Shiner Kölsch (Summer Stock)

Brewed by Spoetzl Brewery (Gambrinus Company)
Style: Kölsch
Shiner, Texas USA

Nostaglia may be driving this rating. Very clean and true to style. Good to tip on a sweltering day. Minor hoppage and slight yeastiness makes for a Beer-pop. Crisp and dry finish.

clear, crisp, effervescent pour with minmal head and a light yellow hue. this beer would be a great beer to sip on at the beach. its well priced, light, and provides a clean, mineral like taste with a smooth finish.

Bottle 38F Lager Glass. Hints of orange and honey with a touch of spice , maybe a bit of pepep, no real malt and only sublte yeast notes. Light gold color. with a white head , that dissipates almost completely. Nice easy drinking finishes crisp and dry. Not a lot of flavor subtle notes of hops with slight bitterness, and a bit of a peppery finish. Moderate mouthfeel and moderate carbonation. Decent easy drinking and quite quaffable espicially on 100F plus days.

Simple beer and rather light even for a Kolsch. Crisp and easy to drink. More like an afternoon beer. Like the winter Dunkelweizen better.

Sweet, malty aroma. Flavor was sweet, malty, and hoppy. Surprisingly balanced. Better beer than I expected.

How can you not love this beer. Easily the number one selling summer beer at my store. It is so easy to drink it’s not funny. I love it, my friends love, our customers love it.

Thanks to witbier for picking this up for me... Appearance is of a glowing gold with a small amount of bubbles rising to the top of the glass. A foamy white head slowly fades into a thin collar. Smell is of honey, apricot, grain, straw, and perhaps a white grape aroma that is similar to a white wine ester. Taste is of the same gentle, mildly sweet aromas with a dryness from the Kölsch yeast strain. Mouthfeel is crisp, with a mild sweetness that quickly dies out with a slick slide down the tongue to a quick, cutting dryness.

Wow. I used to drink a lot of Shiner Bock, so I thought I would try this. Pours a thin piss yellow with a boring white head. Smells slightly like a Heiney. Tastes a little bit better than an American light beer.