Summer Beer
Harpoon Brewery in Boston, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸
Kölsch Spring|
Score
5.81
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We decided to brew this beer after Rich and Dan visited Cologne, Germany, the birthplace of the Kölsch style. They loved the subtlety of the flavor and appreciated the craftsmanship required to make a beer like this consistent and good. We were on the lookout for a new summer seasonal at the time and the Kölsch, with its refreshing flavor and crisp finish, seemed like a perfect fit.
Description: Our version of the traditional German Kölsch-style ale. This beer, which is light and refreshing, appears to resemble a lager rather than an ale. The Kölsch style is a testimony to the broad spectrum of characteristics an ale can produce, as well as the brewer’s art. The body is soft and delicate with a dry, crisp finish.
Description: Our version of the traditional German Kölsch-style ale. This beer, which is light and refreshing, appears to resemble a lager rather than an ale. The Kölsch style is a testimony to the broad spectrum of characteristics an ale can produce, as well as the brewer’s art. The body is soft and delicate with a dry, crisp finish.
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3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 1
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 3
Straw yellow. 1 finger subsides fast. No smell Super light body of barley and no bitterness. Light body. Items and refreshing. 25/100. Good law mower beer. Not much else.
Tried
on 05 Jul 2012
at 07:28
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Enjoying this one in a Boston pub, as my band is playing there. Pours a mild cloudy golden colour with a little head and lace. Grainy nose and medium-bodied mouthfeel. Cereal grain wheat taste with some citrus notes. Nothing too crazy, but quite refreshing for summer. Goes down easily with decent grain.
Tried
on 02 Jul 2012
at 15:54
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
12 oz large Kolsch glass draft at the Harpoon bar at Logan airport in Boston, Massachusetts. The pour is clear yellow golden with not much of a white head. The aroma is mild grain, light malt sweetness and a hint of grass. The taste is the grain, cracked malt toast, along with gentle yeast and a mild malt sweetness. The palate is light to medium bodied, nice bright carbonation, and some lingering yeast in the finish. Nice enough, easy drinking.
Tried
from Draft
on 25 Jun 2012
at 10:16
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottled @ cgarvieuk’s Need some Cupboard Space tasting. Clear golden colour, white head. Nose is vegetables, grassy. Flavour is light malted, grassy, bit dry and bitter. Slightly dry finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Oct 2011
at 06:53
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
bottle at home ... thanks to blair ... golden yellow ... soft yeasty candi suger... little buttery nose ... soft light sweet fruits ... ligth grassy lager .. dull and not me
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Oct 2011
at 08:45
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
bottle thanks to nimbleprop, pours light yellow with a thin to medium fluffy white head. Aroma is big with honey and sweet corn, maybe a little lemon zest as well but overall very sweet smelling. Flavor is crisp pale and corn malts with a middle body that is lightly sweet but ends very dry. I like this.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jul 2011
at 18:25
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Not a bad kolsch, such as it is. A bit of a dull gold color, foamy head. Light aroma was crackery with a little floral and spicy hop. Flavor balanced, clean and crisp with soft malts and a snappy hop finish.
Tried
on 09 Jul 2011
at 20:19
4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Remarkably unremarkable beer. As no-frills as a Summer Seasonal can get-- grainy with a mild Euro-hop finish, bubbly, fizzy, golden, and as exciting as drywall. (5/7/09)
Tried
from Can
on 22 May 2011
at 19:29
4.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 5
Had at pool hall in RI. this beer pours golden and and has citrus flavor and is certainly clean and crisp but really lacks in flavor and was practically like drinking water. i am normally fan of Harpoon but this was very generic
Tried
on 20 May 2011
at 12:01
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle. Pours light, clear yellow-gold with a small, white head. There is a nice malty aroma with notes of bread and fruit. Flavor begins sweet and biscuity along with some lemon and faint bitters. Light bodied with average carbonation. Finishes lightly sweet but very crisp and clean. This is a solid beer. It’s a bummer to see the Kolsch style in general get discounted so heavily.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Aug 2010
at 06:59