Mission Blonde Ale

Brewed by Mission Brewery
Style: Kölsch
San Diego, California USA

Serve in Kölsch/Altbier

Draught at Rattle ’N’ Hum, NYC, on January 30, 2012
Hazy straw yellow color, white head. Malty, flat, grainy, sort of boring taste. Medium mouthfeel, medium low bitterness. Malty, grainy, sweet scent.

12 ounce bottle from Wine Warehouse Charlottesville, VA. Pours a clear golden color with a medium-sized fizzy white head. Average head retention. Aroma of grassy hops and sweet grainy malts. The taste is toasted grain, some vanilla and honey and mild grassy hops. Medium bodied. Pretty nice kolsch.

Bottle. Faint, slightly sweet aroma with hints of straw and light malt. Sweet flavor with light caramel malts, grain, straw and a hint of fruit. Dry and metallic finish.

Slightly hazy blonde coloured body with a very thin, hardly noticeable white head. Aroma of very fresh, very pale malt, a hint of citrus and a twang of coriander seed and a little sweetness. Light-bodied; Sharp metallic note at first with a large malt and citrus note with very little else, thin and one-dimensional. Aftertaste shows some more metallic notes, some hay and grass and not much else - pretty bland and simple. Overall, a light and uninteresting beer with not much flavour, but what flavour it does have is completely clean. I sampled this twelve ounce bottle purchased from Oliver’s Beverage in Albany, New York on 18-November-2011 for US$3.30 sampled at home in Washington on 17-January-2012.

Golden colored with a white head. Malty in general with a hint of citrus in the body. Not very hoppy. A bit syrupy without the accompanying sweetness.

12 fl oz bottle from Bear World (Watertown), served at cellar temperature in a tulip glass.

App.: Clear light golden with a so-so rocky white head. Aroma: Green, peppery, slightly spicy, some boiled grain/cereal, bitter herbs, a touch fruity, minerals, vaguely citric, interesting. Palate: medium body, fairly full effervescence. Flav.: Softer and more gentle than the nose, restrained esters, light fruitiness, playful, a little of the green, peppery, herbal hops, some of the Saison-like bitter herbals; dry with a little bitterness and a lightly fruity finish.

Not a Koelsch aficionado. This tastes OK.

Thanks to argo0. Clear golden pour. Nose holds big clover peach, apricot, and wheat. The flavor is marked by sweet raisin bread, more honey, and floral notes. Crisp and sweet. Decent.

Effervescent transparent gold, thin white ring. Nose is light honey, fruit in apple and lemon, and some breadcrust. Flavor is more bitter, dusty, light banana, a bit rubbery, some stale straw. High carbonation, prickly finish, crisp bitterness.