Four Peaks Kolsch

Brewed by Four Peaks Brewing Company
Style: Kölsch
Tempe, Arizona USA

Light gold...minimal aroma or head. Easy and light with slight honey, golden raisin...nice for a session brew. On tap at Tempe brewery.

Nice clean example of a kolsch. The color was of light straw and it had a very authentic flavor resembling good german kolsch beers i’ve had in Cologne. Nice job.

Slightly hazy straw colour. Light, husky, light bitterness (~20). Maybe some grassiness but mostly a clean straw taste. Not terribly kolsch-like.

Sampled at the brewery. Nice brilliant straw color. Low foam characteristic with very little lacing. A very smooth beer that is actually a bit creamy. I would like to see this beer a bit more crisp and dry in the finish.

Scottsdale location. The beer was called Sunbru Kölsch so I put the rating here. The beer pours to a transparent golden body with a white head and decent lacing. The aroma is crisp hops and pale malts. The flavor is crisp, clean grains, and spicy hops. Very nice for the style. Hoppy and crisp. Refreshing. Nice for the "summer".

Draft - not much aroma. A touch of malt. Looks like an AS. Light bodied. A bit of malt and a spicy hop note that is unusual in the style. Good.

On tap @ the Tucson Beer Festival - Pours a clear light golden color with a thin white head. Aroma and flavor is light esters and malt. Light to medium body. Nothing fancy, just an easy drinking light style beer.

Draft w/ bockyhorsey and wife at 4P. Pour was golden with lots of carbonation bubbles rising, thin head, didn’t stick around long, and the lacing was weak. The aroma was fruity, lacking graininess. The flavor was fruity, esters and citrus both detectable, not enough malt below it though, some graininess, near nil bready or similar character. A style that’s hard to find well-done here in the states, this one surely didn’t contend as a "real" one. Mouthfeel light and slightly watery.