Mountain Goat Two Champs Kolsch
Mountain Goat Beer Pty Ltd

Pours a pale golden colour with healthy yeasty haze. Head is white, pretty nice, sinks leaving a thin crown. Lace is beautiful; thick webs of foam, pretty damned nice.

Smells pretty unimpressive. Slight sweet notes with some citrus and that kolsch bubblegum aroma and some grass as well. But yeah, very underwhelming and plain with not a lot on it at all.

Taste is fairly impactive, although there isn't a lot on the front. Slight citric rind, but not much else. Some honey and medicine phenols come through late-mid and lots of carbonation sizzle which is aided by a dryness on the back. Some hints of bubblegum sweetness, some wattle and grassy/herbal notes. Not bad for a kolsch but still pretty plain.

Decent drinking, doesn't overload on the kolschy notes I don't like and has plenty of the kolschy notes I do like... whatever they are.

On tap at The Local Taphouse. Brewed with the input of the joint winners of the Australian Amateur Brewing Championships 2009.

A - Pours a slightly cloudy straw colour with 2cm of white head that falls quickly.
S - Light fruity and herbal hops with a grainy malt touch.
T - Much like the smell; fruity & herbal hops with the herbal quality taking precedence. Touch of bready malt comes through as well.
M - Light bodied with a fairly high carbonation. Bit of bitterness is present.
D - A tasty, sessionable beer. Just as a Kolsch should be.