Kölsch
Hale's Ales in Seattle, Washington, United States 🇺🇸
Kölsch Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.09
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A light golden ale, fermented using genuine Kolsch yeast, then cold lagered producing flavors of clove, spice, and honey. A crisp ale with a slightly dry and spicy finish.
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7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
12 oz can, gifted by lutton, and paired with football. Definitely an 11 am, a lot of football games to watch kind of beer. A light golden pour with tons of carb, rocky head. A clean, slightly floral, inviting grain aroma. Flavor is crisp, cool, simple to drink. Some fruitiness hiding in there. Refreshing. A nicely put together kolsch, with lots of right going for it. UPDATE: Draft pint at Toronado for Pint Night. Kegged today. Awesome! This beer deserves more credit. Delicious, and exceptional for the style. Drink fresh.
Tried
from Can
on 13 Nov 2016
at 14:07
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
12oz can, I think relatively fresh, haven’t seen the cans before. Poured into a can shaped glass. What a surprising treat. Hale’s doesn’t usually impress but this. Aroma is malts but they aren’t husky, they aren’t cereal, they aren’t dusty, they aren’t sweet. Just a clean, fresh, airy pilsner aroma. This isn’t a "kolsch" but basically a pils. Similarly clean flavor, doesn’t pop as much as aroma but still very nice. I would definitely use a beer like this for mowing a lawn or floating down a Missouri river. Clear body, voluminous head.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Apr 2016
at 20:06
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Draught at Anthony’s (Sea-Tac Airport)
Served too cold. Light blond color, hazy, with small compact head. Kölsch is a delicate and complicated style to brew; this beer is light but doesn’t seem to capture the essence of Kölsch; it’s light bodied, dry, with very light cereal character. Slightly more interest in the aroma than the flavor. Nothing else.
Served too cold. Light blond color, hazy, with small compact head. Kölsch is a delicate and complicated style to brew; this beer is light but doesn’t seem to capture the essence of Kölsch; it’s light bodied, dry, with very light cereal character. Slightly more interest in the aroma than the flavor. Nothing else.
Tried
on 09 Mar 2014
at 01:20
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
On tap at The Copper Hog, pours a clear blond with a small white head. Aroma of cereal malts and dry crackers. Flavour is quite dry with dry toasted bread, crackery malts and not much else. Dry but fairly flavourless and almost a sparkling water carbonation-like flavour.
Tried
from Draft
on 12 Nov 2012
at 15:34
5.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle 22fl.oz. @ The Danish Summer Gathering, TFODRBSG12, Ulfborg.Clear light to medium yellow colour with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, white head. Aroma is moderate malty, fruity, pale malt, light earthy, soap notes. Flavour is moderate sweet with a average duration, fruity. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20120818]
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Sep 2012
at 01:40
5.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Bottle @ home. Pours slightly hazy pale yellow with a small white head. Aroma of light bready malt, hay, straw, light citrusly hops. Flavor is light malty, straw, hay, notes of light hops. Thin body, soft carbonation. 190812
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Aug 2012
at 05:21