Kolsch
Triumph Brewing Company

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From:
Triumph Brewing Company
 
New Jersey, United States
Style:
Kölsch
Ranked #332
ABV:
4.5%
Score:
80
Ranked #36,818
Avg:
3.2 | pDev: 20%
Ratings:
12 | reviews: 3
Status:
Active
Rated:
Jun 05, 2024
Added:
Jan 04, 2004
Wants:
  1
Gots:
  2
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Ratings by BeerForMuscle:
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Rated by BeerForMuscle from New Jersey

3.44/5  rDev +7.5%

Oct 18, 2014
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Reviewed by DaveMaciolek21 from New Jersey

3.5/5  rDev +9.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Bright golden pour with a sturdy pure white head. Grainy nose and cereal flavor with a lively bite. Not as biscuity as a true German Kolsch but still enjoyable and crushable.
Jun 05, 2024
 
Rated: 3.5 by rjp217 from Massachusetts

Nov 26, 2014
 
Rated: 3 by jmalko from Pennsylvania

Nov 25, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by brheuer from New Jersey

Nov 24, 2014
 
Rated: 3 by thgreatrandini from Pennsylvania

Oct 26, 2014
 
Rated: 3.96 by Wiffler27 from South Carolina

Oct 14, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by DinoBlueShoes from Maine

Oct 10, 2014
 
Rated: 2.76 by ccwink from Maryland

Oct 04, 2014
 
Rated: 2.5 by TheBigBoy from Pennsylvania

Sep 14, 2014
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Reviewed by paulie from Connecticut

1.81/5  rDev -43.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 1 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 1
Part of a sample my wife and I shared. The two of us together couldn't finish the 5oz sampler glass. It was that bad.

I'd like to be constructive, but it's hard. It did look nice: very pale and clear. No head left by the time it reached our table except for a tiny white ring. There was nothing in the aroma to indicate anything wrong, although there wasn't a whole lot of aroma of any sort.

But one sip was enough to show that there was something very wrong with this beer. Seriously wrong. Infected, perhaps, or very stale ingredients. Kind of a cardboard base with a solvent undertone. We kept taking little sips, thinking that maybe it would improve as it warmed, but it didn't.

Triumph has a great reputation and some of the other beers in the sampler were lovely. So I am assuming that this was just a bad batch or a dirty beer line. But it was really bad.
Jan 08, 2004
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Reviewed by Gavage from Nevada

2.96/5  rDev -7.5%
look: 2.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3
It arrived looking a pale yellow color with no head and very sparse carbonation. The aroma was nice, as the malt and bitterness were easily detectable. But this did not translate into a nice flavor. The flavor was heavily dominated by malt and a bit of bitterness arrived late on the tongue.

The mouthfeel was also strange for a Kolsch. Definitely flat. The body was smooth, almost syrupy and more towards medium level in thickness, not crisp and light like others I have had experienced.
Jan 04, 2004