Doom Tree
Fonta Flora Brewery

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nucleated Tulip
Look: Clear yellow-straw color, pouring a thin cap which quickly dissipated into a a thin ring. Full of effervescence
Smell: Citrusy lime zest and floral. Light hints of malt
Taste: soft start. Light hint of lime zest, with some strong floral notes accompanied by floral bitterness and doughy malt notes. Finish is sweet with lingering elderflower notes
Feel: light-moderate body with a clean and crisp finish
Overall: Really interesting yet great tasting beer

Beautiful light yellow body, sharp and clear; nice carbonation; thin, patchy white head with fair retention. Great smell; fresh lemon and floral tones; herbal. Excellent taste; nice cracker-like malt flavor with a clean, lemon-like layer; herbal spiciness; slight hop bitterness. Light bodied; crisp and refreshing although a little watery; finishes with a mildly dry quality.

The use of elderberry and lemon zest adds some nice depth and complexity to the beer. The looks suffer from a weak head, and the feel comes across a tad flat, but the smell and taste are top-notch.

Poured at 45 °F; CANNED ON 07202021

 

 

16 oz. can. Clear golden. Smells of herbal elderflower notes and bready malts. Tastes a little limey up front, elderflower herbals and bitterness, bread, light toast, herbal bitterness. Light body. At first, the adjuncts were subtle. They build in intensity after a bit. Otherwise good.

16oz can into a pint glass. Canned 7/20/21, so 6-7 weeks old.

Mixed look to this one. Attractive glassy pale golden yellow body. However, the head vanishes almost immediately, hence no lacing.

Floral aroma with a light lemon touch.

On tasting, very floral, a little herbal, lemon even fainter than on the nose. The combination puts me in mind of ginger without the kick.

Mouth medium, finish a herbal/mild spice mix.

Overall, pretty unique taste to this one. Enjoying it, though a session of these might be a bit much.

 

 

 

A: Pours a relatively clear medium straw yellow in color with slightly heavier than moderate amounts of active visible carbonation rising quickly from the bottom of the glass and faint pale golden yellow + pale yellow colored highlights. The beer has a three finger tall dense sudsy foamy bright white head that reduces to a handful of small patches of thin film surrounded by a thin ring at the edges of the glass. Light amounts of lacing are observed.

S: Moderate aromas of grainy + cracker malts with a light to moderate amount of light fruit (white grape + apple) sweetness underneath light aromas of herbal + spicy hops. Light aromas of citrus/lemon zest and just a hint of floral/elderflower notes.

T: Upfront there are moderate flavors of cracker + grainy malts with a light to moderate amount of light fruit (white grape + apple) sweetness. That is followed by light flavors of citrus/lemon zest and a hint of floral/elderflower. Finally there is a slightly heavier than light flavor of herbal +spicy hops which impart a light amount of bitterness which fades away leaving a relatively clean finish.

M: Slightly heavier than light bodied with moderate amounts of carbonation. Initially slightly crisp with a relatively clean finish.

O: Easy to drink with well hidden alcohol and a crisp + clean + refreshing mouthfeel. Enjoyable and the additions of lemon zest and elderflower definitely complement the base kölsch style beer.

Bright yellow color. Rising bubbles. Thin white head with a lot of retention. A bit of a yeast note. Extremely floral. Hint of citrus, but it by no means takes this beer in the direction of the sour category. Some nutty notes too, which are unexpected for the style, but welcomed. Enough flavor complexity to make it interesting, but still stays true to its kolsch identity.

Pours a lovely clear straw with a thin head that dissipates almost instantly. Looks like beer.
Smell is lightly bready and pleasantly floral with just a touch of citrus tartness on the tail. Really lovely blend of aromas.
Taste has sharp bright citrus notes in the front balanced well by soft cracker and smooth buttery notes. The flavor is wonderfully balanced, keeping the generally bright, crisp character of the style while bringing in some pleasantly soft floral, honey, and light diacetyl notes just enough to open up the more typical kolsch profile without losing it's center.
Mouthfeel is pleasant and crisp. Nice light body with little carbonation and a smooth finish.
Overall this is a really wonderful kolsch. The elderflower and lemon zest do not drag the flavor strongly in one direction but rather broaden the whole palate quite pleasantly. Wonderfully easy to drink and deceptively simple. Really enjoyable.