Piece Golden Arm

Brewed by Piece Brewery & Pizzeria
Style: Kölsch
Chicago, Illinois USA

Serve in Kölsch/Altbier

So many American brewpubs screw this one up, and make a golden ale. It’s like making an egg over easy and than you break the yolk and say well screw it I am having scrambled eggs. This had a hazy golden appearance with a small white head. A light bit of fruit jelly layed over a biscuit in the nose, with some nice grainy, albeit chewy maltiness, still remaining light with with some fruit in the finish. A nice take on the style.

Draft at brewpub. Pours golden with a white head. Nose of biscuit and fruity esters, but you need to take a big whiff to get it. Light bodied but not watery. Flavor of pilsner malts with some subte sweet fruity and a slight tang. Clean finish. Nice example of the style.

nose of sweet pilsner malt. flavor contains an interesting and unexpected fruit note....peach perhaps. appearnace is standard but none the less quite pretty, clear golden.

Draft at the brewpub. poured a clear gold color with a thin white head on top. The nose was subdued overall with cereal grain, hay, and grass elements. Light bodied and delicately sweet. Honey and cereal grain flavors emerged along with a light noble hop note reminiscent of grape candy. Decent stuff.

A light blonde Kolsch with a thin white head. In aroma, a light fruity esters with light mineral notes. In mouth, fresh and crisp malt, biscuitty, light and pleasant, light mineral notes. Medium bodied. On tap at brewpub, May 18 2009.

Tap at Piece Post DLD ... very pale yellow ... straw grassynose ... ligth lager hop ... bitter ... dry.

On tap at piece. Not my style of beer at all. Light gold color with a white head. Aroma of muted malts, light hops and some lemon. Flavor is crisp and clean, typical to the style. Citrus and a light hop bite. Meh.

least enjoyable of the drafts at piece. bitter, crisp, not a lot going on. maybe a good kolsch, who knows