Schooner Zodiac - Snoqualmie Falls Brewing Company & Taproom

smakawhat

Maryland

3.89/5  rDev +5.1%
look: 2.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Poured from the bottle into a stange glass.

A real murky, cloudy, and dull lemon brown body, with some faint rising cola carbonation, and even some floaties. Head is actually a soapy and fairly retention white of two fingers and forms nicely. However, this is not an appealing looking brew let alone a Kolsch.

Some good toasty white bread sensations on the nose, also some sweet nearly caramel sense. Not particularly crisp but quite doughy and thick. There's a hint of bile sensations hiding but luckily it's small. Finishes with just enough hint of light baked bread and malt action.

Palate though delivers nicely for the style. Crisp bread action, with a slightly fruity vinous quality. This is quite hop forward than most Kolsch's I've had also with a nice grass and perhaps a hint of floral airy quailty. Definitely a good hop sting on the finish.

This beer doesn't look very nice, but luckily the taste delivers nicely.

Serving type: bottle

03-10-2013 20:28:05 | More by smakawhat

Bookseeb

Washington

3.33/5  rDev -10%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

Appearance has a light hazy yellow color supporting a thick fluffy head leaving spotty lace. Aroma is soft with the smell of the spalt hops and malt. Taste is very crisp showing a little more hop than bisquety malt leaving a bitter aftertaste. Mouthfeel is medium light with crisp carbonation. Maybe not as soft and rounded to the style, but still refreshing.

Serving type: bottle

01-31-2013 02:03:33 | More by Bookseeb

beertunes

Washington

3.7/5  rDev 0%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4.5

Poured into 9oz pilsener glass. Poured a gently hazy straw-gold color with over a quarter-inch of white head that had moderate retention and light lacing.

The aroma and flavors were closely matched. Both started out with some very nice, earthy grains and continued on with an appropriate amount of hops to provide a good balance and just a gentle tickle of zing.

The body was good, nicely smooth and even, although the finish was just a wee bit sticky. Drinkability was very good, this was the rare time I didn't mind a beer being in the hated 22oz format and wished I had another right away. Overall, a very nice take on the style. The beer was smooth and easy to drink. While I didn't think this Kolsch was the equal to that made by Chuckanut (which is my favorite brew of theirs, and my personal standard for the style), these types are C-nut's specialty. Snoqualmie did a fine job with this brew and I'll be grabbing a few more bottles. A must try if you see it.

Serving type: on-tap

07-26-2012 17:54:26 | More by beertunes