Peachy Keene Kolsch
Elm City Brewing Co.

 

On tap at the source.
Slightly hazy light golden with and orange tint to it and not much of a head. Big peach on the nose and in the flavor with some light bready malt and a hint of aspirin in the finish. My least favorite beer of the day from them but still a decent drinker.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sampled at the 2012 Keene, NH Beerfest. It pours yellow to olive with a quick fizzy white head and a slightly hazy appearance. If you want to smell fruit in your beer you are not going to go wrong with this. The aroma is malty but also high in peaches, which is what it should be considering what it is. The body is light and refreshing. The taste has a muted maltiness but the peaches explode in your mouth for your fruity pleasure. The ending is clean and crisp. This would be a nice one to have on a hot day but not for everyday drinking, unless you really enjoy peaches.

Poured on-tap and served in a tumbler pint, the beer is a slightly hazy, yellow-gold coloring with a ring of film on the surface. The nose is creamy sweet and rich peach character, like peach cobbler a la mode. Flavors are subtle, with peach having a lambic flavor to it, wit a slight sour tang at the end of the palate. Roasty malt backbone. The aftertaste is toasty and peachy, with a filmy mid-linger. Slightly cloying, slightly creamy finish. Not bad.

This beer pours a crisp clean dark gold that leaves a white sticky lace on the glass. The nose is sweet, fresh peach, tart apple, a strong wheat presence, very nice complex aroma. The taste starts sweet on the palate with a strong sun kissed ripe peach fruity taste on the palate, fantastic. It follows with a nice bitter hop presence to balance out the sweetness in the beer. The finish brings you back to a sweet massage of fruity brisk crispness on the palate.