05/27/2026
If you havenโt heard (or if you needed a reminder), THIS Friday is our first-ever Kรถlsch Service night, 5-9pm. If constant, uninterrupted beer refills sound like your dream come true, this night was made for you! ๐ป Read on for the history, and visit the FB event page to learn how it works.
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Kรถlsch service originated in the breweries and traditional taverns of Cologne (Kรถln), Germany. It is designed to ensure the beer is always served cold and fresh.
According to Grace Lee-Weitz in an article from ๐๐ฐ๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ, the cityโs history with kรถlsch service stretches back centuries to when people used to pass through Kรถln, a waypoint for those making pilgrimages across Europe. These interlopers, called Jakob, sometimes stayed weeks at a time, serving at the bars to make a buck. In fact, the word kรถbes derives from Jakob.
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In the same article, Lee-Weitz shares that kรถlsch is so important to Kรถln that, in 1986, more than twenty-four kรถlsch breweries banded together, signing something called the Kรถlsch Konvention. The document laid out the specifications for brewing a kรถlsch, including that these beers must be brewed in or only a short distance from Kรถln. Codified in 1997, kรถlsch is now protected as a geographical destination, similar to how real champagne can only come from the Champagne region of France. Thatโs why we call our Hans a โKรถlsch-Style Ale.โ
We hope this has whet your curiosity and that weโll see you THIS Friday, May 29, 5-9pm for Kรถlsch Service night!
(๐๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ด ๐จ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ.)
