3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Draft at Birch & Barley. Poured a clear golden color. The head was a few fingers high and white with good retention and lacing. Smelled of grassy hop, subdued grape candy and pale malt. Light bodied and delicately sweet with the flavors mirroring the aromas closely. Delicious.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
500 mL bottle. Pale gold with very little head. Smells like pineapple wine. Taste is grainy, malty/grassy. Just a hint of hops hops - a little sweet at the end, actually. Dry and quite highly carbonated. I’d like to see a little more fruitiness, but it’s a decent summer beer.
4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
500mL from the Lykkbo. Pretty happy to see this one. How’d a REAL Kolsch get past the Ontario Alcohol and Fun Times Gestapo? Pours a bright pale gold with a small white head. Aroma is really pleasant, great biscuity pale malts, but the lemony, zesty hops are the main attraction. Flavour rides along on a velvet smooth palate with some dry hop bite in the finish to balance it out. Same great pale malts and subtle but tasty hops. Mild honey-sickle sweetness with vague hints of fruitiness. Reminds me of a really good Pils on tap, with toned down hopping. This is a very simple and elegant beer, with some nice subtle aspects that I was expecting. I’m glad I could try a legitimate example of such a rare and delicate style (no offense Beau’s), and it’s definitely worth buying more.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
On tap at Gourmet Haus Staudt in Redwood City, CA.
Pours crystal clear golden with a nice white head.
Aroma is malty and grainy with slight hop notes.
Flavor is very grainy with pale malt and some earthy and grassy hops. Good for the style.
Very clean and crisp on the palate with medium-light body.
Overall this is a solid and drinkable Kolsch. Not my favorite style, but I enjoyed it.
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
500ml bottle, fairly fresh sample.
Pours a clear light gold ale in the glass with 2 finger white tight pored cap...lasts and laces the glass well. Sharp carbonation
Apple, some pear, tosty grains, leafy herb and woody aromas some musty-honey sweetness.
Front is grainy, balanced well with woody nobel hopping, some demure sweetness. Very crisp light dry character, dry tart mouth feel, Finish goes dry light herbal-citus snap in the finish.
A great Kolsch, pretty much defines the style....crisp, delicate character subtle complexity, deeply quenching.
2.4 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
500 ml bottle a golden yellow colored beer with a white head aroma grass malts hop taste malts grass hops some sweetness and water
3.1 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
On draught at the Bay Arena Leverkusen. Clear golden colour with a light white head. Dry aftertaste, nice on a sunny day watching football
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Yellow clear pour. Floral grass nose. Taste is crisp grass with a dry finish. Rated 12/12/04
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