California Kölsch
Ballast Point Brewing Company in San Diego, California, United States 🇺🇸
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6.19
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Our original California Kölsch is a rich golden brew, crafted with aromatic German hops and rounded out with a blend of American and Munich malts. While it's hopped like a lager, we ferment it like an ale to create a smooth, bright taste that has just a hint of fruit and spice. It's extremely drinkable, like a Kölsch should be. And complex, like a good craft beer demands.
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6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Poured a clear golden color with a small fluffy white head. Aroma was light grains, some bready malts, sweet light citrus. Flavor was some light sweet malts, light citrus. Easy drinking.
Tried
on 19 Aug 2015
at 01:04
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
4 oz pour on draft at ChurchKey. Clear golden orange with off-white head. Aromas of citrus, malt, stone fruit. Tastes of malt, citrus, light floral notes. Medium body with a dry finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 14 Aug 2015
at 22:51
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
12 oz bottle poured. So this is the original pale ale.. Pours a light clear golden color with with a lasting head. Sweet lemon hop like aroma. Light grainy flavor with a cool finish. Very lager like. A little fruity. Drinks easy. Not bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Aug 2015
at 21:33
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Can shared. Pours clear golden with a white head. Aroma of cardboard, cereals, corn. Flavour is light to moderate sweet and bitter. Light bodied with light carbonation.
Tried
from Can
on 25 Jul 2015
at 07:59
6/10
Tried
on 14 Jul 2015
at 04:30
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Taster at the brewery. Aroma is hoppy, but not these grapefruit-pine hops, more green vegetables. Some hops, light-bodied, some spices. Sweet grains. Kölsch-inspired? Maybe in the sense that the hops in here are not so intensely fruit-aromatic as they often are on the West Coast. And the grainy properties are there.
Tried
on 06 Jul 2015
at 22:13
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Draught at Bubba Gump’s in Anaheim. Pours a clear golden with a small white head that laces. Light malt aroma with fruit and caramel. Sweet, mild flavour of malt, caramel and light fruit with a dry finish. Light body with an oily texture and soft carbonation. Simple and refreshing.
Tried
on 06 Jul 2015
at 00:59
4.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4
Rather unassuming Kolsch, drinkable but nothing for it or agin it really. I suppose it was refreshing enough, but I probably won’t reach for one again.
Tried
on 07 Jun 2015
at 23:00
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
12 oz. bottle into a tulip. Unable to read BP’s dumb ass bottling date. Was marked down so I assume it is at least somewhat old but it’s not an IPA. A: Clear bubbly bright gold pour with a great frothy head. Ample carbonation visible but little lacing. S: Faint vinous hop scent. No malts easily detected in the nose. T: Closely follows the nose. Crisp maltiness with the expected hit of grape wine. Pretty good and certainly true to Kolsch style. Clean dry finish. M: Fizzy and light bodied making this easy drinking and refreshing.Carbonation has a nice texture on the lips. O: Fairly by the book Kolsch. Good and easy drinking. Inoffensive and nice but nothing all too special. If you do enjoy the style though as I do, It is worth a try.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Jun 2015
at 21:17
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle from QClub at home. Clear golden amber pour. Crop circle-y head with foamy white bubbles. Aroma is not much - some faint hops, more of just a grassy lager smell. Taste is malty, smooth, relatively rich for the appearance/aroma of the beer. A bit of dank hoppy bitterness but not much. Nothing much going on - a vaguely bitter, quite malty, smooth and sweet pale ale. Almost has the cereal sweetness of a Tsingtao or something.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jun 2015
at 12:47