Originally Posted by
robyng
My husband did find Kolsch in bottles at our local liquor mega-store (Total Wine). It's called Reissdorf Kolsch Ale - brewed and bottled by Privat-Brauerie Heinrich Reissdorf GMBH & Company in Cologne. In his words - "it's a bit heavier than the Kolsch on tap in Cologne - but it's still hoppy and refreshing and a good beer". So those of you in the US who miss the local stuff might want to give it a try.
BTW - we don't have proper Kolsch glasses - but I found that some skinny gin and tonic glasses we got for free with Beefeater's gin a few years back work fine. Glad I never threw them away
. Robyn
Reissdorf is the best selling Koelsch as far as I know and also a personal favourite. The Muehlen Koelsch(?) that you had in Cologne is indeed brewed a tad sweeter than Reissdorf and the taste of the bottled beer is always different.
But actually quite surprised you were able to find in stock. Maybe it's time to lobby your local bar to get a few kegs to put on tap.
