{"id":24351,"date":"2015-02-10T09:00:17","date_gmt":"2015-02-10T16:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bucketlistjourney.net\/?p=24351"},"modified":"2025-01-29T02:59:16","modified_gmt":"2025-01-29T09:59:16","slug":"drink-kolsch-beer-brauhaus-cologne-germany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bucketlistjourney.net\/drink-kolsch-beer-brauhaus-cologne-germany\/","title":{"rendered":"Drink K\u00f6lsch Beer at a Brauhaus in Cologne, Germany"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-1a1eea9c gb-headline-text\">I had been thoroughly enjoying my free wine every evening, and occasionally during the day, on my Viking River Cruise along the European Rhine. But, when the Tor ship hit <a href=\"https:\/\/bucketlistjourney.net\/category\/bydestination\/europe-travel-explore\/germany\/\">Germany<\/a> and ported in Cologne (<em>K\u00f6ln)<\/em>, it was time to put a cork in the wine bottle and venture inland for a <strong><em>K\u00f6lsch<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;beer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">I can put down my wine glass to support a western Germany tradition. See&#8230;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><br><a href=\"https:\/\/bucketlistjourney.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_4873-copy-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"345\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24353\" src=\"https:\/\/bucketlistjourney.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_4873-copy-2.jpg\" alt=\"Annette White drinking Kolsch Beer at a Brauhaus in Cologne\" style=\"width: 500px;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bucketlistjourney.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_4873-copy-2.jpg 640w, https:\/\/bucketlistjourney.net\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2015\/02\/IMG_4873-copy-2-300x207.jpg.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"s1\">Kolsch (pronounced \u201ckelsch\u201d)&nbsp;is a protected beer that must be brewed by a member of the&nbsp;K\u00f6ln&nbsp;Brewers Association, and is typically produced within a 50 km radius of Cologne. It is a refreshing, golden colored beer, that is often enjoyed during the warm weather months. Actually, in this area&nbsp;dark beer is&nbsp;considered to be the &#8216;bad beer&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Forget about a pint&nbsp;of&nbsp;Guinness here.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><br><a href=\"https:\/\/bucketlistjourney.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_6541-copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-24364 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/bucketlistjourney.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_6541-copy.jpg\" alt=\"Peter's Brauhaus Kolsch Beer in Cologne Germany K\u00f6lsch\" style=\"width: 500px;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bucketlistjourney.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_6541-copy.jpg 640w, https:\/\/bucketlistjourney.net\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2015\/02\/IMG_6541-copy-300x200.jpg.webp 300w, https:\/\/bucketlistjourney.net\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2015\/02\/IMG_6541-copy-140x94.jpg.webp 140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"s1\">While at port in&nbsp;Cologne, a couple dozen cruisers chose to participate in an&nbsp;optional late night \u201cPub Crawl\u201d excursion. Most attendees were diehard beer fans, and then there was me, a wine girl from the Napa Valley area of California. This should be interesting.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"s1\">Each of the 100+ brew houses in the city feature only one brand&nbsp;of the&nbsp;24 in total that signed the K\u00f6lsch Convention, a document stating the criteria needed in order to be called K\u00f6lsch. Tonight we would be visiting four of the brauhauser.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"s1\">Luckily, I had a designated drinker.<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"s1\">The male counterpart of a newly married couple, graciously offered to drink any portion of&nbsp;<strong><em>K\u00f6lsch<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;that I was not able to. <em>Which was bound to be a lot.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><span class=\"s1\"><br><a href=\"https:\/\/bucketlistjourney.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_6544-copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24360\" src=\"https:\/\/bucketlistjourney.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_6544-copy.jpg\" alt=\"Erik with empty Kolsch Beer at a Brauhaus in Cologne, Germany\" style=\"width: 500px;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bucketlistjourney.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_6544-copy.jpg 640w, https:\/\/bucketlistjourney.net\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2015\/02\/IMG_6544-copy-300x200.jpg.webp 300w, https:\/\/bucketlistjourney.net\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2015\/02\/IMG_6544-copy-140x94.jpg.webp 140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><br><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"s1\">We began our crawl at one of the biggest and most popular brew houses in town, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.frueh.de\/#_=_\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fruh<\/a>. Immediately upon entering,&nbsp;numerous&nbsp;<\/span>glasses were lined up. Waiting for us. Let the drinking begin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">We ordered our first round of&nbsp;<strong>K\u00f6lsch<\/strong>.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"gb-block-image gb-block-image-ff298795\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" class=\"gb-image gb-image-ff298795\" src=\"https:\/\/bucketlistjourney.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_6477-copy.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bucketlistjourney.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_6477-copy.jpg 640w, https:\/\/bucketlistjourney.net\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2015\/02\/IMG_6477-copy-300x200.jpg.webp 300w, https:\/\/bucketlistjourney.net\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2015\/02\/IMG_6477-copy-140x94.jpg.webp 140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"gb-block-image gb-block-image-d3d48e2f\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" class=\"gb-image gb-image-d3d48e2f\" src=\"https:\/\/bucketlistjourney.net\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2015\/02\/IMG_6483-copy-2-1024x683.jpg.webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bucketlistjourney.net\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2015\/02\/IMG_6483-copy-2-1024x683.jpg.webp 1024w, https:\/\/bucketlistjourney.net\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2015\/02\/IMG_6483-copy-2-300x200.jpg.webp 300w, https:\/\/bucketlistjourney.net\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2015\/02\/IMG_6483-copy-2-140x94.jpg.webp 140w, https:\/\/bucketlistjourney.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_6483-copy-2.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"s1\">  <br><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"s1\">Each beer was served in a small glass, not the popular pint size back in the States, but a fifth of a liter, about 7 to 8&nbsp;ounces. This way the&nbsp;beer is&nbsp;always fresh, unless you are me and it takes an hour and a half to drink seven ounces of beer.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"s1\">As customary in a Brauhaus of this style, we also ordered one&nbsp;<strong><em>K\u00f6lsch<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;beer for the waiter who was dressed in the traditional blue outfit.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"s1\">It was a liquid tip.<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"s1\">Sometimes he does not drink it, but he will get the money for it.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You don&#8217;t have to flag down the server to order your next beer, it is just given to you automatically, much like my red wine at the Viking dinner table.&nbsp;Though, any subsequent glasses of beer on this pub crawl would be immediately passed to Erik,&nbsp;my&nbsp;DD, he could handle his liquor way better than myself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"gb-block-image gb-block-image-7dd4b38a\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" class=\"gb-image gb-image-7dd4b38a\" src=\"https:\/\/bucketlistjourney.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_6491-copy.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bucketlistjourney.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_6491-copy.jpg 640w, https:\/\/bucketlistjourney.net\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2015\/02\/IMG_6491-copy-300x200.jpg.webp 300w, https:\/\/bucketlistjourney.net\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2015\/02\/IMG_6491-copy-140x94.jpg.webp 140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"s1\"> <br><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prior to drinking a newly poured&nbsp;<strong><em>K\u00f6lsch&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong>we were taught to clink our&nbsp;glasses at the bottom, not the top,&nbsp;or it will equal seven years bad luck. I may have accidentally given some people bad luck by consistently forgetting this part of toasting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"gb-block-image gb-block-image-17bd6f3d\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"480\" class=\"gb-image gb-image-17bd6f3d\" src=\"https:\/\/bucketlistjourney.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_6508-copy.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bucketlistjourney.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_6508-copy.jpg 320w, https:\/\/bucketlistjourney.net\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2015\/02\/IMG_6508-copy-200x300.jpg.webp 200w, https:\/\/bucketlistjourney.net\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2015\/02\/IMG_6508-copy-300x450.jpg.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"s1\">All done? Just put a coaster on top of your glass to say I have had enough.<br><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"s1\">The next brewhouse was<a href=\"http:\/\/brauhaussion.de\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Sion Kolsch<\/a>. I took two sips, one to taste a sampling and one for the photo op, then handed it over to my designated drinker waiting patiently in the wings.<br><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"s1\">Then there was&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.peters-brauhaus.de\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Peter\u2019s Brahaus<\/a>, our tour guides favorite drinking spot, followed by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gilden-brauhaus.de\/#_=_\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gilden<\/a>,<\/span>&nbsp;where there was absolutely no room inside and we had to enjoy our beers on the patio in 45 degree weather. We weren\u2019t alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"gb-block-image gb-block-image-cbb1def4\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" class=\"gb-image gb-image-cbb1def4\" src=\"https:\/\/bucketlistjourney.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_6503-copy.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bucketlistjourney.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_6503-copy.jpg 640w, https:\/\/bucketlistjourney.net\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2015\/02\/IMG_6503-copy-300x200.jpg.webp 300w, https:\/\/bucketlistjourney.net\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2015\/02\/IMG_6503-copy-140x94.jpg.webp 140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"s1\"> <br><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"s1\">In the end my favorite&nbsp;<strong><em>K\u00f6lsch<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;was at Fruh and Erik walked away having drank 2.4 liters of beer. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"s1\">He was a happy guy\u2026and I was sober. Win, win.<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Fruh |&nbsp;<span class=\"format_address\"><span class=\"street-address\">Am Hof 12<\/span>, <span class=\"locality\">50667 Cologne<\/span>, <span class=\"country-name\">Germany<\/span><\/span><span class=\"format_address\">&nbsp;| <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/Am+Hof+12,+50667+K%C3%B6ln,+Germany\/@50.9401546,6.9569739,17z\/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x47bf25afe4312f27:0xbc7378283f900bc6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MAP<\/a><\/span><\/em><br><em>Sion Brauhaus |&nbsp;<span class=\"format_address\"><span class=\"street-address\">Unter Taschenmacher 5-7<\/span> | <span class=\"extended-address\">A<\/span>, <span class=\"locality\">50667 Cologne,<\/span>&nbsp;<span class=\"country-name\">Germany<\/span>&nbsp;| <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tripadvisor.com\/Restaurant_Review-g187371-d695533-Reviews-Brauhaus_Sion-Cologne_North_Rhine_Westphalia.html#MAPVIEW\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MAP<\/a><\/span><\/em><br><em>Peter&#8217;s Brauhaus |&nbsp;<span class=\"street-address\">Muhlengasse 1<\/span>, <span class=\"locality\">Cologne, <\/span><span class=\"country-name\">Germany | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/Peters+Brauhaus\/@50.9392606,6.9606766,15z\/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0xc0a77958bd83543e?sa=X&amp;ved=0ahUKEwiqgdDLhrjWAhVjrFQKHZ4aAP4Q_BIIfzAK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MAP<\/a><\/span><\/em><br><em>Gilden |&nbsp;<span class=\"format_address\"><span class=\"street-address\">Clevischer Ring 121<\/span>, <span class=\"locality\">51063 Cologne, <\/span><span class=\"country-name\">Germany | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/Gilden+Brauhaus\/@50.971089,7.006269,15z\/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x7e668ef91d9453b7?sa=X&amp;ei=siXaVMbqJ8zzoATSrYFI&amp;ved=0CIQBEPwSMAo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MAP<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-accent-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-accent-background-color has-background\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-edb82fe8\">\n\n<h3 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-ea27839a gb-headline-text\">Traveling Soon? 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