I do love me a nice firm peach, and a peach pie a la mode is to live for. By the way, I never quite got that saying, when something is so good it’s to die for? I figure if you die for it you won’t have the chance to enjoy it? Stupid saying. Where was I? Oh yea, and I love beer too. But I don’t often like fruit flavoured beers. But Muskoka is a good brewery and I love a good pun as much as the next old feller. You can see my conundrum.
I listened to “Sam I Am” of green eggs and ham fame telling me to try it and I will like it, and that damn Sam I Am steered me wrong last time with some super sour suds (“Pucker Up” review). But since I am writing this review you can see I have thrown caution and good sense to the wind and tried out the Muskoka’s Peach Kölsch.
A peachy coloured hazy pour, no doubt about that, but no head! Warning, warning, Will Robinson, Danger, Danger*. No aroma, that’s odd. No head, no nose. Can this brew save face?**
First swig was a fuzzy peach, mild fruit no hops or bitters in the finish, just a fizzy carbonation which surprised me with a no head brew. Good news, they got the peach flavour just right, enough to notice but not to distract. Bad news, what was distracting; disarming; and disturbing was an off-putting aftertaste. Not bitter but metallic tart? This peach flavour in an IPA would be a nice refreshing brew, I think it would be better than in this Kölsch where the tart finish does not pair well with the peach flavour.
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