Goose Island Summertime

Pours a very light gold that is murky and pale in color. Typical. Decent head on the pour. Smell is slight fruit, mostly lemon. All malt in the taste. Good amount of bitterness. Very crisp, light and refreshing. Not my cup of tea, but good enough.

A Mes rate: bottle at GBBF.
Pale gold with a thin white head. Dull and watery with very little action. Faint fruity notes, some card and metal and hints of butter. Bland as hell, very short in the finish, pretty lifeless all round.

Bottled at Monk’s Café, Stockholm. Lightly hazypale golden, small head. Almost neutral nose. Fairly light bodied dense and somewhat sweet. Fruitywith some cereals. The short fruit flavour quickly fades out into slight metal. More bland/fruity than refreshing.

Kolsch has long been one of my favorite beer styles, so it’s no wonder that I can’t wait for those hot summer days, when nothing but a clean, crisp and gentle kolsch could possibly be better. Goose Island actually makes an excellent example of this style. It pours a very pale gold, with a brilliant, lustery, whipped topping-like head, and leaves plenty of foam and lacing. The aroma is like fresh hay, a warm summer evening, and a cool breeze. It has a sherbety, ripe red strawberry, herbal lavendar calmness. Summertime’s taste is ever-so-gentle- tickling the tongue, bringing forth lemon sorbet, bubblegum, strawberries, and a fresh, minty, cooling zestiness that quenches the thirst and soothes the soul.

Draft at Goose Island Clybourn brewpub, listed simply as "Kolsch". A clear very pale straw, little head or carbonation. No noticeable aroma. Things pick up with the flavour. First taste has significant flavour and body to it. Grassy malts and crisp hops seem like they fit the style, though I’m certainly no expert.