Travelin’ Light
Left Hand Brewing Company

RB transfer

Enjoying the resurgence of the style, and this was a pretty tasty beer overall. Decently clean and crisp with light bready malt flavor and no obnoxious hopping. Very drinkable and looking forward to more.

 

Poured from a can.

Pours a hazy gold with a nice pillowy head that lingers well. Solid enduring streaming carbonation.

The nose presents with clean grain, lemon/citrus, grass, and floral notes.

The flavor follows the nose, with simple restrained flavors without being bland. Clean grain and caramel sweetness balanced by grassy hop notes. As the brew warms, a honey note grows.

The brew's feel is excellent, particularly judged to style. Feels medium-light with a nice nearly dry finish and excellent carbonation.

A solid brew to be sure.

 

Klosch has become a style I dread lately they are either tasteless or bitter and unforgiving. While this may not be interesting like with added spices or fruit it didn't offend and went down pretty easy. Can't say I loved it but it was worth a try.

 

 

This is the kind of beer I wouldn't mind giving to a macro-loving friend to try to turn them on to craft beers. Very approachable with a crisp clean taste that wouldn't offend anyone. Good on a hot day. Not super adventurous, but also not trying to be.

12 ounce can into signature pint glass, canned on 9/9/2017. Pours fairly hazy/cloudy medium golden yellow color with a 1-2 finger fairly dense and fluffy off white head with fantastic retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lasts. Thick foamy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of lemon, cracker, white bread dough, and toasted biscuit; with lighter notes of peach, pear, red apple, herbal, floral, wood, grass, pepper, and yeast earthiness. A bit too fruity aromas, but not overwhelming. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance of pale malts and light-moderate earthy hop/fruity yeast notes; with solid strength. Taste of lemon, cracker, white bread dough, and toasted biscuit; with lighter notes of peach, pear, red apple, herbal, floral, wood, grass, pepper, and yeast earthiness. Light-moderate herbal, floral, woody, grassy, peppery bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of lemon, cracker, white bread dough, toasted biscuit, peach, pear, red apple, herbal, floral, wood, grass, pepper, and yeast earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Very nice robustness, and balance of pale malts and light-moderate earthy hop/fruity yeast flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance, and no astringent flavors after the finish. Fairly crisp/clean finishing. Light-moderate increasing dryness from lingering bitterness and carbonation. Medium-plus carbonation and light-medium body; with a very smooth and moderately bready/grainy/sticky balanced mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 4.8%. Overall this is a delicious kolsch, All around nice robustness, and balance of pale malts and light-moderate earthy hop/fruity yeast flavors; very smooth, refreshing, and fairly crisp/clean to drink with the mellowly bitter/drying finish. Very flavorful and not watery for the ABV. Great clean Pale/Vienna malt showcase, balancing earthy hops, and restrained fruity yeast. Mild residual sweetness with crisp drying. A very enjoyable offering, and spot on style example. Held up nicely for the age of the can. I've had worse.

Appearance: Pours a clear and bubbly light lager color with a strong, fizzy head that fades quickly but leaves a residual lacy component.
Aroma: Nice grassy and honey, floral aroma with some slight pine and red grape and berry. Pale cracker malt.
Taste: First you get hit with the lemongrass noble hops. Then, a slight berry and cherry sweetness evolves into a honey-cracker malt profile. Pale, but also Vienna malts detected. Some pepper to dry the palate at the end. Finishes rather dry. Alcohol is hidden.
Feel: Medium-bodied. Smooth. Strong carbonation and crisp. Carbonation dries easily dries the very pale malt profile.

Overall: A good take on a Kolsch. Slightly heavier-bodied and sweeter than I expected. Also, more lemon sweetness. Less floral & less tart fruit than I expected. More of a sweet cracker malt profile, instead of fruit. I think it could use more fruit and less malt sweetness to ease the body. However, the floral, grassy, and herbal hops are done decidedly well and impress me. Overall, a good take on a style that is becoming more popular.

 

Pours a golden color with a foamy head that lasts quite a while. No discernable aroma. Crisp and dry. Easy drinking Kolsch style ale. Good mouth feel.

A clean, crisp Kolsch, perfect for a hot summer day (or a warmish spring day, in my case). Moderate-to-high carbonation, grassy/citrusy hops, nice breadiness. Refreshing.

 

We like this Kolsch! Refreshing. Amber/Golden-colored

 

L: Pours a very clear brilliant straw yellow with a nice white head with an inch that stays on top. With thick sheets of lacing around the glass.

S: Fresh grain, and some wheat mixed with a strong mineral note and a lighter floral hop.

T: Fresh grain, mixed with a stronger mineral note, a light floral hop and a light bitterness from that hop.

F: Light body and smooth carbonation. Very easy drinking.

O: This is a nice easy drinking beer.

Light golden color with white cap and lacing.

Aroma of somewhat juicy hops lightly spiced and a touch of lemon citrus.

Taste of mild malt with some more flavorful malt such as Vienna. Hops are not nearly so noticeable in the flavor as in the scent and in fact fade into the background as the malt builds toward the finish. Fairly simple flavors but well blended together.

Mild to medium texture with balancing carbonation.

This is a good example of a simple brew with flavors that please rather than surge.