Reissdorf Kölsch

Brewed by Privat-Brauerei Heinrich Reissdorf
Style: Kölsch
Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

Pours brilliant light straw, highly carbonated, thin, lingering head. Fruity aroma, crisp, very dry in the mouth, balance of fruit and hops on finish.

This tastes like Coors Light or Rolling Rock. Straw color. Carbonated. Unremarkable. Weak. I don’t care much for Kolsches and this is no different.

The knowledgeable beer guy at Top Cellar Select in OP,KS recommended this for my Budweiser drinking uncle during the holidays. Great choice.

The bottle looks not too bad, but not spectacular. The beer is very light, tastes very fruity, zippy, a very drinkable beer. Maybe the palate is for a Kölsch a little bit too intense.

500ml - Pale gold, small bubbles, almost fizzy. Skunky Eurolager nose, nice lace. Crisp, bright malt. Nice.

The same old same old flavor, attributes, and appearance of other traditional kolsch styles. It was light, slighty fruity ester, with a bland malt flavor. Easy, actually, too easy going.

On tap at Small Bar- Division, Chicago. Nothiing interesting here. Has the kolsch flavor, but nothing to write home about. So light in body and flavor that I don’t know what else to write.

Pours an unimpressive light golden yellow with a razor thin head, vanishing quickly. This bottle might have been a tad old, as the thin dust coating and slightly skunky nose indicated... but isn’t that par for the course on imported session style beers? Lightly fruity. Not sweet or hoppy. Suggestive of Bud, to be quite frank, but lighter, with no corn. A bit more fruit too and some toasty malt. Perhaps a Bud Light with some je ne sais quoi. Light, low carbonation. Not quite watery. A bit creamy. A bit dull. Slightly skunky as it first smelled upon opening the bottle. A bit creamy. Slightly fruity. Toastier than I’d like, but that at least gives this some flavor. Reminiscent of Bud. I’m not a huge fan to be honest.