John Harvards Kölsch

Brewed by John Harvard’s Brewhouse (Corporate Office)
Style: Kölsch
Cambridge, Massachusetts USA

Serve in Kölsch/Altbier

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On tap at brew house. Pours a clear light yellow with a thick white head. Aroma of sweet fruits and malt. Flavor is rather wheaty, with a slight bitterness in the finish. The mouthfeel was smooth with light body and good carbonation.

On tap at Framingham location, billed as "Gold Kölsch". Pale gold/straw, poured with thin head, soon gone but leaving residual lacing. Nicely balanced, sweat aftertaste. Main impression is "crisp". A nice light session beer.

Had this one at the brewpub in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Billed as "Colonial Gold." Clear, medium yellow pour wth a lacy white head, dry fruitiness, balanced taste, bitter finish, not bad for the style but a little out of season now.

Name: Colonial Gold
Date: 02/12/2007
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub, Harvard Square

hazy yellow, fine white head, lots of lace, sweet candy aroma and flavor, nice light bitter finish, well made for the style

Aroma: 4/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 4/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 8/20
Rating: 2.2/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: *+/4

From tap at the brewpub in Cambridge (as colonial gold). Pours yellow with a creamy white head. Grassy aroma with a malt note. Flavour is soft malty and light fruity. Dry malty finish with some bitterness.

At the Monroeville, PA location. Part of a large sampler. Clear gold, white head. Aroma is corn, grass, grapes. Flavor is corn, malt, white grapes.

Sampled on draft at the Monroeville PA location this beer poured a bright golden color with a small white head. The aroma was light tangy malts and a hint of floral hops. The flavor was sour, tangy malts with a nice underlying floral hop presence.

On tap at the Harvard location billed as the Colonial Gold. Pours a lightly hazy golden with an average bubbly white head that left some spotty lacing. Aroma of grainy sweet malts and some lemon. Flavor of cereal grains, pretzels, grassy with hints of lemon and other citrus. Crisp and refreshing.

Medium yellow, thin bodied, clear, with active carbonation. Small, fully diminishing white head with no lacing. Aroma is of faint, sweet malts. Initial taste is acidic with a faint bitter finish, although this is not a complimentary bitter. Light on the mouth, it has a watery texture and soft carbonation. The acidic taste provides a cider-like characteristic to the ale. Reviewed on January 20th, 2007.

Draft. Pale golden coloring. No head to speak of. Stale, musty, lightly buttery to the nose, similar to an outdated domestic pilsener. Distinctive yeasty flavoring - grassy, wheaty. Taste, body, and finish a slight surprise and tumbled over very low expectations.