Captain's Kölsch - Captain Lawrence Brewing Co.

Conceptuallogic

New York

3/5  rDev -22.7%

01-10-2013 18:00:27 | More by Conceptuallogic

RobertJBeer

New Jersey

3.75/5  rDev -3.4%

05-20-2013 22:43:56 | More by RobertJBeer

yankeepride

New Jersey

3.81/5  rDev -1.8%
look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75

Pours a light, clear gold with a thick, foamy head. You can smell some wheat notes, but nothing thick. Everything about this screams "clean" and it pays off when you raise the glass to taste it. It's fairly light-bodied; maybe heavy for style, but to the world of craft beer it's fairly nimble. There is a bit of sweetness to it that really would pair amazingly well with classic German foods like a brat with sauerkraut. In fact, why the hell am I not eating that right now? Damnit.

Serving type: bottle

05-15-2013 23:31:24 | More by yankeepride

jkane101

New Jersey

3.75/5  rDev -3.4%

05-15-2013 00:52:26 | More by jkane101

farrago

New Jersey

3.56/5  rDev -8.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Light and airy head of a bit over one finger, bone white, mainly small to medium sized bubbles, dissolves away swiftly to a patchy surface coating, no real lacing to speak of. Perfectly clear liquid, bright yellow, consistently hued throughout, loosely strewn bubbles of good fatness slowly bubble upwards. The nose is full of hard country bread crust, salted pretzels, quinine, minerals and cut grass but on the other hand, banana, bubblegum and sour orange to lemon citrus, honey, nothing floral nor broadly fruity about it, ends on a pepper and salt note. It’s medium-bodied with a creamy entry which slowly stiffens into a firmer presentation of bread, grains, corn muffins and biscuits and more of that mineral water, saline stuff. More floral and added peach, apricot fruit, the syrupy texture helps the sweetness persist. Maybe a pinch of cocoa. It’s satisfying more in a warm your belly way than refresh you after mowing the lawn way. As with many, seems like it wants to please too many disparate expectations and thus suffers from lack of clear purpose. But no problem throwing back a couple.

Serving type: bottle

05-14-2013 00:19:31 | More by farrago

mikeburd1128

New Jersey

3.25/5  rDev -16.2%

05-10-2013 22:23:55 | More by mikeburd1128

twenty5

Pennsylvania

3.75/5  rDev -3.4%

05-10-2013 16:17:20 | More by twenty5

civicm87

New York

3.5/5  rDev -9.8%

05-01-2013 23:03:49 | More by civicm87

buffcityx

New York

4.25/5  rDev +9.5%

04-26-2013 22:16:36 | More by buffcityx

smakawhat

Maryland

3.99/5  rDev +2.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75

Poured from the bottle into a stange glass. Much thanks to DaSolomon.

A super clear body, with very little carbonation, what is visible is quite small. Dark brass color. Head is quite soapy with very good retention and large soapy top. Real nice looking.

Nose has light grassy hop action, and some light sweet malts. A real nice toasty aroma and spicy quality also. A little bit of stinky yeast esters.

Palate is huge on the finish. A real solid toasty aroma on the finish of just crackling grain, mixing with a light body feel. Unfortunately it's missing a bit of mid palate oomph density. Hop action is quite crisp and light bitterness travels well through the palate. Subsequent sips don't seem to bring much else, and also numb the flavor also.

It's got some very impressive qualities for a Kolsch but the taste is fleeting and only on the finish. It doesn't really fill the mouth either unlike most great Kolsch's I've had. It's still a very solid easy drinking go to Kolsch for sure. But I wont be knocking down barriers to get at it.

Serving type: bottle

04-12-2013 22:08:18 | More by smakawhat

nzerbe

New York

3.75/5  rDev -3.4%

04-08-2013 00:13:01 | More by nzerbe

OUJayhawk1799

Oklahoma

4/5  rDev +3.1%

04-05-2013 23:25:20 | More by OUJayhawk1799

iL0VEbeer

New Jersey

3.75/5  rDev -3.4%

04-04-2013 18:04:20 | More by iL0VEbeer

BCarder

Massachusetts

3.75/5  rDev -3.4%

04-03-2013 23:27:57 | More by BCarder

RblWthACoz

Pennsylvania

3.81/5  rDev -1.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4

Been wanting to try this for a while now. This does strike me as a kölsch (which is an under-represented style in the US). It's a bit thicker than its German counterparts though. That's fine though. It still touches on the flavors that it should. Easy to drink. Though if I was going to "improve" it, I'd say thin out the flavors a bit.

Serving type: bottle

04-02-2013 02:41:57 | More by RblWthACoz

EternalCask

Connecticut

3.2/5  rDev -17.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25

Date of tasting-3.29.2013
Beer:Captain's Kolsch
Brewery- Captain Lawrence; Elmsford, ny

Type-ale
Style-German style American kolsch

Appearance-wet straw colored, no chill haze. Like average American bottle fare. Very little lacing, minuscule head.

Smell- zest of orange... Maybe orange marmalade...

Taste- more orange zest.. The hops whisper elegantly from beginning to end. White grapefruit In finish. Bright.

Mouthfeel- too rich IMO... Symptomatic of the problem that afflicts many American renditions of wine, beer, Shakespeare.. Over production. This should jump.. it trudges.

Overall- second kolsch (sans rockdots) I've ever experienced. The first was reissdorf, and that had such an elegant mouthfeel. This felt clunky. Another instance of the devil lying in the context. Womp Womp.

Disclaimer- I love the liquid gold! No disrespect to captain Lawrence

Serving type: on-tap

03-30-2013 02:09:37 | More by EternalCask

JohnQVD

New York

3/5  rDev -22.7%

03-17-2013 19:53:30 | More by JohnQVD

KKD

Connecticut

4/5  rDev +3.1%

03-06-2013 22:30:56 | More by KKD

pottergator

New York

4.25/5  rDev +9.5%

03-04-2013 01:17:04 | More by pottergator

kuhndog

New York

4/5  rDev +3.1%

03-03-2013 02:23:59 | More by kuhndog

muskiesman

New Jersey

3.5/5  rDev -9.8%

03-02-2013 00:42:16 | More by muskiesman

BKArmstrong

District of Columbia

4/5  rDev +3.1%

02-28-2013 02:55:53 | More by BKArmstrong

jmdrpi

Pennsylvania

3.64/5  rDev -6.2%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75

12 oz bottle, no date.

appears a crystal clear yellow color. not much head at all. fizzy bubbles stream to the surface. aroma is a mix of pale malt and mild fruitiness. taste has a bit of sweet corn grainy flavor, and some earthy hop flavor that lingers. thinner body, higher carbonation. refreshing to drink.

overall - light body and flavor, but in a good way. would be a good summer beer.

Serving type: bottle

02-22-2013 03:24:42 | More by jmdrpi

jbuddle

New York

3.75/5  rDev -3.4%

02-20-2013 17:43:28 | More by jbuddle

Alkali

Connecticut

3.5/5  rDev -9.8%

02-18-2013 21:31:19 | More by Alkali