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Ballast Point Yellowtail Pale Ale

Ballast Point Yellowtail Pale Ale

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A Kölsch brewed by
Ballast Point Brewing Company

San Diego, California USA

bottled
common

on tap
available

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2192.96/5.02.96/5.04.6%61.9Kölsch/Altbier P  Stats

Commercial Description:
It is made very much like a pilsner, except that it is fermented at warm temperatures with ale yeast. It is then lagered like a pilsner. It tastes very much like a pils, except for the subdued fruitiness of the ale yeast, the tang of the wheat (in some), and the lack of lager-like sulfur aromas.

So where can you taste a Kolsch? There are no Kolsches being imported into the United States. So you could fly to Cologne. A better idea is to come to Ballast Point Brewing Company and try our Yellowtail Pale Ale Kolsch. We make it with 5% Wheat, finish hop it with Liberty and Tettnanger hops, and ferment it with a yeast we borrowed from a brewery in Cologne. So come on in and enjoy a taste of the Rhineland!!

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 brettpace (174), Northridge, California, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/515/20

Mar 24, 2007  
Just had a taste of this last night. Not bad, hoppy, lots of carbonation, cant wait to go to the brewery.

 AmEricanbrew (1101), Swamp Shreveport, Left Coast, Louisiana, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/55/103/510/20
Oct 30, 2008  
Brilliant dark gold with a white head. Mild aroma is grainy malts. Medium body. Subtle flavors of lightly sweet bready and grainy malts. No real hop taste and barely bitter in the finish.


 doubelknv3 (501), Illinois, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/56/103/511/20
Oct 18, 2008  
Grain, malt sweet aroma. Pale golden with a thin white head. Citrus, sweet malt, and grain flavor notes. Full bodied with mild bitter finish.


 GuilTTy (475), Cherry Hill, New Jersey, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/512/20
Oct 13, 2008  
Bomber from Canals in Lawrenceville. Pours light amber with a medium white head that hangs around almost long enough for a second sip. Slightly yeasty, citrusy aroma. Flavors of light toast, lemon zest, vanilla and a little piney hops. Thin mouthfeel and a very snappy finish. Overall, a pretty decent pale but nothing special and certainly not one of the better pales on the West Coast block.


 Trooper11 (458), Suffolk, Virginia, USA
2.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/54/102/58/20
Oct 13, 2008  
deep caramel malty aroma. Golden yellow brew with an average size foamy white head. Bitter bourbon woody flavor, deeeeep burn with vanilla notes.Extreme dry. Nutty aftertaste.


 Narnad (156), Wonder Lake, Illinois, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/511/20
Oct 6, 2008  
Comes from the glass a yellow-orange with not much head. Aroma is of acidic apple and a very floral hops scent. Flavor is a bit corny with some grassy hops and a slight sour flavor. Very boring and nothing outstanding here.



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