Kelso Nut Brown Lager
KelSo Beer Company
- From:
- KelSo Beer Company
- New York, United States
- Style:
- European Dark Lager
- ABV:
- 5.75%
- Score:
- 84
- Avg:
- 3.72 | pDev: 10.75%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 38
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Mar 21, 2025
- Added:
- Oct 22, 2006
- Wants:
- 3
- Gots:
- 29
SCORE
84
Good
84
Good
This was our original recipe back in 2006. We wanted to create a nice dark lager, nutty from roasted malts (no nuts!) that is clean and easy drinking. To this day, it's one of our favorites. A mix of German Munich malts and good ol' American Williamette hops. Simply good. That's KelSo beer.
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Reviewed by Sinfull from New York
3.42/5 rDev -8.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
3.42/5 rDev -8.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
Clear, brown color. medium-sized,off white head. Bread, toasted caramel, nuts, herbs, and light metallic notes. Sweet, malty taste with notes of toasted malt and bread. mild,hoppy bitterness at the end.
Mar 21, 2025
Reviewed by VoxRationis from New York
4.24/5 rDev +14%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.24/5 rDev +14%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Decanted from a 12 oz (355 ml) can into a Sam Adams Perfect Pint; canned 1/27/20.
A: Pours a nearly clear, dark copper to deep brown color with orange highlights, a more than one finger, wheat color head, ring retention, but limited lacing.
S: Pleasantly acidic. Aromas of cherrywood, molasses > caramel, dark roast coffee, and brown sugar, at first. Grainier as it warms.
T: Semidry. Flavor pallet similar to the nose. Very smooth. Light bitterness provides solid balance.
M: Light bodied with moderate carbonation.
O: Call it what you will, "nut brown" or "European dark" lager, this is a really enjoyable. Light, but complex and fun.
Jul 08, 2020A: Pours a nearly clear, dark copper to deep brown color with orange highlights, a more than one finger, wheat color head, ring retention, but limited lacing.
S: Pleasantly acidic. Aromas of cherrywood, molasses > caramel, dark roast coffee, and brown sugar, at first. Grainier as it warms.
T: Semidry. Flavor pallet similar to the nose. Very smooth. Light bitterness provides solid balance.
M: Light bodied with moderate carbonation.
O: Call it what you will, "nut brown" or "European dark" lager, this is a really enjoyable. Light, but complex and fun.
Reviewed by Jacobier10 from New Jersey
3.9/5 rDev +4.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.75
3.9/5 rDev +4.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.75
On-tap @ Blind Tiger in New York, NY.
Fresh keg just tapped, as the bartender wrote it on the board right before I ordered it. A nice, clear, ruby brown color with a small off-white head. Nutty, chocolatey, breads malts balanced by light herbal/earthy hops. The initial impression implies sweetness, but it finishes with a soft dryness. Medium bodied, clean and smooth, this beer is basically a Munich dunkel. And a good one, at that.
Feb 24, 2019Fresh keg just tapped, as the bartender wrote it on the board right before I ordered it. A nice, clear, ruby brown color with a small off-white head. Nutty, chocolatey, breads malts balanced by light herbal/earthy hops. The initial impression implies sweetness, but it finishes with a soft dryness. Medium bodied, clean and smooth, this beer is basically a Munich dunkel. And a good one, at that.
Rated by OompaMentor from Georgia
3.5/5 rDev -5.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.5/5 rDev -5.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
11/22/2018; NYC - Thanksgiving (5 Napkin Burger)
Jan 04, 2019
Reviewed by EMH73 from New York
3.74/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.74/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Pour a medium brown with a one inch off-white head that left some lacing. Smells and tastes of roasted malts, a mild nuttiness, caramel and a hint of cocoa powder that gives it a bitter finish. Light bodied, medium carbonation, smooth and refreshing.
May 06, 2017
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