Four Peaks Sunbru Kölsch

Brewed by Four Peaks Brewing Company
Style: Kölsch
Tempe, Arizona USA

Serve in Kölsch/Altbier

Can thanks to drabmuh. Served in a pint glass. Pours a very clean light yellow color with a big white head that is quite bubbly and leaves a bit of lacing. The nose is quite plain with just a bit of grain. Plain, but fairly average for a kolsch. Taste is pretty gross and somewhat teeth. This goes along with a bit of light grain. Feel is quite light and semi-offensive. Drinkability is poor and a few ounces was quite enough for me. Serving type: can Reviewed on: 12-23-2010

[Can] Light golden in color with a foamy white head. Grainy and grassy aroma is pretty light. Cereal grains, light malts, grass, corn and hints of metal in the taste. Light citrus finish. High carbonation level reminds me of a soda. Light in body. Not too bad. The metallic notes were a little offputting though.

Can pours yellow with a white head. Aroma shows notes of sweet corn, apples, and a touch of hay. Flavor shows the same with notes of honey and light citrus. Not my thing.

Taster. Rating #53. Medium gold color with a thin white head. Very light aroma, a little bready maybe. Light bite and really light overall. Very crisp and a nice drinker. (1517)

On tap at Four Peaks
Appearance: Clear yellow with a small white head and light lacing
Aroma: Pale malts and honey
Taste: Honey, sweet malts and grainy
Ok, easy drinking.

Draft at Four Peaks. Pours clear yellow, thin white head, soft lacing. Nose is soft and creamy, light sulphur notes. Flavours of sweet earthy barley-sugar, with a twist of sulphur and apples. Nice Kolsch!

Draft @ brewery. Pours pretty yellow, white head. Smells like an adjuncty lager. Flavors have a lot of adjuncty corn sweetness to it, with a little tartness around the edges, like a squirt of lemon. Lagery uncomplex and to sweet for my liking..

The Sunbru poured a very light, clear straw yellow (not properly represented in the photograph, apologies) and barely formed a thin collar or ring of foam that left no lace. Not very impressive from the starting gates. --- The first thing I smelled was peanut butter. Weird, right? It didn’t last more than a few sniffs, and maybe it was more peanutty, but either way, I’m now closer to being convinced that my nose is crazy. The scents that stuck around through my drinking of the beer were more convincing, being a mixture of some sweet malts, very faint lemon, and light metallic hops that also caused it to smell mildly spicy. --- The taste was faint. I would even go so far as to say it was a bar above flavorless. There were a few lemony hops and a mellow herbal-ness, not to mention it ended slightly bitter, but I think most of what I tasted was due in large part to the aroma as I had the glass to my mouth (aka: under my nose). It went past thin into watery, a place I thought I’d never toss a microbrew, and I was vaguely disappointed. I’ve come to expect better things from craft beers, but this one might be considered a novice beer for someone starting to get into microbrews - which was me a month ago. And I hate to say it, but a month ago, I probably would have gladly drank this beer without a second thought. I’m just glad I jumped in head first and never looked back, because I will not be picking this one up again. Sorry Four Peaks, I’ll stick with your darker beers.