Ellicott Mills Alpenhof Kolsch

Brewed by Ellicott Mills Brewing
Style: Kölsch
Ellicott City, Maryland USA

on tap-pours a thin white head and hazy yellow color. Aroma is grain-some sweet, light fruit. Taste is grain-some sweet, faint light hops. Nice. OK/mild carbonation.

Draft at the brewpub, July 2006. A hazy light yellow beer with a thin white head. The aroma is sweet citrusy, while the flavor is sweet with a fresh citrusy note and a slightly bitter and dry end. But the body is thin. Very refrehing.

Lightly sweet doughy aroma. Lightly sweet, grassy. Clean, but a bit underbittered. Goes a bit vacant when cold. Lightly bitter finish, watery mouth. Light straw gold. Fair session brew.

Poured into a hazed plastic cup in a dark room, so appearance is difficult to judge. Very little flavor or aroma except it tastes old/oxidized. Lingering bitterness.

I don’t know if it was a bad batch or what but this came from the tap a foggy pale brown color. Didn’t look good from the look of it. No head at all. It tasted soapy and flat. No carbonation. I had this beer before and don’t remember it being this bad and compared to other Kolsch’s, this was horrible.

Clean and crisp flavor, not complicated. Vaguely fruity, with minimal aftertaste.

Lightly hazed apple juice body with white head. Aroma is medium sweet, grassy, apple, light lemon, asrtingency. Taste is medium sweet, grassy, toffee/butterscotch. Light body, some crispness. The off flavor is definitely off-putting.

Almost no color at all... very light, yellow-tinted lager. Small, creamy, white head. Mostly lasting. The aroma is nondescript. Very fruity flavor. Peach, red apple. Bittered just enough for balance. Light-bodied with a fizzy mouthfeel. Short, crisp, clean finish.