This week, I stopped into the Phoenix Club in Anaheim for dinner and noticed that they had a new beer on tap-Reissdorf Koelsch from Cologne. I normally don't drink Koelsch-style beer (a lighter brew originally produced in Cologne), but thought I would give it a try. I was pleasantly surprised. As always, I make the distinction that when I drink German beer in the US, it is never the same product as it is in Germany-with the notable exception of the Hofbrauhaus in Las Vegas, which ships its product in from Munich in kegs and there is no change of taste.
But back to Reissdorf Koelsch. I won't try to describe the taste as a beer connoisseur would. That's way above my pay grade. Let's just say that it had a clean, full-bodied (not watered down) taste to it. If you happen to run across it on tap in your local German restaurant, I suggest you give it a try.
