3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
UPDATED: JUN 16, 2005 Kolsch-Dog Days Summer Ale
Yellow with a small dissipating head and lacing.
Sweet candy like aroma and flavor with a very light hop finish.
This is a good refreshing summer beer!
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
UPDATED: JUL 27, 2011 On tap at Four Peaks in Tempe. Crystal clear golden/yellow with a fine white head. Clean cereal/corn aroma. Good corn/light malt flavor with light honey/caramel sweetness. Slight sour aftertaste that’s nice here. Light earthy hop bitterness to balance the malt sweetness. Slightly creamy and could be a bit crisper for this style. Very refreshing, tasty and easy to drink.
3.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Nice clean example of a kolsch. The color was of light straw and it had a very authentic flavor resembling good german kolsch beers i’ve had in Cologne. Nice job.
3.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Clear, bright yellow with a thin straw colored head. Lively floral bouquet. Lemony, peppery flavor. Well balanced, slightly dry and crisp.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Courtesy of northernbrews. Pale golden, minimal head, ring of film. Aroma faint, have to dig. Pils malt, hay/grass and light honey. Flavor just as aroma suggests. Missing the mineral profile in the backend. No flaws, nothing wrong, just missing a few tweaks.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Poured up on tap at the Tempe Four Peaks with clear gold body and nice effervescent bright white head. The aroma offers up light notes of lemon, spicy hops an sugary sweet malts. The taste has pleasing fresh bright flavors with some lemon, spicy hops, bitter floral hops and then heading into some malt graininess. Nice crisp hot weather brew.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
UPDATED: APR 24, 2011 smells of green apples, tastes like scottsdale tap water...
4/18/11. been drinking this a lot from the taps at azwine...appreciate a clean beer... floral, grainy, fruity and four peaks hoppy. very quenching and deliciously crafted for desert drinking.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
I didn’t have a problem with this beer at all. I was with nbutler11 and made the more storied move of committing to a full pint rather than the sampler shot. What I saw was a beer much lighter in color than the Kolsch I had in Cologne, Germany. It was much lighter as well, with watery fruit notes (underripe orange) and mild wheat - oddly no yeast or flour. This seems to be for anyone who wants something more fortified than a wit but doesn’t want to kick it up to an ale - in a college town, not sure who this would be...
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