This post is a part of the 2015 New Beer Every Day Beer Diary Challenge, #ottbeerdiary. Over the course of 2015, I will be trying a new beer every day. Please read the background in the link above, and enjoy reading about the most recently tasted beers below. If you’d like to join the challenge as well, let me know in the comments below, and be sure to check out Grown-up Travel Guide and his #grownupbeerdiary, where Andy Higgs came up with the diary format in use below. You can catch up on all of our posts as part of the challenge under the tag ottbeerdiary.
Day 94: April 4, 2015
Diary entry:
Very lazy Saturday morning. Just a bit of relaxing on the couch while waiting to head to Cologne in the afternoon. Decided to catch up on a couple blog posts, and that was about it.
Good day in Cologne though. Beautiful weather, and explored a few new places outside the main city center.
Instead of the normal food spots like Fruh, we took a walk out of the center to a different brauhaus south of town, the Weissbräu zu Köln. They had a few decent beers, a Kolsch (Weissbrau Wiess), a Hefeweizen, and a Schwartzbier. The Hefe was my favorite of the three. The place was very quiet at the hour, around 4 PM. Though I imagine it gets much busier in the evenings and when the beer garden is open.
On the way to the restaurant, we happened past the Reissdorf Brauhaus, and paid a stop into there on the way back to the hotel. The rest of the night was normal stops in the Altstadt for a mix of Kolsch, music, and just general good times.
The Beer:
Name: Reissdorf Kölsch
Style: Kolsch
Producer: Privat-Brauerei Heinrich Reissdorf
Alcohol content: 4.8%
Bottle size: 0.2 l Draft
Purchased from: Reissdorf Brauhaus
Reissdorf Brauhaus is a small Brauhaus outside the city center. Beers are cheaper here than in the Altstadt, less than €7 for the 6 beers we tried there (two each). And the crowd was a great group of locals who had been watching the football match. A very fun place that I’d definitely go back to.
The beer itself was a nice Kolsch. Very crisp and drinkable. Better than a number of the other Kolsch that I’ve tried in the city. A little bitterness, not at all watery.
