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Midnight Sun Gold Strike Kolsch


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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
143.08/5.02.98/5.0Special5%67.8Kölsch/Altbier
Commercial Description:
From the talented brewers of Midnight Sun comes an incredible, beautifully bright and sunny golden ale. Every sip entices the taste buds with a bold balance of pils malt and noble hops. Midnight Sun Kolsch is a traditional German-style beer that unites the liveliness of an ale with the crispness of a lager for real refreshment any time of year. Creating a beer that truly serves both newcomers to craft beer as well as avid beer aficionados is no easy task. Midnight Sun Kolsch brewers struck gold with this beer...and now you can too.
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 shigadeyo (2263), Harrison, Ohio, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/511/20
Jul 10, 2009  

6/19/2009: Midnight Sun Kolsch has an aroma of light pale malt and grassy hops. These characteristics are echoed in the flavor: toasty malt with a grassy/Noble hop finish. It has a light bitterness. This beer has a brilliant, transparent gold color and feel medium-light in the mouth. Overall it is quite mild, but refreshing.

Draught (6 fl. oz. sample) at the Midnight Sun Brewing Company Loft in Anchorage, Alaska. Rating #14 for this beer.


 Aggy360 (115), Anchorage/ Vista,CA, Alaska, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/512/20
Jul 4, 2009  
A clear golden color with an alright head. Strong pilsner aroma with hop notes hidden in there. Taste is about the same, the pils malt is very strong and the hops are in there but hidden. A little too malty for my palate but well made. A bit plain for what MSBC normally does but it is a good starter to craft beer for the Bud/Miller/Coors people.


 savnac (421), Palmer, Alaska, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20
Apr 16, 2009  
On tap. Malt aroma with yeast and fruity hints. Clear yellow with a white head. There is a sweetness in this beer that is balanced well with a light sourness. The beer almost has a fruity cider taste. Light bodied that is lively carbonated and has a dry finish. Overall this beer is fairly true to the style and is very drinkable.


 AmEricanbrew (1808), Doing Rogue, Louisiana, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/513/20
Mar 1, 2009  
Draft@ MSBC. Clear golden with a white head. Spicy yeasty lager aromas. Medium body. Decent spicy yeasty flavors with lightly sweet pale malts. Not too bad.


 mabel (2612), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/511/20
Oct 18, 2008  
[1695-20080907] Tap. Mildly grainy soap aroma. Clear, yellow brown body with a long-lasting creamy white head and thick rings of lacing. Mild yeast and grains flavour. Light body. Fairly bland but nothing bad about it.
(@ Humpy’s; Anchorage, AK)


 jerc (3888), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20
Sep 12, 2008  
2008-09-07. Crisp yellow body with a modest white ehad and lacing. (3+) Mild aroma of pale malts, (6+) and a similar flavour of light pale malts, light bitterness. (6+) Average to thin bodied palate suits it. Bit dull, but well executed. Not bad though to go with breakfast of eggs and reindeer sausage at Humpy’s! On Tap, Humpy’s, Anchorage


 Gurst (338), Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/513/20
Aug 25, 2008  
Mild, sweet malts. Slightly sour. Like toffee and taffy. Dry, light body.


 BlackDonald (1127), Boise, Idaho, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/513/20
Apr 5, 2008  
On tap at Humpy’s - st. Patrick’s. They had made a special batch of this for Humpy’s, and dyed the beer in the keg green. So I cannot really give appropriate appearance points. I really don’t think this style should be made outside of Cologne, its just never the same to me as drinking a Reissdorf. Biscuity maltiness, extremely crisp, with a hint of herbal hoppiness in the finish, and very dry.



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