Peak Organic Coconut Lime Kolsch

The Stats
Style: Kolsch
ABV: 4.7%
Current Ratings...
- Untappd: 3.38/5
- Beer Advocate: 3.68/5
- RateBeer: 3.04/5

Commercial Description
"Bringing a wave of tropical notes and a touch of citrus, this beer is beautifully designed. A crisp, bready, German-Style Kolsch serves as the foundation for this beer. Then we add a splash of organic coconut and organic lime. This Kolsch is very complex, but remarkably refreshing. It’s like we put the beach in a can. We hope you enjoy!"

Appearance
Straw yellow color with a transparent body and lots of carbonation bubbles rising from the bottom of the glass. It poured to a finger of white head.

Aroma
The lime is unquestionably the most prominent and has a puckering, zesty kick. There's a small toasted note, which I attribute to the coconut, but Kolsch characteristics are hard to find as they are masked by the title ingredients, but a subtle herbal quality is noticeable if I try hard enough.

Taste
The lime is still here, but definitely muted when compared to the aroma. The coconut actually came through big, which was a nice surprise. It has a sweeter quality to balance out the lime zest. The base beer itself doesn't lend much flavor as it has more of a generic, wheat, corn, or grain taste. I get a very tiny bit of a spicy hop note, but it fades away quickly. If it wasn't for the coconut and lime, it would taste like a subpar Kolsch.

Mouthfeel
Still, thanks to the lime, this managed to be a refreshing experience. The light feel and carbonation also helped make for a crisp body and it was easy to drink.

Overall
As I said before, the added coconut and lime steal the show and help elevate an okay Kolsch into something with a semblance of flavor. It's an Americanized version of the style, but it turned into something enjoyable.

Rating
7.1/10

Trillium Big Sprang

The Stats
Style: Kölsch
ABV: 7.50%
Current Ratings...
- Beer Advocate: 4.36/5
- RateBeer: 4.00/5

My first Kölsch! Bog Sprang is an amped up version of Trillium's Sprang, a sessionable 4.90% Kölsch. Big Spraing is turned up to 11 (well, 7.50%) and is brewed with Nelson Sauvin hops.

Pours a light orange, bordering on pale yellow with half a finger of pure white head.

It has a ton of lager character on the aroma. It's very crisp and clean with a ton of breadiness (almost like a biscuit or a cracker) and some subtle white grapes from the Nelson and some fresh melon.

The hops are more bitter and dank than I thought they would be, but I'm not saying that like it's a negative. The breadiness is still prominent on the taste, but in the middle of the mouth the Nelson takes over with a burst of white wine. Some nice, ripe melon and even a touch of mango or peach.

Big Sprang is light to medium on the mouth and very crisp at the same time. The carbonation is more than I expected (as I belch when I type that last sentence), but it still remains drinkable. Oh, and 7.50%? I'd love to know where that is hiding.

This was my first Kölsch, and it was a good one. The breadiness might have been too much, but the Nelson hops were able to combat it by adding multiple fruity notes with white wine. This is a pretty unique beer with lots of flavor and drinkability.

Rating
8.8/10