Lake Superior Kayak Kölsch

Brewed by Lake Superior Brewing Company
Style: Kölsch
Duluth, Minnesota USA

Serve in Kölsch/Altbier

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Bottled. A golden beer with a thin beige head. The aroma is sweet fruity - with a sickening over ripe fruit note. The flavor is sweet peachy with light notes of honey. The body is thin.

12 fl oz. Pours golden yellow to orange with little white head. Mild malty aroma. Flavour is malty, slight watery as expected. Koelsch with a bit more malt. Decent.

(draft) Clear straw body with off-white head. Aroma is medium sweet, apricot/peach, butterscotch. Taste is medium sweet, peach, butterscotch. Light-medium body.

Bottle. Mis gracias al señor Yesper para venir con esta chella de calidad media. Pours a deep golden colour. Aroma of sweet ripe fruits with malt. Flavour is sweet with ripe fruits, malt, hops and a bit of yeast.

12oz bottle acquired in trade (I forgot to write down who this one was from - let me know if I got this from you!). Poured a medium and slightly hazy golden color with a large sized white head. I’m searching for aromas of grain and yeast. Tastes of grain and lemons. Thin body.

Bottle. Gold/amber colour. Hard to pick out too much in the aroma. Despite the claims to be malty in nature, I found that light citric hops dominated the flavours, albeit in a quite understated way. Fairly dry and a little sharp, with a light, but clean mouthfeel. Almost tending towards a pale bitter in feel. Certainly fit for purpose as a quaffing beer but I couldn’t get too excited about it.

Bottle thanks to Skyview! Poured a clear, brighter golden with a short dusting and light ring of white head. Aroma picked up some bready malts, some dried floral hoppage, and a pinch of lemon.. quite nice. Flavor was also solid with a caramel and bready base accented by mild herbal bitterness and a little lemon again.. some odd sweetness emerges as it warms up.. not bad, though. Light-bodied and smooth across the middle with nice balance to it. Not bad at all.

A dilemma. Initially thought this was just a quirky brew. Slightly hazy golden yellow body, smallish white head. Aroma is strangely funky, fruity and cereally. With some tart lemony notes. Intriguingly different. Tart bite to the flavour that is at first oddly refreshing and strangely sour at the same time Palat is on the light side. Very different. Two more educated palates vote soundly that it is likely infected and the sourness is not on purpose. A quick survey of the ratings suggests this might be a probablem that has been encountered occassionaly. Thanks for the bottle Obisbeer, hopefully the second one in the delivery is in better shape.

Bottle: Dull amber color, light musty sweet caramel and light yeast. Some earthy hops too! The flavor is nutty, diacetyl and caramel. Balanced, so-so tail.

Bottled. Hazy golden coloured. Malty aroma. Sweetish grainy flavour with fruity notes. High carbonation level. Light to medium bodied. Bland.