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

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution

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RATINGS: 589   WEIGHTED AVG: 2.94   IBU: 25   EST. CALORIES: 144   ABV: 4.8%
COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
The laws protecting the brewing of kolsch are as strict as the German Purity Law of 1516. Kolsch beer can only be brewed within the city of Cologne. As the best-known kolsch brewery, Gaffel’s flavor is derived from an ale yeast that is "lagered" (or aged) in cold cellars. Gaffel is pale, faintly fruity with a crisp, hop finish. Enjoy as an aperitif or digestif.

3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
armando629 (1939) - Budapest, HUNGARY - MAR 15, 2009
Pours clean yellow with a froathy white head, what diminishes quickly to a small lacing one. Interesting lager-characteristic aroma of malt, some sourish yeast and a little corn. Medium bodied beer with the taste of some unique malt, some grassy hop. My first kölsch-style beer...

2.9
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
turbothy (937) - Bonn, GERMANY - MAR 8, 2009
Pours straw yellow with a grassy aroma. Nice hoppy/würzig flavour. Quite large head. Nothing spectacular.

2.7
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 12/20
jimmack34 (632) - Lancaster, Ohio, USA - MAR 2, 2009
12 oz bottle. Pours pale yellow with a fizzy white head. Smels of grains and corn. Tastes malty sweet, corny, and grassy hops. Pretty good.

2.9
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
fata2683 (2066) - Tucson, Arizona, USA - FEB 27, 2009
bottle, pours light gold, thin white head. Aroma is sour with some light hay and hop notes. Taste is very light with more of a hop presence in the finish than I expected. Nothing to write home about, but it has more character than others.

3.9
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
whartonbrewer (39) - San Franciso, California, USA - FEB 22, 2009
Wonderfully rich, straw color with a robust character. Surprising level of carbonation for an amaerican lager drinker. My first Kolsch so I’m sure I rated this too high!

2.6
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 10/20
Enjoyit (2721) - Vadum, DENMARK - FEB 13, 2009
Golden of color with a white head. An aroma of malt, crispy, dms and hops. A flavor of malt, hops and weak sweets and DMS.

2.5
   AROMA 3/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 10/20
gmonroe10 (175) - NETHERLANDS - FEB 11, 2009
Pours a yellow with a small white head. Aroma is a bit off, cardboardy. Taste is a bit stronger and dryer than others i’ve had, a bit more carbonated as well.

3
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
KimJohansen (10337) - Copenhagen V, DENMARK - DEC 30, 2008
Clear golden with a large white head. Aroma was sweet and malty with breadish notes. Flavour was sweet with nice malty and caramel notes. Mild hops towards the finish gave it bitterness.


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