Crosby's Kitchen & CocktailKalifornia Kölsch

Kölsch is a style of German ale from Cologne, a city on the Rhine river. It is light, crisp, and refreshing, especially when served in its proper glass, the stange, which helps keep carbonation in solution through its cylindrical shape. The small size of the glass also helps to ensure it remains at the proper, cool temperature. Kölsch is the only beer served in Cologne and no German breweries outside of Cologne are permitted to brew it. It is typically served by waiters carrying large trays of full stanges, automatically replacing empties until a customer asks to stop (and marking the coaster each time a new glass is delivered). Kölsch is a throwback to earlier German brewing culture, before the development of lager yeasts in Bavaria. Today, nearly all German beer is lager beer.