Brewers Alley Kölsch

Brewed by Brewer’s Alley Restaurant & Brewery
Style: Kölsch
Frederick, Maryland USA

Serve in Kölsch/Altbier

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On tap at a Brewer's Alley Beer Pairing Dinner at a Frederick Keys/Potomac Nationals class A baseball game at Harry Grove Stadium in Frederick, MD. Clear, sparkling, beautiful gold color with a 2-finger bright white head and excellent lacing. Aroma of grain, toasted bread and light fruity hops. Taste of grain, light fruity hops and toast. Light/medium body and high/medium carbonization. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Not my favorite kolsch, pretty mellow. Nice honey flavor, but doesnt have some of the grassy flavors of some others. Sweet and creamy. Not my favorite, but ok.

Bottle. Pours a clear dark gold body with a one finger fizzy white head that faded pretty quickly. The nose is bready and crackery maltiness, but there’s also an odd fruity note that smells a bit like grape soda instead of the yeast derived fruitiness that I’m expecting. The flavor is a little too sweet for the style in my opinion, there’s nothing about this that would make me guess Kolsch, versus your average Golden Ale. Lightly bready maltiness, a minimal hop addition, and finishes with a little more sweetness than I care for. Light bodied with fizzy carbonation and a slightly clingy finish. I suppose I’ll have to go to Cologne if I really want to have a well made version of the style.

Draft at the brewpub. Poured a yellow color with a small white head. Aroma was some light spice notes. Flavor was sweet malts, touch of spice. A touch thin.

Draft. Very light, clear, yellow, plenty of carbonation. True to style but not my favorite.

Draft in a pint glass. Pale yellow color with thin white head. Aroma of of bread, grass and some peppery-citrus notes. Taste is pale malts and some peppery hop bitterness underneath. Light body and a little bitter aftertaste. Not my favorite offering from Brewers Alley but not bad.

Bottle from State Line. Pours pale gold with 1-finger white head and a lot of carbonation. Nose is Saaz hops, citrus, peppery. Palate is medium heft and complexity, with flavors of pale malt, fruit, crisp hops, and a finishing dry floral peppery flavor.

Tap. Pours mostly clear pale yellow with average, fizzy white head; decent retention and lacing. Aroma is straw and bread malt, corn, grassy notes, and citrus. Flavor is sweet malt dominate with some supporting citrus fruit esters and faint hops; crisp, dry finish. Light body, low carbonation, and low warmth.

Draft at brewpub. Medium yellow color, light to medium bitter aroma, good medium bittersweet flavor. Refreshing hot weather brew. Tasted on 7/05/2009 (better late than never--my lost tasting notes just turned up)

Smells like a lot of pale malt, looks like a pale beer. Tastes like dry pale malt, not much else.