5 Seasons Westside Organic ATL Alt

Brewed by 5 Seasons Westside
Style: Altbier
Atlanta, Georgia USA

Serve in Kölsch/Altbier

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Pours a hazy copper color with a white head. Aroma is caramel, toast, slightly fruity, and some spicy hops. Flavor is toast, grain, some caramel, and a bitter earthy finish.

This is kind of a non-descript, but easy to drink and sessionable Alt, nonetheless. Grainy and somewhat chewy malt background, spicy hops in the background, but has some sweet fruitiness throughout.

Name: Organic Dos ATL Alt
Date: June 30, 2009
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub
Appearance: hazy burnt orange, wispy off white head, streaks of lace
Aroma: sweet and fruity aroma, lightly spicy
Flavor: sweet malt flavor, lightly spicy, nice earthyness
Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 12/20
Rating: 3.1/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *4

Tap. Poured cloudy gold with a white head. Aroma of toasted grain and malt, some grass. Taste is really grained, toasted, lightly hopped. Not a bad brew. Mouth is pretty well carbonated and clean. Overall, a decent brew.

on tap-pours a rich off white head and hazy yellow color. Aroma is sweet light malt, fruit. Taste is sweet light malt/grain, light fruit, some light hops. Easy.

On tap at the brewpub. Pours a slightly hazy golden amber with a small one-inch bubbly head that dissipates very quickly leaving a little bit of lacing. The aroma is dominated by toasted grains and some lightly toasted caramel malts. There is actually a little bit of light fruit in the nose, maybe pears. The taste has a hint of hops up front, slightly grassy, before giving way to the toasted grains and some caramel malts. Interestingly, it tastes a little bit like unsweetened tea when I think about it. That’s not necessarily a bad thing. The mouthfeel is extremely crisp and clean and fairly light bodied with good carbonation. I don’t have a lot of experience with this style, but this is extremely drinkable and a great balance of malts and hops.

Pours clear and orange/gold. Aroma is malty and grainy. Flavor is straight-forward with grainy malts, some cereal breadiness, and light esters. The finish is somewhat dry, balanced, and clean. Mouthfeel is moderately/briskly carbonated with medium body. Overall, a drinkable brew, but a little bit plain.