Gordon Biersch SommerBrau

Brewed by Gordon Biersch Brewing Company
Style: Kölsch
San Jose, California USA

Serve in Kölsch/Altbier

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tap @ OTH Can I finally get a decent beer by this brewery? Guess this is not it. Pours golden, thin white head. Aroma, iof light malts and caramel, hops, grains and bready. Taste, malty caramel finish, hops, grains, crisp finish, some floral/pine hops add to a weird bitter concoction.

Draft @ SF location. Pours a slightly hazy pale yellow color with a small white head.Has a sweetish grainy aroma with some grassy hoppy hints. Sweetish malty grainy hoppy flavor. Has a sweetish malty grainy hoppy finish.

On tap at the Columbus location.Pours a translucent gold color with a nice white lacing on the edge.The nose was malty and hoppy.Flavor was hoppy,crisp with a light mouthfeel.Finished of slightly bitter.This definately a lght, refreshing summer beer.

2008 Southern Brewers Fest . Tap. Atlanta Brewpub. Golden yellow, very little haze. Light malted aroma. Slight fruit, hints of lemon. Flavor is light malt. Very balanced. Very light. Good for everday enjoyment. Just not mind blowing enough for my curious mind.

Draft, at the San Jose airport location. Brownish gold color with some lasting off-white head. Aroma was lager-like with some slightly citrusy hops. Flavor is some biscuity malt, sort of grainy but somewhat sweet also and APA style hopping. I thought this was either an APA or a hopped-up winter lager. Sort of strange beer, but enjoyed it.

Name: Summergold
Date: 07/06/2008
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub, Atlanta

Appearance: clear gold, creamy white head, thick lace,
Aroma: light sweet malt aroma,
Flavor: light malt flavor, good crisp hops give it a balancing bitterness, touch of sweetness comes back to even out the hops but still stays mostly dry, long bitter finish,

Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 9/20
Rating: 2.5/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *4

Miami location. Served in excellent tall Kolsch glass. Pure gold, mostly clear, white 1/2 inch head. Lemony, lemon-lime soda aromas are inviting on a hot day and suggest refreshment if not super beer. Thin body. Decent crisp, peppery hop aftertaste but altogether an unexceptional brew.

Nice light crisp aroma, looks okay. A little fruit to this it seems. Light and easy drinking. First ale I’ve had from these guys. Okay overall

Draft at the Pasadena location. A light golden beer with a white head. The aroma is sweet malty with notes of straw as well as a light touch of citrus. The flavor is sweet malty with notes of straw and citrus, leading to a dry finish where the straw note lingers around.
Earlier Rating: 10/7/2006 Total Score: 3
[Had this as Summerfest at the DC location] A hazy orange beer with a thin beige head. The aroma is very lightly malty with hints of wheat. The flavor is crisply sweet malty with good hop notes that gives the beer both citrusy notes as well as a bitter finish, that balances the sweetness nicely.

UPDATED: JUL 12, 2009 From tap in Pasadena and as Summerbrau (kölsch) in San Francisco. Pours clear and yellow with a lacing white head. Light acidic and mild cornish aroma. Flavour is delicate hoppy and with a mild caramel base flavour. Light spiced and hoppy fruity to bitter into the finish.