12 oz single from The Beer Dispensary, Apex, NC, USA.
Kolsch? Nope.
Pour gives a cloudy, mid orange body with a large, frothy, fluffy off-white head that leaves some sticky lace.
The nose instantly gives a fairly significant blast of hops, and the tastes replicate some of the hop bitterness too. Also present is a large malt backbone which holds the whole thing together. Aftertaste is quite dry.
In a blind taste taste I would put this down as being an old, American IPA. It fails the ‘look’ test for a Kolsch and has very little resemblance to the style no matter how one cuts it.
Mediocre beer, atrocious Kolsch. Germans will be revolting.