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Wavehopper
Big Bay Brewing Co.
- From:
- Big Bay Brewing Co.
- Wisconsin, United States
- Style:
- Kölsch
- ABV:
- 4.8%
- Score:
- 78
- Avg:
- 3.36 | pDev: 18.45%
- Reviews:
- 34
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Oct 19, 2015
- Added:
- Dec 14, 2010
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 3
No description / notes.
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Reviewed by jwc215 from Arizona
3.5/5 rDev +4.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.5/5 rDev +4.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Pours slightly hazed yellow with a thin white head that becomes a wide patch. Some trailing lace sticks.
The smell is of some grain with mild floral notes.
The taste is light - a sweet (honey-ish?) kiss, slight nut from the malt, with a mild floral dryness in the finish.
The carbonation level works well enough to fit the character of the light brew. Leans a bit watery, but not too fizzy.
This is a light, easy-drinking, balanced beer that fits "kolsch" style well enough. It has a "refreshing" quality to it.
Oct 31, 2014The smell is of some grain with mild floral notes.
The taste is light - a sweet (honey-ish?) kiss, slight nut from the malt, with a mild floral dryness in the finish.
The carbonation level works well enough to fit the character of the light brew. Leans a bit watery, but not too fizzy.
This is a light, easy-drinking, balanced beer that fits "kolsch" style well enough. It has a "refreshing" quality to it.
Reviewed by KFBR392 from Illinois
3.16/5 rDev -6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
3.16/5 rDev -6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
Appearance: Transparent body with straw yellow color. Poured with a finger of head which settled in to a thin layer across the top while drinking. Active carbonation is on the lower side for the style.
Smell: Straw, honey, and dough on the front. Sweet biscuity malts are really potent on the body. Cereal and nutty finish fits well.
Taste: Dough and buttery malts on the front. Watery forgettable body. The finish is some earthy yeast and sprite fruits.
Mouthfeel: Drinkable almost to a fault. No notable lingering textures are left behind.
Overall: The aroma is no doubt the highlight. So disappointed the taste couldn't follow it up.
Jul 21, 2014Smell: Straw, honey, and dough on the front. Sweet biscuity malts are really potent on the body. Cereal and nutty finish fits well.
Taste: Dough and buttery malts on the front. Watery forgettable body. The finish is some earthy yeast and sprite fruits.
Mouthfeel: Drinkable almost to a fault. No notable lingering textures are left behind.
Overall: The aroma is no doubt the highlight. So disappointed the taste couldn't follow it up.
Reviewed by sweemzander from Illinois
2.79/5 rDev -17%
look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.75
2.79/5 rDev -17%
look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.75
12oz. bottle poured into a nonic.
(A)- Pours a crystal clear pale yellow color. Some pure white froth with decent retention.
(S)- Light cereal and biscuit-like grains with hints at lemon and spice.
(T)- Quite sweet for the style with a big honey wheat sweetness going on. reminds me of buttered toast with honey. Very grainy.
(M)- Very light bodied but carries a rather potent sweetness for the style.
(O)- I actually quite like the flavor this has, that, and being lighter and crisp, but really very little about this reminds me of a kolsch.
Jul 17, 2014(A)- Pours a crystal clear pale yellow color. Some pure white froth with decent retention.
(S)- Light cereal and biscuit-like grains with hints at lemon and spice.
(T)- Quite sweet for the style with a big honey wheat sweetness going on. reminds me of buttered toast with honey. Very grainy.
(M)- Very light bodied but carries a rather potent sweetness for the style.
(O)- I actually quite like the flavor this has, that, and being lighter and crisp, but really very little about this reminds me of a kolsch.
Reviewed by Phocion from Minnesota
3.62/5 rDev +7.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.62/5 rDev +7.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
12 oz. bottle aggressively poured into a pilsner glass. Light golden straw body with a big, frothy, white head. Good staying power and chunks of thick lacing.
Grainy/wheaty and sweet pils malts. Subtle noble hop aroma, fairly floral and grassy.
Flavor is thin. Sweet malts and a bit of a sulfur-like finish. Wheaty and kind of salty. Smallest hint of earthy hops.
Light bodied and medium-high carbonation. Crisp and refreshing.
Sweet and not particularly clean. Drinkable but not particularly memorable Kölsch.
Jul 10, 2014Grainy/wheaty and sweet pils malts. Subtle noble hop aroma, fairly floral and grassy.
Flavor is thin. Sweet malts and a bit of a sulfur-like finish. Wheaty and kind of salty. Smallest hint of earthy hops.
Light bodied and medium-high carbonation. Crisp and refreshing.
Sweet and not particularly clean. Drinkable but not particularly memorable Kölsch.
Wavehopper from Big Bay Brewing Co.
Beer rating:
78 out of
100 with
75 ratings
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