We’re back, sorry about the technical hiccup last week. Squirrels attached Jim’s internet. This week we continue on the Kölsch train with Tire Bite Golden Ale.
News
News this week from the criminally stupid. A Van Buren, Michigan Sheriff said a homeowner on Cedar Lake called after two teen boys paddled their kayaks across the lake and broke into his tiki bar on the beach. They swiped several cases of beer and a case of the energy drink before paddling back, and police found the empties leading from the beach back to their house. The suspected beverage thieves were arrested for theft, and five other teens were busted for being a minor in possession of alcohol.
Kölsch
- The Kölsch style was developed in Cologne as a top fermenting ale. Now the real interesting thing is that another popular style of the northern area was the pilsner style, which is a bottom fermenting lager.
- Between WW1 and WW2, the pilsner style tried to invade the Cologne area, but the locals fought it off and stuck with the more traditional style of the Kölsch.
- In it’s home town, the style is typically served in tale cylindrical six ounce glasses, which often times leaves you needing a second one right about the time you get your first.
Tire Bite Golden Ale
- This weeks beer comes from our friends at Flying Dog Brewing Company and the beer Tire Bite Golden Ale.
- For those of you who don’t remember Flying Dog, they used to be based in Colorado but recently moved to Maryland for their brewing operations.
- Founded in 1990, it was the first brewpub in the Rocky Mountain region and has since gone on to become a fully functioning and rather widely available brewery.
- Tire Bite, weighing in at 5.12% ABV, is about the right strength for a Kölsch style. Maybe even a little on the heavy side, but again it is an American version so you may expect that.
- It pours a rather pale yellow, maybe even a light gold if you will. The head is rather white but that tends to dissapate rather quickly.
- The first whiff of this comes through with a light malt smell, no real hops to talk about in the aroma. There may be some fruitness here as well, but again that is pretty light.
- The taste is pretty basic here, nothing too complicated. I have always kind of considered this one of the micro versions of a lite beer. The flavors tend to disappear in a hurry after you take a sip.
- I would say that this is one of those summer drinkers that you may want to get as a step up from a macro light beer, but if that is what you are wanting to drink, you may want to look at the price and make your own call on that.
Next Week
Alright, I think we will have one more week of Kölschs and then on to another style, so tune in next week and see what we got.
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