3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Draft @ SF Beer Week Opening Celebration 2013, Concourse Exhibition Center, San Francisco, CA. Pours a golden color with a white head. Has a fruity malty grainy aroma with weak hoppy hints. Fruity malty grainy crisp flavor. Has a fruity malty grainy weak hoppy finish.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
On tap. Clear pale golden with a thin creamy white head. Malty cereal grain and vanilla aroma and taste with a nice clean crisp and slightly sweet finish. Bright, crisp light bodied palate. Nice warm weather beer.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Clear Golden pour with no head. Semisweet front notes of yeast, faint hops
Watery body with a bittersweet finish. Undercarbonated
Inoffensive, good drinking on a hot day but unremarkable.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
A - Pours a clear golden-yellow with a finger of frothy white head. The head fades down at a normal pace leaving behind some nice lacing.
S - Aroma is a mix of pilsner and grainy malts with some lemon zest and lager yeast esters and a bit of diacetyl.
T - Starts off with pilsner malts with some lemon zest and a touch of citrus hops. Through the middle, some lager yeast esters come through with some grainy malt flavor. The finish is mix of pilsner malts, lemon zest, lager yeast, and some light fruity esters.
T - Medium-light bodied with moderate carbonation. Feels smooth with a sweet and lightly tart finish.
D - Very drinkable. Nicely balanced Kölsh that stays fairly true to the style.
3.3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bomber from Monument in Concord, CA. Pours slight hazy gold with a slight but frothy white head. Aroma is bready, fruity, hint of citrus. Med body. Flavor is light, bready malt with notes of light pitted/seeded fruits and maybe a touch of citrus.Stands up to the style. I’d say better than the average kolsch.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
On tap at OL Beercafe, Walnut Creek. Pours clear blonde with a small off-white head and a floral aroma, There is a clean and crisp pale malt flavor with a smooth bitter finish.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle. Amber beer with an off-white head. light mineral and light grass aroma. Light grass and light sweet malt flavor. Medium bodied. Light sweet malt lingers with light crisp fruitiness and light grass.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
22 oz. bottle. I was excited to try this new brewery and was pleasantly surprised by all three of their brews! It pours a nice clear golden color with a disappearing white head. The aroma has distinct notes of peach, pear, cereal grains and herbal hops. The flavor is the same. It’s light on the palate with complex flavors of pale fruit (peach, pear, white grape) before a mildly herbal, bitter finish. Very drinkable. If I have one complaint, the carbonation is a bit low for the style. Hopefully this will be worked out in future batches, but otherwise this is a very nice debut!
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