Mad Fox’s Kellerbier Kolsch

This beer which looks simple is in fact quite complex. This Kolsch has existed in DC since before the Mad Fox Brewing Company existed in Falls Church. Easy drinking, it was born at the Capitol City Brewpub before Cap City became a ghost brewery. The recipe hasn’t changed much in over 20 years which is remarkable as the beer is better than it’s ever been.

Kolsch is Chief Executive Officer and Executive Brewer Bill Madden’s baby. On the DCBeer Show, Madden said that in the 1990s DC was called “the Cologne on the Potomac” because so many breweries were brewing Kolsch in this area. “You ask a brewer to brew a light golden ale this is the perfect answer for it,” he said.

Mad Fox’s Kellerbier Kolsch appears a simple a light golden ale, it drinks more like the world-famous German Früh Kölsch, Gaffel Kölsch, or Reissdorf Kölsch, than the majority of American blonde ales. It has a faint hop character from a bountiful amount of German-tasting hops, earthy, and cellar-like with a bright

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