Reissdorf Kölsch

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

Bottled (BB 05/2007)
Clear golden color, small white head. Strong aroma of iron, underlying fruity notes. Fizzy, slightly harsh malty flavor. Hard metallic and watery mouthfeel. Apple-fruity notes in the aftertaste. Average example of Kölsch-style, style which is clearly overrated in RB.

Bottled: Light crisp golden pour with a lot of clarity and a thin white head. The aroma has some apple-like fruit notes and some sweet crystal malt. It has a creamy & fluffy texture. There is a light vanilla like sweetness, tons of pale malt flavors, some wood & a subtle apple fruityness. Finish is very crisp, and has a mild German hop bite. A solid example of the style. A traditionally enjoyable and sessionable brew.

Bottle. Clear light yellow. Active frothy white head and lots of carbonation. Hint of pine and wheat aroma but nothing very noticeable. Clean and refreshing on the palate like a spring water. Tastewise its pleasant and light, flavourful and not watery. A vast improvement over mass American lagers for those who like light beer.

Bottle. Pours golden yellow - taste is grainy yet very clean. Great stuff, even though I’m not a huge kolsch fan.

12oz bottle at the Winking Lizard - Pours pale golden with a short white head. Aromas of light grains, grassy hops and some yeast. Flavors of crisp grains, and grassy hops and some yeast.. Crisp clean palate that leaves you feeling pretty refreshed.. Not too bad...

Bottle: Clear golden pour with a white head. Aroma, yeast, grassy notes, pale malts, some sweetness. Flavor, pale malts, a bit bready, yeast, very much a lager, some grassy notes on the finish. Easy drinking, solid brew.

500ml bottle: Pale golden ale, small white head, that went fast, slow carbonation. Honeyish aroma, sweet and malty, buiscuity,some small grassy hop. Sweet and malty at the start, then dries out real fast ,leaving a small bitter after taste. Lager like consistency on the palate, but very dry and a fast finish. A beer for hot weather nightly session. Simple stuff but drinkable.

Bottle, poured into my 1999 GABF tasting glass. Hey,it was the closest thing to Kölsch glass that I had. This is a great Kölsch. It pours clear yellow, with a nice white head that sticks around. Aroma is faint, but there is grass and other earthy notes in it. Touch of sweet maltiness at the start, then dries out to a slight bitter finish. I like my Kölsch cold, quick and drinkable - this one hits it on every front. Not any depth to it, but hey this isn’t the style for it. Did I just use "hey" twice in a review? To the literalists, I suppose it was three including the question.