A taste of Cologne
This past Sunday was not the warmest of days, but after a long walk in the local arboretum with my three small children I was hankering for a beer on the porch and some moments of relative peace. My beer of choice? Gaffel Kölsch, and for whatever reason it was just the right thing. As you can see from the picture above, Kölsch is served in a tiny, straight-walled glass, which makes it devilishly difficult to keep track of how many you’ve had.
I’ve long associated Kölsch with the warm, summer days which accompanied my first trip to that city. A friend and I stayed in the south of the city, with his family, and rode bikes up the Rhine River to some of the many outdoor Kölsch bars which can be found in the city. In the evening, more bars and more Kölsch, all of which made for a very good trip.
Kölsch is a light, mildly hoppy beer which tastes and looks like a light-colored lager but which is actually an ale. For more on the Kölsch style and culture, check out this article or, for those who really like Kölsch, this one. For more tasting notes on Gaffel Kölsch try this post.
Image from Chris Erb, apologies to Sion (for putting Gaffel in their glass) and Gaffel (for not having a Gaffel glass to use instead of the Sion glass)
