BraufactuM Colonia

Brewed by BraufactuM (Oetker Group)
Style: Kölsch
Frankfurt, Germany

Serve in Kölsch/Altbier

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This is areally good beer. The dryhopping with Germam aroma hops (Saphir) is unheard of. Sadly they market this as a noble beer. 3,50€ in supermarket 1 hour from where it was brewed is way too much. This way German will not be convinced of new innovative beer styles and stick to their old habbits and who can blame them whenyou can find a half liter of Andechser Doppelbock right next to it for just 1,05€.

Clear golden in colour with steady head and smooth body. The aroma is just pure IPAish, means nose of spicy hops. Taste of coriander, pepper, hops, low malt, grass and cardamon. Maybe little bit thinner than expected. Good and solid beer, definately worth its money.

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.

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

#149 Goldgelbe Farbe, blank und viel feinporiger, weißer Schaum. Ein tolles, primär hopfiges Aroma mit floralen und citrus Anklängen. Im Antrunk leider nicht so vollmundig wie erwartet, sondern sehr trocken geraten. Kaum malzig, dafür kommt nach der ausgeprägten Bittere nach und nach auch die Fruchtigkeit hervor. Der verwendete Hopfen ist klasse. Insgesamt ein gutes Bier, bei dem mir nur ein veritabler Malzkörper als Kontrapunkt für die bittere Herbe fehlt. Wem dieses Bier aufgrund des aromareichen Hopfens auch gefällt, sollte unbedingt mal nach dem belg. Hopus Ausschau halten, dass diesem hier vom Aroma her ähnelt, im Geschmack aber deutlich mehr zu bieten hat. Anmerken möchte ich, dass ich die Eingruppierung als "Kölsch" für schlichtweg falsch halte, auch wenn der gewählte Name "Colonia" dies heraufzubeschwören versucht; "mein" Colonia hatte 5,5% Alk. Test vom 13.6.2011, Gebinde: Glasflasche Noten: 13,13,11,12,12,12 - 12,10

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!

Bottled at "GolosItalia 2013" - Brescia.
Golden clear color, little fraught aspect, nice head of medium resistance with a beauty perlage. Spiced nose, malt, hop, white fruit and little citrus nose. Pleasant and equilibrate bitter content, good lively and crisp body, white winous final.

My first Kötsch. Pours clear golden with small white head and with nice lacing. Aroma is malty. Taste is malty and hoppy. Not my favourite style, but this for sure has quality.

Bottle. Pours clear pale straw with negligible white head. Clear, yeasty and hoppy aroma with fresh paperlike and vinous notes. Dry onset, light hoppy flavour, bitter finish. A very nice kölsch.

Bottle 33 cl. Tasted double blind. Courtesy of yespr. Pours yellow with a slight haze and a white head. Spicy, hoppy aroma – very dry lemon. Medium body, fruity – very dry – somewhat metallic, lovely aromatic hops leaving a dry bitterness. Solid. 190211