Arizona-brewed beer places second among ‘Best Beers of 2017’
Nov 23, 2017, 2:00 PM
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PHOENIX — If you’re looking for a high-quality brew to enjoy with friends and family around the holidays, you may not have to look very far.
As it turns out, the second-best beer of 2017 — according to VinePair — is the Huss Brewing Company’s Koffee Kolsch, brewed in Tempe, Arizona.
VinePair wrote that they “analyzed countless empty glasses, bottles and growlers in hopes of narrowing down our seemingly limitless tasting notes.” The result? The critics had this to say about the Koffee Kolsch:
When you frequently taste new and different types of beers, it’s easy for things to start to blur. (It’s a good problem, we know.) New flavors become harder and harder to find, though, and surprises are rare. To that end, Huss Brewing’s Koffee Kölsch is a breath of fresh air. It’s light and life-changing for those who claim to dislike coffee beer, with an espresso quality that blends into the beer better than fruit juice into a smoothie. A kölsch seems like an unassuming medium for such bold flavors, yet it works beautifully here.
Huss Brewing Company’s own website says the beer is “cold steeped with freshly roasted caramel and hazelnut coffee beans.”
Beer Advocate gave the Koffee Kolsch an “outstanding” rating of 4.29 out of 5.
Huss Brewing Company has a taproom near Priest Drive, north of Elliot Road in Tempe, as well as one on Camelback Road and Central Avenue in Phoenix.
