Metropolitan Kränkshaft

Brewed by Metropolitan Brewing
Style: Kölsch
Chicago, Illinois USA

The pour on this beer looks as if you just opened up a can of lemonade with an extremely thin white head. You get large aroma of citrus, specifically lemon. The taste was dominated by lemons, but also gave a shot of wheat and honey. Very drinkable beer, but I would have enjoyed it more if it wasn’t 15 degrees out and snowing.

This beer pours deep gold with a fine white head. Flavor is grassy and sweet. The mouthfeel is thicker than many other lagers. I’m not as familiar with the Kolsch type, but it’s not bad.

bottle, slight cloudy broomstraw color, good bright white foam, aroma of hoppy lemons, flavor is a little sweet, white grapejuice and lemonade

12oz bottle from Orland Park Binny’s singles rack. Pours clear light golden yellow with foamy white head. Aroma is grainy with some sweet malts. Flavor is grains, banana, vanilla, bready malts, and smidge of grassy hops. Crisp and refreshing. Fizzy carbonation. Good beer for a hot summer day. Unsure why they released it in the fall but this only their 3rd release so oh well.

On tap at The Map Room. Pours a clear golden with a sudsy white foamy head. Lightly nutty aroma, sweet malty, a bit creamy full, some vanilla. Flavor is a bit chalky and yeasty, seemingly wheaty, touch of honey, fairly dry. Crisp body, a bit gritty, smaller soda carbonation.

Pours a pale golden yellow color with a very slight haze and some lighter clear golden banana yellow notes when held to a light source. Two finger frothy white head that slowly fades into a lasting ring. Slightly earthy aroma with hints of bready yeast, crisp light fruit notes, mostly apple and banana, as well as some grass, straw and earthy hops. Surprisingly full bodied for the style and considering how pale it is. Crisp spiciness up front with a nice bit of floral hops followed by a yeasty bready body with hints of pilsner malt and light crisp fruit notes, mostly apple and banana. Also, there is a bit of earthy grass and straw presence that compliment the sweetness of the light fruit and malts as well as the slightly earthy hops. Very easy drinking and flavorful. Recommended.

draft at the maproom. poured slightly hazed and very pale straw color with foamy head. the aroma had a soft earthy quality, grassy sazz hops and big lager yeast smell. the flavor was a bit of a let down, lacking the noble hop character, lots of lager yeast and some sour lemon zest to it. a good example of a kolsch, although when summertime is $20/24pk and this is $10/6pk, I don’t see myself drinking this often.

Draft at Sheffield’s. Pours a slightly hazy yellow with a white head. It smells and feels bigger than a kolsch, I’ve had better from Chicago. Nose is malty with light Continental hops. Taste is a bit sweet and rich, distant malt flavors in the background and no hop taste. Decent beer, would drink it a lot but it’s the third best beer they brew. Still, quality.