Fresh Hop Kölsch
Zoiglhaus Brewing Company
- From:
- Zoiglhaus Brewing Company
- Oregon, United States
- Style:
- Kölsch
- ABV:
- 4.9%
- Score:
- +1 rating needed
- Avg:
- 4.11 | pDev: 7.54%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 7
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Sep 23, 2025
- Added:
- Sep 05, 2020
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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This fresh hop version has a massive blast of Tettnanger hops from our friends at Goshie Farms in the whirlpool. We fermented slow and cool with an authentic Kölsch yeast strain brought back from brewer/owner Alan Taylor’s studies in Germany. A year-round sessionable German-style ale with that once a year freshly harvested hop experience.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by mactrail from Washington
3.71/5 rDev -9.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.71/5 rDev -9.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Pours a rather dark amber with average foam in the Chuckanut Kölsch glass. MIldly spritzy on the tongue with a more malty body and taste than you might expect. Slightly sweet with cereal flavors. I wouldn't say that I taste much of a hop flavor but there is some pleasant grassy freshness. Overall this is not so much like a Kölsch the German style but it's a lovely light quaff, especially if you think of this as a very nice Helles. From the 16 oz can purchased at Special Brews. Dated 09/02/25 so it's the freshest brew I've had this season.
Sep 23, 2025
Reviewed by CoasterRider from Washington
4.61/5 rDev +12.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
4.61/5 rDev +12.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
This beer pours a light golden color with a small head. The aroma is light malt, yeast and mild hops. Out of the 7 beers I sampled today this was my favorite, though they were all great. Very well-balanced beer and one of the best Kolsch's outside of a true German beer. 20 IBUs Rated 9-26-2024
Jan 13, 2025
Reviewed by LiquidAmber from Washington
4.04/5 rDev -1.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.04/5 rDev -1.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Poured into a Reuben's Brew pint glass. Pours a light to medium golden amber with a fine, two finger white head with good retention and solid lacing. Aroma of lightly biscuit malt, mild citrus hops, lemon; lightly floral. Flavor is biscuit malt, citrus hops, lemon, lime, faint floral and mixed fruit. Moderate bitterness in the finish. Medium bodied with light to moderate creaminess. A pleasant lager with lightly grainy biscuit malt and a touch of huskiness and a simple, but pleasant citrus hops with hints of fruit. Nice burst of grainy malt in the finish. Laid back but enjoyable.
Sep 15, 2024
Reviewed by snaotheus from Washington
3.84/5 rDev -6.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.84/5 rDev -6.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
2024-09-08
16oz can served in a shaker pint. Dated 08/29/2024. Got it at Beer Junction a few hours ago.
Pours clear greenish-yellow with an initially large head that settles into a thick skin, tons of active carbonation. Smell is bready, almost doughy, with a sharp greenness that borders on lime and leafiness. A little honeysuckle floral.
Taste is honey and bread dough, hop character isn't lost but is definitely not up front. More of a sweetened lemonade vibe to the citrusy hops. Almost a key lime pie.
Mouthfeel is medium bodied, maybe on the full side, a little bit of a chew to it. Overall, tasty and enjoyable beer, but not screaming fresh hops at me.
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2025-09-13
16oz can in a nonic pint glass. Dated 09/07/?? Hard to read. Got it at Beer Junction a few hours ago this year, too...I think my previous description fits pretty well.
Sep 09, 202416oz can served in a shaker pint. Dated 08/29/2024. Got it at Beer Junction a few hours ago.
Pours clear greenish-yellow with an initially large head that settles into a thick skin, tons of active carbonation. Smell is bready, almost doughy, with a sharp greenness that borders on lime and leafiness. A little honeysuckle floral.
Taste is honey and bread dough, hop character isn't lost but is definitely not up front. More of a sweetened lemonade vibe to the citrusy hops. Almost a key lime pie.
Mouthfeel is medium bodied, maybe on the full side, a little bit of a chew to it. Overall, tasty and enjoyable beer, but not screaming fresh hops at me.
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2025-09-13
16oz can in a nonic pint glass. Dated 09/07/?? Hard to read. Got it at Beer Junction a few hours ago this year, too...I think my previous description fits pretty well.
Reviewed by NickSMpls from Washington
4.17/5 rDev +1.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4.17/5 rDev +1.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Canned 8/22. A frothy explosion of hop aroma awaits the pour. Slightly hazy with a bit of sediment -- swirl the can on the last pour to take it all in. Taste is mild with controlled bitterness but still having that fresh hop 'zing' . Very sessionable at 4.9% ABV, a standout in the FH frenzy with all those robust FH IPAs.
Sep 09, 2022
Reviewed by DefenCorps from Oregon
4.14/5 rDev +0.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.14/5 rDev +0.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
2021 release, can from ABV.
A clear straw yellow with a dense white head with good retention and lacing this looks great. The nose is beautiful. Soft, delicate, doughy, bready, lightly fruity with just a wonderful fresh hop character. Delicately oily and earthy to go with the soft lemon nose, this is great. The palate opens softly bitter and with a great, clean, crisp, doughy and cracker malt like character. Softly fruity. The mid-palate has a soft, delicate lemon and earth hop character. Drying, clean, crisp, doughy on the finish. Light in body and moderately carbonated. Delicious.
Sep 11, 2021A clear straw yellow with a dense white head with good retention and lacing this looks great. The nose is beautiful. Soft, delicate, doughy, bready, lightly fruity with just a wonderful fresh hop character. Delicately oily and earthy to go with the soft lemon nose, this is great. The palate opens softly bitter and with a great, clean, crisp, doughy and cracker malt like character. Softly fruity. The mid-palate has a soft, delicate lemon and earth hop character. Drying, clean, crisp, doughy on the finish. Light in body and moderately carbonated. Delicious.
Reviewed by TheBricenator from Oregon
4.25/5 rDev +3.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev +3.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
*2020 Version using Tettnanger hops
Look: Clear pale yellow with a lively and pure white head that is holding quite well and already leaving great lacing
Aroma: Cut grass, lemons, some wet straw, cracker-like malt, floral hops, and yep, more grass
Taste: Huge floral, grassy, and lemon notes right out of the gate with the straw and cracker malt notes appearing from time to time. A little honey comes through before more lemon-led hop notes leads to the close
Mouthfeel: Light, spritzy, crisp, and super clean throughout. Medium-high carbonation and a soft but crisp finish
Overall: Really digging this one. A delicious beer already and with the fresh hop notes really shining through, takes this up to another level. I’ve never had a fresh hop Kolsch before but when I heard these folks were making one, I had to seek it out. Grassy, floral, and lemon bomb in a deliciously and extremely drinkable Kolsch, count me in
Sep 24, 2020Look: Clear pale yellow with a lively and pure white head that is holding quite well and already leaving great lacing
Aroma: Cut grass, lemons, some wet straw, cracker-like malt, floral hops, and yep, more grass
Taste: Huge floral, grassy, and lemon notes right out of the gate with the straw and cracker malt notes appearing from time to time. A little honey comes through before more lemon-led hop notes leads to the close
Mouthfeel: Light, spritzy, crisp, and super clean throughout. Medium-high carbonation and a soft but crisp finish
Overall: Really digging this one. A delicious beer already and with the fresh hop notes really shining through, takes this up to another level. I’ve never had a fresh hop Kolsch before but when I heard these folks were making one, I had to seek it out. Grassy, floral, and lemon bomb in a deliciously and extremely drinkable Kolsch, count me in
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