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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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 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


 Braudog (3757), Dayton, Ohio, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/58/105/515/20
Jul 17, 2005  
Draft sample at the brewery 7/8/05: Straw-colored with a decent head. Starchy aroma but an interesting bitter tinge beyond the standard Kolschiness ... good stuff.


 PorterPounder (3137), Tallahassee, Florida, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Sep 3, 2004  
Sampled on tap at the brewery. Cloudy, light golden appearance, light fluffy white head. Fresh clean, mown grass aroma, slight buttery taste with a good malty backbone that adds some sweet doughy notes. Smooth, silky mouthfeel. All in all, a decent Kölsch, quite refreshing.


 DarkElf (2681), La Jolla, California, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/514/20
Sep 1, 2004  
(Draft: Midnight Sun Brewing Co. in Anchorage, AK) Quite malty for a kölsch, in fact malty enough and balanced that it could qualify as a European pilsener; The maltiness balances the moderate bitterness fairly well; Clean and crisp on the palate; The nose has a nice bit of maltiness to balance out the moderate hops and citrus aromas; Light golden color; Off-white head has good size and decent retention


 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)


 dwyerpg (2537), Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
1.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/102/54/102/57/20
Aug 23, 2005    Updated: Aug 29, 2005
Had this beer on tap at the Salmon Bake restaurant in McKinley Park, Alaska. It was the tourist town at the east entrance of Denali National Park. Anyways, they claim that this offering from the midnight sun brewing company is only available on tap at their location. That said, I hope they keep it that way. It smells bad and doesn’t taste much better. Blonde and uninteresting, the best thing about this beer is that the waiters have pretty cool shirts advertising it.


 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.


 jsquire (2104), St. Marys, Ohio, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/516/20
Jan 30, 2006  
On tap at the 06 Great Alaska Beer and Barley Wine Festival. Big bubbled white head capping a clear, yellow beer. Noticable citrus nose. Light but solid body. Lemon-lime citrus hop flavors on top of the bready malts. Very refreshing lighter beer.



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