterness.
As it’s difficult to make an interesting Kölsch, this one is not alone among the boring ones.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
My Botton Line :
Outgoing spicy hops meet firm pils malts in this spritzy and elegant Rheinlandisches Bitterbier.
Further Personal Perceptions :
-A sheet of foam decorates the sparkling golden.
-Pils malts are admirably defined in this one, lending nutty edges to outspoken cereal flavors.
-Hops are mostly herbal and lightly citrusy, perfectly cohesive with the malt signature.
-Pearls of forced carbonation add a certain champenoise feel to the brew at times. I’d love to try this from a wooden cask though…
-The hoppy finish is spicy and bitter, with minute banana esters showing up on the horizon.
-This is extremely clean and close to world-class imho. If it weren’t so expensive compared to others of its ilk though…
Bottle.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Der Antrunk wird vom Hopfen dominiert, weich, herb, vorerst nur wenig bitter. Dabei gehen vom Hopfenfruchtige und blumige Noten aus, Zitrus, wenig hefig, dafür im Abgang sehr trocken. Danaben steigert sich der Hopfen und die Bitterkeit im Abgang aber weiter. Sehr gut! 9/12/12/13/12/12
3.1 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. Tasted blind @ yespr. Pours a clear golden color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty grainy aroma with weak citrus hoppy hints. FRuity malty hoppy citrus flavor. Has a fruity malty hoppy bitter finish.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle, danke Günther. Golden, white lacing foam. Quite hoppy aroma, love it, but then I am a big Saphir fan. Citric flavor, light fresh body, quick finish, hop retronsasal. Very un-subtle Kölsch, pleasant enough though.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Clear golden with a medium white head. Aroma had malt and hints of of grassy hops. Malty flavor with grassy and floral hops. Finished dry and bitter.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottled. A yellow beer with a lazing white head. The aroma has notes of flowers and hops. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt and straw, leading ot a bitter finish.
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