The Kölsch is a clean, crisp, delicately-balanced, pale gold to light gold beer usually with a very subtle fruit and hop character and brilliant clarity. Subdued maltiness throughout leads into a pleasantly well-attenuated and refreshing finish. Kölsch is an appellation protected by the Kölsch Konvention and is restricted to the breweries in and around Köln so brewers outside the area usually described the beer as being Kölsch-Style. To the untrained taster, easily mistaken for a cream ale or somewhat subtle Pils.
Premium members can view the top 50 in each style category. Nonpremium members will be able to see the top 25.
| Name | Ratings | Score | | |
| 1 | Trillium Sprang
Trillium Brewing Company
Boston, Massachusetts | 46 | 3.78 | Find |  |
| 2 | Suarez Family Fine Line
Suarez Family Brewery
Livingston, New York | 22 | 3.64 | Find | |
| 3 | Notch Kolsch
Notch Brewing
Salem , Massachusetts | 15 | 3.6 | Find | |
| 4 | Dovetail Kölsch
Dovetail Brewery
Chicago, Illinois | 16 | 3.59 | Find | |
| 5 | Heater Allen Das Bier Kolsch
Heater Allen Brewing Co.
McMinnville, Oregon | 30 | 3.58 | Find | |
| 6 | Tree House Outlier
Tree House Brewing Company
Charlton, Massachusetts | 15 | 3.57 | Find | |
| 7 | Singlecut Hop Sounds
Singlecut Beersmiths
Queens, New York | 30 | 3.57 | Find | |
| 8 | The Cambridge House Copper Hill Kolsch
The Cambridge House
Granby, Connecticut | 46 | 3.54 | Find | |
| 9 | Westbound & Down / Bierstadt Chicago Peaks
Westbound & Down Brewing Company
Idaho Springs, Colorado | 15 | 3.52 | Find | |
| 10 | Concord Craft Kapitöl Kölsch
Concord Craft Brewing
Concord, New Hampshire | 11 | 3.52 | Find | |
| 11 | Närke Kräcklinge K
Närke Kulturbryggeri
Örebro, Sweden | 14 | 3.51 | Find | |
| 12 | Bi-Du Rodersch
Birrificio BI-DU
Olgiate Comasco (CO), Italy | 72 | 3.51 | Find | |
| 13 | Halfway Crooks Farina
Halfway Crooks Beer
Atlanta, Georgia | 30 | 3.5 | Find | |
| 14 | New Glarus Kid Kölsch
New Glarus Brewing Company
New Glarus, Wisconsin | 32 | 3.5 | Find | |
| 15 | Blackberry Farm Goat Hill
Blackberry Farm
Walland, Tennessee | 18 | 3.49 | Find | |
| 16 | Almanac TRUE Kölsch
Almanac Beer Company
Alameda, California | 25 | 3.49 | Find | |
| 17 | Päffgen Kölsch
Hausbrauerei Päffgen
Köln, Germany | 188 | 3.48 | Find | |
| 18 | The Alchemist Kenny’s Kölsch
The Alchemist
Stowe, Vermont | 14 | 3.48 | Find | |
| 19 | La Succursale Petite Côte
La Succursale - Brasserie Artisanale
Montréal, Quebec | 43 | 3.47 | Find | |
| 20 | Moulin 7 Mineur
Moulin 7 - Microbrasserie
Asbestos , Quebec | 18 | 3.45 | Find | |
| 21 | Exhibit 'A' Goody Two Shoes
Exhibit 'A' Brewing Company
Framingham, Massachusetts | 31 | 3.45 | Find | |
| 22 | Beyond the Pale Clean Cut
Beyond the Pale Brewing Company
Ottawa, Ontario | 38 | 3.45 | Find | |
| 23 | Altstadt Kolsch
Altstadt Brewery
Fredericksburg, Texas | 30 | 3.44 | Find | |
| 24 | von Trapp Kölsch
von Trapp Brewing
Stowe, Vermont | 38 | 3.44 | Find | |
| 25 | Surly Heat Slayer
Surly Brewing Company
Minneapolis, Minnesota | 25 | 3.44 | Find | |
