CooperSmiths Columbine Kölsch

Brewed by CooperSmiths Pub & Brewing
Style: Kölsch
Fort Collins, Colorado USA

Name: Columbine Kolsch
Date: 10/14/2007
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub

clear gold, wispy white head, light malt aroma, sweet malt flavor, nice grain character, light bitterness,

Aroma: 4/10; Appearance: 5/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 10/20
Rating: 2.5/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *4

On tap at the brewpub on 10/14/07: Clear golden color has a thin ring of white head. Aroma of slightly sweet pale malt with some lager yeast profile and noble hops. Body starts slightly thin and fizzy, but true to style with a mild sweetness and slightly floral estery hop and yeast character. A decent Kölsch.

Light yellow with a large white head. Dry, punchy, grainy and gritty about sums this one up. Cereal malt flavors, quite sour. Nose of a typical lager with some wheat.

Draught. Light yellow. Aroma is very lightly hoppy (flowers, herbs). Flavor is moderately sweet, moderately acidic. Finish is lightly sweet, moderately acidic, lightly bitter. Like Wynkoop’s, a sour misrepresentation of the style.

Tap @ CooperSmiths: Poured a mostly clear golden yellow with a white head. Malty and mildly sweet aroma. Malty cereal grain notes. Lively carbonation.

On tap at the brewpub 4/12/06: Bright yellow with little head. Very corny and starchy. Not at all Kolschy, me thinks.

Draught. Pours pale gold with a thin white film with lined lacing. Sour malt (cereal, meal) and yeast (dough) with citrus hop notes. Malt and bitter acidic yeasty flavor with citrus hop notes. Light bodied and lively carbonation.

Seems "weighty" for the style (in the malt department, at least), yet I thought it was good and balanced. Subtle sweetness and flowery hoppiness in its dry finish.