On tap at Taphouse 15, stainless steel Luk side pour provides clean aeration for soft-toned kolsch. Musty barnyard hay acridity and musky earthen graining welcome lightly lingered hop-embittered lemon spicing for easygoing moderation.
On tap at Growler To Go – Kitty Hawk, spritzy lemon fizz and sour white grape esters pick up grassy astringency over white breaded pilsner malting of dry moderate-bodied kolsch.
Salt-licked lemon souring coats grassy hopped floral herbage above mineral grained pilsner malting, picking up mild earthiness.
On tap at River Of Beer, dry champagne-salted fizz prickles mild lemony orange spicing and herbal respite above mineralized pilsner malting.
On tap at Hoover’s Tavern, crisp springtime golden kolsch with light frothy cream lets salty lemon spicing invite champagne grape spritz and light Tettnang hop herbage to grassy hop astringency over delicate white crackered pilsner malts.
On tap at Taphouse 15, highly touted dry kolsch allows sour lemon rot to penetrate peppery hop fizz and floral-daubed herbal spicing above crackery sourdough breading. ‘Cologne-styled’ moderation stays pleasantly effervescent, but its lemony souring may preclude some thirsts.
A sunnier IPA-fruited dry-hopped kolsch collab with Imprint. Dry yellow cleared moderation brings mild lemony grapefruit pith bittering, tart yellow grape esters and mandarin orange snips to saltily spiced herbage over neutral white bread base.
Mustier kolsch brings dry lemon pith spritz and desiccated orange musk to mild cilantro herbage above doughy white breading. Simple golden clear moderation.
Crisply clean kolsch stays dry as zesty lemony orange spritz picks up raw grained barnyard acridity and celery watered snip (and mild dried cherry spec) over its white breaded base.
On tap at Ambulance, crisply clean kolsch capitulates champagne-sparkled green grape esters, musty green apple tartness and grassy hop astringency to dry mineral grain musk, gaining a slight raw-honeyed bittering.
On tap at Kitchen & Beer Bar, raw-honeyed champagne-splashed kolsch malting kicks back while sour lemon fizz contrasts sweet doughy breading.
On tap at Ambulance, brisk lemon-candied tartness and musty green grape esters fade into subdued white breaded pilsner malting as penetrative oily hop bittering lingers.