Anyone who knows Orbit Beers almost certainly knows Nico our Köln style lager. Cologne is a wonderful city with a great number of characterful brew pubs serving up the deeply loved and fiercely protected Kölsch beer. Measures are tall and thin and still served straight from a barrel that sits atop a small bar in many establishments. Kölsch is meant to be drunk fresh and still chilled - presumably the reason for such thin elegant glassware - yet in great volumes. Indeed you won't be leaving after just one beer: the famous Köbes (waiters) will see to that. Those beers you have already drunk will be represented by a pencil mark on your beer mat ready for you to pay when it is finally time to leave. Our interpretation of a Köln style lager was born of many trips to Cologne - returning with a fist full of pencil marked beer mats and a taste for pork knuckle as well as Kölsch. And since we first brewed it back in summer 2014 Nico has proved to be our most popular beer. And so what better way to kick off our White Label Series than with a bigger bolder ‘Kölsch'? We took a scaled up version of Nico's malt bill and hopping rates and used our house Kölsch yeast (sourced originally from Cologne) to create a 6.8% Double Kölsch. After primary fermentation was complete we added a healthy dose of Spalt Select as a dry hop to add an extra layer of delicate spicy character before cold conditioning in tank for several weeks. The result - White Label Series #1 Double Kölsch - is available now right up until the last drop has been drunk!