Gaffel Kölsch Frei

Brewed by Privatbrauerei Gaffel Becker & Co.
Style: Low Alcohol
Cologne, Germany

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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bottle@Köln - clear golden colour with a persistent white foam; aroma of peanut and biscuit with a touch of wort; light-bodied with some astringency; aftertaste of paper and wort

Bottle 50cl.
Clear light yellow color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, white head. Aroma is light malty, grain, toasted. Flavor is light to moderate sweet with a average duration. Body is light, texture is watery, carbonation is soft. [20081129]

Bottle 50 cl. Courtesy of fonefan. Clear golden with a white head. Aroma of unmalted grain and perhaps a little sulphur. Thin body, notes of unmalted, steeped grain and a dry finish. Very high in carbonation. 291108

50 cL bottle, courtesy of fonefan. Pours clear and golden yellow with a small white head. Mild cornish and malty aroma. Dry cornish and cardboardish malty with a light hoppy bitterness coming through. Bitter and dry finish, decent.

Bottle. Bready aroma. Slightly harsh hop aroma. Clear golden colour. The flavour is quite citric with some sour hop notes. Does not taste very different from a non-alcoholic pils.

Bottled. A light golden beer with a thin off-white head. The aroma is sweet grainy with a hint of cardboard. The flavor is sweet malty with notes of straw and cardboard.

Vom fass @ Gaffel Kölsch Brauereiausschank, Köln, Germany.
Strange to find the N/A beer to be more expensive than their standard Kölsch. Thought twice about buying it, but what the heck, while I’m here I might as well. A mirror on it’s alcoholic brother; Clear, palest gold and quite dull. No visible carbonation though it managed to retain its thin, fluffy white crown. Strange hint of whole-meal bread on the nose, amongst some honey, pears and fresh chopped, spicy herbs. Body is thin, light, and spritzy in feel. Pale malts dominate the front and mid-palate, some herbal hops in back give it a sharpness before an assertively bitter swallow. Not much length, quite crisp in fact. This is the first N/A beer I’ve had to show even the slightest hop character and it pulls it off well. This wasn’t too bad for its style but it goes against the whole Köln Kölsch bier tradition, surely!!!

Pale gold , initial crown disappeared quickly . sweet grainy aroma with typical non-alcoholic nose . clean, crisp factor was weak . Body ,medium thin . quiet malty which was pleasant surprise . palate was soft and clean. Better than most n/a’s .

Flowery aroma, but also trces of urine noted. Light hoppy flavor, with also a vegetable-like bitterness and plastic. Watery and a bit worty. Nasty bitter aftertaste. Just about drinkable. Looks like a real Kölsch, that is the only positive thing I can say about this brew.