Stowe Style: Kölsch
von Trapp Brewing in Stowe, Vermont, United States 🇺🇸
Collab with: Upper Pass Beer CompanyKölsch Series Out of Production
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Score
7.07
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The Stowe Style Collaboration is a marriage of new world and old world brewing. Upper Pass Brewing has brought their hop creativity to von Trapp Brewing’s Kölsch Style. With late addition hopping during the brew and a dry hop using the freshest 2020 hops. This hop forward ale is unfiltered with notes of clementine zest and tropical fruit. Please enjoy this summer classic while it lasts.
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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Reviewed from notes.
Can to stange glass.
Appearance: glossy pale yellow color with a three finger white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: floral to earthy hop notes, wet grains/cereal notes and some subtle woody spices
Flavor: meshes the prior noted aromas to subtle zesty to light floral spicy tone with a light malty backing; finishes semi-dry with a touch pushy sweet grains
Texture: light to medium bodied, sessionable, some smoothness and the dry hopping does enact a sort of light chalkiness - I mostly accepted this and wasn't too distracted but I get how many others might think the dry hopping was overly done
Overall: to me, I liked this beer as I have had many other beers where the dry hopping was overly done.
Can to stange glass.
Appearance: glossy pale yellow color with a three finger white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: floral to earthy hop notes, wet grains/cereal notes and some subtle woody spices
Flavor: meshes the prior noted aromas to subtle zesty to light floral spicy tone with a light malty backing; finishes semi-dry with a touch pushy sweet grains
Texture: light to medium bodied, sessionable, some smoothness and the dry hopping does enact a sort of light chalkiness - I mostly accepted this and wasn't too distracted but I get how many others might think the dry hopping was overly done
Overall: to me, I liked this beer as I have had many other beers where the dry hopping was overly done.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Mar 2026
at 20:55
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Slightly hazed, golden-yellow colour with a foamy white cap, average stay and some thick foamy lacing. Herbal fresh aromas from the hops with a touch of citrus, and a base of cereal malts. The taste shows the mild grainy malts but with a grassier hop flavour that creates some good dryness in the finish. A refreshing, crips and dry Kölsch-style beer.
Tried
on 12 Oct 2022
at 05:47
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
On tap at River Road tavern Hazy murky grapefruit in color with a thin white head that recedes. Light bready maltiness, light fruit, light earthy spicy hops. Is this brewery now contract brewed or something?
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Jun 2021
at 00:44