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Samuel Adams East-West Kölsch
Boston Beer Company (Samuel Adams)
- From:
- Boston Beer Company (Samuel Adams)
- Massachusetts, United States
- Style:
- Kölsch
- ABV:
- 5.01%
- Score:
- 82
- Avg:
- 3.63 | pDev: 14.6%
- Reviews:
- 312
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Oct 06, 2019
- Added:
- Mar 10, 2011
- Wants:
- 42
- Gots:
- 37
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Ratings by jondeelee:
Reviewed by jondeelee from Massachusetts
3.53/5 rDev -2.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.53/5 rDev -2.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
East-West Kolsch opens with a yeast, floral aroma, much like a baking loaf of wheat bread with just a touch of lavender and jasmine. A good helping of orange and apricot fruit esters add to the bouquet, and a strand or two of wet wheat stalks adds an earthy tone. The aromas are good, and nicely nuanced, but quite light, and tend to disappear when one attempts to sniff them repeatedly (such as when trying to write a review).
On the tongue, the beer opens with a mainly-malt flavor profile, bringing fresh Grape Nuts cereal, toasted wheat bread, and biscuit flavors. Hops kick in after a few seconds, adding very slight bitterness, as well as a faint citrusy backing. The added Jasmine Sambac (from the label: "a night blooming Southeast Asian flower") comes into play next, adding a delicate petal-on-water tinge of jasmine, which does bring a nice complexity to the brew. The jasmine flavors are, however, the first to fade off, leaving the rest of the mouthful mainly dominated by the grains. The aftertaste is mainly grains, with a few remaining (and very faint) jasmine touches, and fades with medium quickness. Mouthfeel is medium-light, and carbonation is medium.
Overall, this is decent fare, though I can't honestly say that I would have known of the Jasmine Sambac addition if it hadn't been pointed out to me on the label. It doesn't help that the floral notes are so delicate that they're easily overpowered by even the moderate grain flavors, and in subsequent mouthfuls are almost entirely subsumed. Still, the flavors in this beer are developed, and the apricot and orange notes are delicious.
Nov 13, 2011On the tongue, the beer opens with a mainly-malt flavor profile, bringing fresh Grape Nuts cereal, toasted wheat bread, and biscuit flavors. Hops kick in after a few seconds, adding very slight bitterness, as well as a faint citrusy backing. The added Jasmine Sambac (from the label: "a night blooming Southeast Asian flower") comes into play next, adding a delicate petal-on-water tinge of jasmine, which does bring a nice complexity to the brew. The jasmine flavors are, however, the first to fade off, leaving the rest of the mouthful mainly dominated by the grains. The aftertaste is mainly grains, with a few remaining (and very faint) jasmine touches, and fades with medium quickness. Mouthfeel is medium-light, and carbonation is medium.
Overall, this is decent fare, though I can't honestly say that I would have known of the Jasmine Sambac addition if it hadn't been pointed out to me on the label. It doesn't help that the floral notes are so delicate that they're easily overpowered by even the moderate grain flavors, and in subsequent mouthfuls are almost entirely subsumed. Still, the flavors in this beer are developed, and the apricot and orange notes are delicious.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by rodbeermunch from Nevada
3.11/5 rDev -14.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.11/5 rDev -14.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Yellow pour, some haze, 1/4" white head. Aroma hit the kolsch yeast spot.
Taste was alright, not flavor country other than the yeast, which is pretty much the engine for a kolsch from what I can tell. Mild lemon tree. Pair it with food or hot weather.
Feb 26, 2016Taste was alright, not flavor country other than the yeast, which is pretty much the engine for a kolsch from what I can tell. Mild lemon tree. Pair it with food or hot weather.
Reviewed by Raime from Korea (North)
3.59/5 rDev -1.1%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.59/5 rDev -1.1%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
From notes I took a few years ago.
Look - Medium golden with a two finger white head. Retention is fairly good and it leaves a good bit of lacing.
Smell -Quite flowery, A tad bready.
Taste - Follows the nose completely. The floral aspect opens up and becomes more respectable. Finishes a bit juicy.
Feel - Medium bodied with moderate carbonation.
Overall - As you can tell, I didn't go into nearly the depth I do now days haha. but I do remember this one being pretty good.
Jul 27, 2015Look - Medium golden with a two finger white head. Retention is fairly good and it leaves a good bit of lacing.
Smell -Quite flowery, A tad bready.
Taste - Follows the nose completely. The floral aspect opens up and becomes more respectable. Finishes a bit juicy.
Feel - Medium bodied with moderate carbonation.
Overall - As you can tell, I didn't go into nearly the depth I do now days haha. but I do remember this one being pretty good.
Reviewed by Pegasus from Texas
3.75/5 rDev +3.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.75/5 rDev +3.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Appearance: Clear medium golden in color, with a large off-white head, which fades only slowly. Lots of fat bubbles drift lazily to the surface. The lacing leaves thick, irregular tide marks.
Aroma: Floral notes, and an abundance of biscuit and bread aromas.
Taste: Opens with lots of bread-like malt and abundant citrus and floral hops. The hops strike me as being a bit more aggressive than in traditional German example, but this is very good, nonetheless.The malt and hops strike a harmonious balance throughout the taste. Finishes with a mild citric and floral bitterness, and a flourish of sweet malt.
Mouth feel: Smooth, soft, quite pleasant.
Drinkability/notes: Nicely-done, very drinkable, even a bit over-the-top.
Presentation: packaged in a custom twelve-ounce brown glass long neck bottle with a pry-off crown, served in a New Belgium Brewing chalice.
Apr 12, 2015Aroma: Floral notes, and an abundance of biscuit and bread aromas.
Taste: Opens with lots of bread-like malt and abundant citrus and floral hops. The hops strike me as being a bit more aggressive than in traditional German example, but this is very good, nonetheless.The malt and hops strike a harmonious balance throughout the taste. Finishes with a mild citric and floral bitterness, and a flourish of sweet malt.
Mouth feel: Smooth, soft, quite pleasant.
Drinkability/notes: Nicely-done, very drinkable, even a bit over-the-top.
Presentation: packaged in a custom twelve-ounce brown glass long neck bottle with a pry-off crown, served in a New Belgium Brewing chalice.
Samuel Adams East-West Kölsch from Boston Beer Company (Samuel Adams)
Beer rating:
82 out of
100 with
848 ratings
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