Pyramid Curve Ball Kölsch

Brewed by Pyramid Breweries
Style: Kölsch
Portland, Oregon USA

Easily, one of the better sessionable, summertime beers that you can get. Pyramid does this one up right, and year after year it’s a quality, easy drinking beer. I’d bought a case of this stuff to share with my brother and his neighbors (who are all Bud Light fans) and this one went over extremely well with them. A very easy, subtle aroma of citrus and sweet malts. Appearance is light yellow in color, lightly cloudy with a nice evervescent foamy head. Mouthfeel is light, bubbly, with a sharp carbonated bite. Flavor is lightlly fruity, sweet with a very light hop bite to keep it all even. Is this an exciting beer? No. But it’s well made, enjoyable on a hot, sweltering day and it’s tasty enough without any flaws to be enjoyed multiple times over.

Stale wheat and herbs aroma. Golden and no head. Wheaty, flowery flavour. Very cabonated and lite.

Nice seasonal offering from great brewery. Citrus aroma, golden amber in color; foamy white thin head. Medium bodied with an herbal finish. Good summer brew.

a grapefruity aroma, whcih foretells the slight bitterness and bubbly aftertaste, almost had me, just puts me on the verge of saying a great summer ale

Poured from the bottle into a pint glass a very clear, gold-amber color with a small and short-lived, foamy white head. The aroma was grassy and herby hops, maybe some toasty hints. It was mostly soure, with some mild sweetness and an herbal/grainy taste; some bitterness too. The body was wet, somewhat oily, and medium-full with only a mild fizzyness and carbonation.

Poured a light/medium gold, with little short lasting white head. Smell was grassy, sweet, grain, metal, and tea like at times too. On the light side of carbonation and a very smooth, almost creamy mouthfeel for a lighter beer, that is incredibly easy to drink. Tastes smooth and has a satisfying creamy sweetness with just enough bite to be refreshing. Not as good the 2nd time I tried this. Maybe worth a shot, but I don’t think I’ll crave it a 3rd time.

12oz. bottle: This one pours a hazy, golden color. There was a small head, and it dropped away quickly. Milder aroma. It has floral and citrus notes, but nothing really standing out. Some sweetness to the taste, with a slightly citric finish. I wouldn’t call it bitter, but there is a touch of hops in the finish. Not bad. Much better than your typical lawnmower beer.

My wife recoiled from the mug I served it to her in. I didn’t think it was that bad, but I went with her numerical judgment because I only had on sip. maybe i’ll try it again next season.