Pyramid Curve Ball Kölsch

Brewed by Pyramid Breweries
Style: Kölsch
Portland, Oregon USA

Poured a medium and cloudy golden color with a smaller sized white head. Aromas and tastes of light grass and some citrus and light caramel. Lightly malty sweet. Thinner body.

Bottle Pours a clear very light golden, slightly orange color. Quite active white head that quickly dissipated. You cant really have lacing with there is only a single row of bubble hanging around at the edge of the glass either. Aroma is very pale grain, pilsner like with a little fruit notes. Aprocots maybe and a slight spiciness. Flavor is a mild light grain, subtle with nothing realy grabbing you. Lightly hopped and without much bitterness at all. Lively carbonation and a soft palate. Pleasant enough and it met my conservative expectations.

Yellow gold with a fizzy white head. Yeast ester, malt, and muted hops in the aroma. Spritely hops complement grainy malt character. Finish is fairly grassy. Mouthfeel is crisp and refreshing.

Bottle. Lightly hazed yellow with a bubbly white head. Nose is sweet malts, light grass, grains and dried fruit. Taste is lightly tangy citrus, grains, light grass, straw and spiced croutons. Body is light-medium with a bubbly carbonation feel to it. Finish is composed of light fruit notes, grains, light tanginess, faint spices, grass and straw.

Clear and tangerine colored with little head. Light caramel, grain and a bit of bubblegum in the aroma. Soft and well balanced with a decent body. A little puckering bitterness in the finish. One of the better American Kolsch I’ve had but still lacking in the flavor dept.

On tap at JPs Hopshouse. Pours nice and wheaty golden. The aroma is a thud of hops with just a pinch of malt. The taste is nice and full of subdued hops in the begining, but dissapointingly it fades into straw in the finish. Big letdown.

Dark yellow. A little salty. Like a filtered wheat. Flavour is a little tangy and sharper.

This poured a slightly hazy, bright yellow with a short-lived, fizzy white head. The aroma is sweet malt and corn (although I doubt any of the latter is in there) and a dash of lemon. Odd for a kolsch. The body is creamy and a touch watery. The flavor is a grainy sweet malt with a mild herbal hop bitterness in the finish.