Kölsch
Summit Brewing Company
- From:
- Summit Brewing Company
- Minnesota, United States
- Style:
- Kölsch
- ABV:
- 4.7%
- Score:
- 90
- Avg:
- 4.06 | pDev: 11.82%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 47
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Sep 02, 2015
- Added:
- Jul 08, 2009
- Wants:
- 11
- Gots:
- 4
SCORE
90
Outstanding
90
Outstanding
No description / notes.
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Reviewed by BeerLover99 from Illinois
3.9/5 rDev -3.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4.5
3.9/5 rDev -3.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4.5
A: medium yellow, fluffy head
S: subtle citrus, pine, malt, crisp.
T: Lemon, trace amount of floral, pine, with faint bitterness
M: Medium body and carbonation. Not too heavy. Seems like a fine Summer beer, strong enough to stand alone or be sessionable.
D: Solid representation of a beer often missed by brewers and beer drinkers alike. Definately worth trying and keeping on hand during the warm Summer months.
Dec 04, 2010S: subtle citrus, pine, malt, crisp.
T: Lemon, trace amount of floral, pine, with faint bitterness
M: Medium body and carbonation. Not too heavy. Seems like a fine Summer beer, strong enough to stand alone or be sessionable.
D: Solid representation of a beer often missed by brewers and beer drinkers alike. Definately worth trying and keeping on hand during the warm Summer months.
Reviewed by BeerAdvocate from Finland
4.5/5 rDev +10.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.5/5 rDev +10.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Review from BeerAdvocate Magazine Issue #32 (Sep 2009):
This is a new series that Summit has brought to us beer geeks. Good to see that not every specialty series has to be a massive, in-your-face style.
A beauty of a head, and the lacing is amazing as well, a bright and clear golden color that has real appeal. Aroma is of grape skin, bready grain and a delicate herbal hop. Deep and refreshing smoothness rolls over the palate. Clean grain throughout with some cracker-like maltiness. Hop bitterness has a nice bite and then drops some soft herbal flavor. A faint fruitiness and faded vinous quality from the yeast middle to end. If someone put a blindfold on us and told us this was from Germany, we'd have no doubt about that at all. Finishes dry with a long trail of hops and malt that makes us want to keep on quaffing.
Comparable to its German counterparts, if not better. This is a beautiful beer.
Nov 12, 2010This is a new series that Summit has brought to us beer geeks. Good to see that not every specialty series has to be a massive, in-your-face style.
A beauty of a head, and the lacing is amazing as well, a bright and clear golden color that has real appeal. Aroma is of grape skin, bready grain and a delicate herbal hop. Deep and refreshing smoothness rolls over the palate. Clean grain throughout with some cracker-like maltiness. Hop bitterness has a nice bite and then drops some soft herbal flavor. A faint fruitiness and faded vinous quality from the yeast middle to end. If someone put a blindfold on us and told us this was from Germany, we'd have no doubt about that at all. Finishes dry with a long trail of hops and malt that makes us want to keep on quaffing.
Comparable to its German counterparts, if not better. This is a beautiful beer.
Reviewed by Chronofied from North Dakota
4.23/5 rDev +4.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.23/5 rDev +4.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
About fifty degrees, poured in a pint glass.
Appearance - Very crisp golden hue, clear and transparent, with lively carbonation visible.
Smell - Smells like a Kölsch should; light, clean and full of grains. The aroma suggests light fruit, with faint hops.
Taste - A clarion clear, grassy taste, with lightly fruity hops and yeast, and a fresh mountain-air maltiness. Yeast is prominent, hops is sublte, they blend into a complex and delicate bitterness for the finish.
Mouthfeel - Very light and smooth. Carbonation is not as bouncy as it looks, but definitely opens up the beer. A good pull of this will leave the inside of the mouth feeling invigorated.
Drinkability - Awesome drinkability. Carbonation and alcohol level slow it just a touch, but the other components are so smooth that you need another before you know it.
NB - I found the complexity in this beer to be more than I expected. Half the glass was gone before I felt confident in my assessment of the taste. A very good effort for MN's Summit.
Feb 11, 2010Appearance - Very crisp golden hue, clear and transparent, with lively carbonation visible.
Smell - Smells like a Kölsch should; light, clean and full of grains. The aroma suggests light fruit, with faint hops.
Taste - A clarion clear, grassy taste, with lightly fruity hops and yeast, and a fresh mountain-air maltiness. Yeast is prominent, hops is sublte, they blend into a complex and delicate bitterness for the finish.
Mouthfeel - Very light and smooth. Carbonation is not as bouncy as it looks, but definitely opens up the beer. A good pull of this will leave the inside of the mouth feeling invigorated.
Drinkability - Awesome drinkability. Carbonation and alcohol level slow it just a touch, but the other components are so smooth that you need another before you know it.
NB - I found the complexity in this beer to be more than I expected. Half the glass was gone before I felt confident in my assessment of the taste. A very good effort for MN's Summit.
Reviewed by darklordlager from Wisconsin
4.26/5 rDev +4.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.26/5 rDev +4.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
A: Pours a medium golden with 3/4" bright white head of tiny bubbles with butter coloured accents. Looks crisp.
S: Delicate. Lightly fruity, pale malt, pepper, lemon.
T: Light pale malt, light fruity yeast, cracker, corn bread. Lemon is there as well. Delicate hoppy bitterness in the finish.
M: Medium body but with lively carbonation to make it light and "fluffy."
A very nice "non-extreme extreme" beer.
Feb 08, 2010S: Delicate. Lightly fruity, pale malt, pepper, lemon.
T: Light pale malt, light fruity yeast, cracker, corn bread. Lemon is there as well. Delicate hoppy bitterness in the finish.
M: Medium body but with lively carbonation to make it light and "fluffy."
A very nice "non-extreme extreme" beer.
Reviewed by weeare138 from Pennsylvania
2.5/5 rDev -38.4%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
2.5/5 rDev -38.4%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
Thanks to hopdog for the opportunity...
Appears a transparent, light gold with a small white head that quickly fades into a mild collar. Tiny spots of lacing are left around the glass.
Smell is of caramel, cracked grain, wet hay, and cereal.
Taste is of sweet malt, sweaty salt, grains, and corn-like dried maize.
Mouthfeel is mildly oxidized, sweet, and slick on the finish.
Feb 07, 2010Appears a transparent, light gold with a small white head that quickly fades into a mild collar. Tiny spots of lacing are left around the glass.
Smell is of caramel, cracked grain, wet hay, and cereal.
Taste is of sweet malt, sweaty salt, grains, and corn-like dried maize.
Mouthfeel is mildly oxidized, sweet, and slick on the finish.
Reviewed by objectivemonkey from Minnesota
4.49/5 rDev +10.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 5
4.49/5 rDev +10.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 5
Just found my notes on this guy.. not sure when it was tasted, bought several packs of this beer, so it could have bene any time last fall:
Into a pint glass, pours a clear golden straw color with a quickly receding white head. which leaves some nice lacing on the glass. The aroma is lovely, slightly grainy, grassy hops with a twinge of bitter. Very subtle, mellow, its spot on for the style. The taste is also done very well, a nice light base of bready malts, cracker-like, but the grassy hops take most of your attention. Crisp and clean, a light carbonation on the tongue. Very nice. A very good start to their 'Unchained' series. Now, if only they'd make this a summer seasonal, all would be righted in this world...
Jan 14, 2010Into a pint glass, pours a clear golden straw color with a quickly receding white head. which leaves some nice lacing on the glass. The aroma is lovely, slightly grainy, grassy hops with a twinge of bitter. Very subtle, mellow, its spot on for the style. The taste is also done very well, a nice light base of bready malts, cracker-like, but the grassy hops take most of your attention. Crisp and clean, a light carbonation on the tongue. Very nice. A very good start to their 'Unchained' series. Now, if only they'd make this a summer seasonal, all would be righted in this world...
Reviewed by alexgash from Connecticut
4.47/5 rDev +10.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.47/5 rDev +10.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
12 oz. bottle.
Deep golden body. Clean and clear. Small, gauzy, off-white head. Nose of honeyed malts, lightly-powdered sugar fruits. Spicy, peppery, sea-air hops. Grains, lightly toasted, up front. Spicy, peppery hops bite as well. Honeyish malts fill in with a hint of apple. Drying hop bitterness in the finish. Delicate, yet complex. Moderate body with a crispy, lively, refreshing feel. Very well done!
Jan 09, 2010Deep golden body. Clean and clear. Small, gauzy, off-white head. Nose of honeyed malts, lightly-powdered sugar fruits. Spicy, peppery, sea-air hops. Grains, lightly toasted, up front. Spicy, peppery hops bite as well. Honeyish malts fill in with a hint of apple. Drying hop bitterness in the finish. Delicate, yet complex. Moderate body with a crispy, lively, refreshing feel. Very well done!
Reviewed by rhoadsrage from Illinois
4.1/5 rDev +1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
4.1/5 rDev +1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
(Served in a strange)
A- This beer pours a crystal clear copper orange body with a gentle carbonation of big bubbles and a beige head.
S- There is a nice dry flinty aroma but it is pretty faint and a very faint decomposing leaves and bright noble hop note in the finish.
T- The soft dry Munich malt flavor has a light sulfuy finish. The nice Noble hop bite has a hop pellet freshness an a slight green pungency to it. There is a faint lightly toasted malt bite in the finish that compliments the hops nicely.
M- This beer has a medium mouthfeel with a slippery texture. D- This beer has great depth with a light crips flavor and a good support from the malt.
Jan 06, 2010A- This beer pours a crystal clear copper orange body with a gentle carbonation of big bubbles and a beige head.
S- There is a nice dry flinty aroma but it is pretty faint and a very faint decomposing leaves and bright noble hop note in the finish.
T- The soft dry Munich malt flavor has a light sulfuy finish. The nice Noble hop bite has a hop pellet freshness an a slight green pungency to it. There is a faint lightly toasted malt bite in the finish that compliments the hops nicely.
M- This beer has a medium mouthfeel with a slippery texture. D- This beer has great depth with a light crips flavor and a good support from the malt.
Reviewed by Atron67 from Wisconsin
4.37/5 rDev +7.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 5
4.37/5 rDev +7.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 5
Poured into a chimay glass, came out a beautiful crystal clear golden straw color. has a fizzyish light white head that faded quickly.
has a bit of a grain flavor on the early finish, light malt throughout. very smooth and tasty. the lingering delicate flavors are really nice.
extermely smooth and very clean. hops are barely noticeable other than balancing
excellent
Jan 03, 2010has a bit of a grain flavor on the early finish, light malt throughout. very smooth and tasty. the lingering delicate flavors are really nice.
extermely smooth and very clean. hops are barely noticeable other than balancing
excellent
Reviewed by trbergman from England
4.07/5 rDev +0.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
4.07/5 rDev +0.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
12oz bottle poured into a shaker pint.
A - Pours a clear yellow-orange with one finger of fluffy white head. A bit dark for the style.
S - Cracker-like malt, toast, grass, floral hops.
T - Clean, with light, bready malt, hints of toast and cider, grassy and floral hop flavor, and low - but noticeable - hop bitterness.
M - Light body, good carbonation, a bit peppery.
D - A solid effort on an underappreciated style. Quenching and tasty.
Jan 01, 2010A - Pours a clear yellow-orange with one finger of fluffy white head. A bit dark for the style.
S - Cracker-like malt, toast, grass, floral hops.
T - Clean, with light, bready malt, hints of toast and cider, grassy and floral hop flavor, and low - but noticeable - hop bitterness.
M - Light body, good carbonation, a bit peppery.
D - A solid effort on an underappreciated style. Quenching and tasty.
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