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

bottled
common

on tap
common

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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.


3.3
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
Koelschtrinker (6544) - Köln (Cologne), North Rhine-Westphalia, GERMANY - JUL 31, 2011
Bereits herber Antrunk mit dezenten Malznoten. Bitterer Abgang, kein Hopfen. Wenig süffig, zum Ende hin vollmundiger. Etwas Getreide. Zurecht das Kölsch der Pilstrinker. /9/11/12/11/11

2
   AROMA 2/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 3/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 8/20
Japalo (297) - DENMARK - JUL 28, 2011
Tap@ Cologne. Clear golden. Small white head. Faint malty aromas. Sparse sweet fruit little body. Low carbonation. Boring uniform like all other křlsch I tasted in cologne. I could not tell the difference between them and they should remove the appeleration rules they have made as fast as possible.

3.3
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
scarletfire65 (420) - Rockaway Park, New York, USA - JUL 26, 2011
Pale yellow with a thin head. Aroma is clean hops and dish soap. Nice and crisp body with a slightly spicy dry finish. Very refreshing and quaffable, and a nice authentic kolsch.

3
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
coldbrewky (1119) - Saugerties, New York, USA - JUL 24, 2011
Clear and gold with a thin head and a single stream of carbonation. some light apple in open tinge. Crisp and grassy with an abrupt change for linear metallic clean finish. Other than that not much here.

3.5
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
joebudzjoe (451) - Connecticut, USA - JUL 16, 2011
Draft @ Peculier Pub in NYC. Served in a pint glass, this was a perfect beer for the warm, humid afternoon. None of this beer’s flavors are in your face, but there is a juicy hop bite that is flanked with floral, white grape and light brown sugar flavors. A very clean beer.

2.9
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
mattphilips (721) - Budapest, HUNGARY - JUL 5, 2011
Sörspecialista, Budapest. Áttetsző, nagyon halvány arany szín, hamar tovatűnő tojásfehérjéhez hasonló hófehér hab. Illata nagyon édes, maláta és némi nektáros virágillat érződik. Íze malátás, picit citrusosan savanykás, a komlós csak halvány keserűséggel van jelen, utóíze szintén édeskés, malátás. Közepesen testes, kissé édesebb jellegű, könnyű világos sör, simogató szénsavassággal. Ez volt az első Kölsch söröm, nem estem hanyatt az biztos. Amolyan hangulatkeltő "partisörnek" tökéletes, még az üvege is ezt sugallja.

2.5
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 9/20
JB84 (636) - Kitchener, Ontario, CANADA - JUL 4, 2011
Pour pale straw yellow with decent white head. Aroma grassy, grains, slightly metallic. Taste was quite similar and somewhat off putting. MF light body fizzy carb. Meh not very good.

3.2
   AROMA 3/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 3/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 18/20
PictouRx (78) - Ontario, CANADA - JUN 25, 2011
A crisp and hoppy beer, with a pale pour and vibrant head. LCBO bottle new one on shelf, brought home and very impressed.


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