Lime Kölsch
Burnside Brewing Co.

Lime takes over what might otherwise be a decent kolsch. Clear straw color with small white foamy head. Aroma is mostly citrus, lime. Taste also dominated by citrus, almost like a limeade. Would be a good summer time drink, I’m a few months too late.

 

Bottle: Poured a clear golden color Kolsch with a small foamy head. Aroma of lime juice and lime zest with some light cereal notes is enjoyable. Taste is a mix of dominant notes of lime zest and lime juice with some light cereal notes and some residual sugar notes. Body is about average with good carbonation. Enjoyable and refreshing but not sure the base Kolsch beer can really be tasted through all the lime notes.

Tastes like Trix

22oz bottle - wow, that's a lotta limes! Also made with kaffir lime leaves and lemongrass.

This beer pours a glassy, medium golden yellow colour, with two chubby fingers of puffy, finely foamy, and somewhat creamy eggshell white head, which leaves a bit of streaky rain on the windshield lace around the glass as it quickly bleeds away.

It smells of zingy fresh limes, spicy lemongrass, grainy and doughy pale malt, a bit of estery yeast, and more leafy and hay-like hop bitterness. The taste is crackery and doughy pale malt, acidic key lime pie, earthy lemongrass, and more herbal, leafy, and slightly floral green hoppiness.

The carbonation is quite hefty in its palate-coating frothiness, the body a respectable middleweight, and actually fairly smooth, with maybe a wee spiciness taking the sheen off of things here. It finishes off-dry, the robust malt still fending off the lime and lemongrass advances.

Overall, it seems that the guest ingredients do go a long way in obfuscating the underlying Kölsch to a certain degree, but hey - 'Lime' comes first in the name, so what did we expect? Enough of the base beer character is present to prevent having to make alco-pop or sports drink analogies, thankfully. Refreshing and zesty, is what I'm taking away from this offering.

 

very surprised to see this rated so low, maybe they have recently tweaked the recipe and improved upon it, but the one i had at the brewery was outstanding. pale and clear yellow as it should be for the style, not much head on it after the initial pour, and a lot of carbonation racing up to the surface. it smells like fresh lime zest, nothing plastic or artificial. i suppose that does come at the expense of the base beer, i mean, this is really limey, and maybe the purists are unhappy, but i was intrigued right away. the flavor is good too, lime all the way, bitter enough but more just juicy. definitely hard to taste much kolsch through the lime, which might be where the ratings drop, almost more of a sports drink than a beer, but its super light and refreshing, and i happily enjoyed it. maybe a little less body than i would like, even in a kolsch, but carbonation is there, and if this was designed to be a lawn mower beer, a patio pounder, whatever people are calling them these days, they have certainly succeeded.

 

 

What we all wish a Corona with a lime would taste like. Good easy drinking seasonal had in bottle and on draft.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Light & limey

Pours a very light yellow with a foamy head. Smell isn't great. Smells like a Pilsner for sure. Taste is very light with a hint of lime. Nothing overpowering here. Feel like I should have cut the grass before drinking this. Ok. Won't seek it out again.

Wife's Review: "I like it. It is refreshing and the lime flavor is just right."

22oz. bottle.
Very hazy amber; Decent off-white head

Wonderful smell mixes lime with fresh baked bread.

The flavor is much less balanced, with the lime components dominating. Good sweet/bitter/sour balance, with all three present at near equal levels.

Refreshing. Light body with appropriate medium carbonation.