Boltens Ur-Alt

Brewed by Privatbrauerei Bolten
Style: Altbier
Korschenbroich, Germany

Serve in Kölsch/Altbier

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Slightly cloudy red/brown colour. Nice, foamy head. Aroma is reminiscient of the better Düsseldorf Alts, but the taste is a bit lacklustre. Not that it´s bad, slightly caramelly, hints of roastmaltiness, but given the smooth, creamy texture and the nice aroma, I expected a bit more character.

Sowohl aus der Flasche als auch aus dem Fass darf ich dieses Boltens UrAlt heute testen. Zuerst einmal ist das Fassbier an der reihe. Frisch geschenkt kommt es zu mir, im Glas steht die Schaumkrone gut und die Rost-rote Farbe des naturtüben spricht mich an, sie gefällt mir besser als bei den meisten Filtrierten. Geschmacklich ist es auch gut: gutes Maß an Hopfen, Süffigkeit und CO² der Nachgeschmack ist leicht herb und gefällt mir an diesem (Ur)Alt mit am besten. Test vom 6.4.2008, Gebinde: Fass Noten: 12,11,11,13,-,12 - 11,84

April 2009: 50cl Brown flip-top bottle, with 5 months life left according to the rear label. This is the beer that saved the brewery. They were going through a rough patch some years back (everyone around their area was drinking Hannan and Diebels Alt), so they re-introduced this original, unfiltered alt and it took off in a big way. I did a brewery trip back in the 90’s and was told this while there. I still have an original Bolten Ur-Alt glass and I used that when reviewing the beer. Just as how I remembered it, a cloudy amber colour with a huge creammy coloured head, sparkling yet moody looking. The aroma is a mix of hops, malts and peat fires rolled into a brown, toasted ham sandwich. I think the suggestion of roasted/burnt malts take the beer to a higher plain than the aroma in the flavour stakes, and it has is a lovely rich log fire feel to it. Very, very drinkable. The best Alt in the world? Could well be, I’ll be ording some more, that’s for sure.

Bottle: Medium to bigger vast fluffy white head on top of a mix between dark amber and dark ruby colored beer. Smell old malts, cellar, like a pilsner. Taste a pilsner with hints of chocolate, low bitter, caramel, barley, some herbs. Aftertaste is kind of a short mix of bitter and caramel barley malts. Low to none carbo, watery mouthfeel, low to lightly medium body and a watery texture. Strange beer, dull but with a nice chocolate malty but watery character.

50cl fliptop-bottle @ Cafe Buitenlust, shared with Countbeer. Hazy opaque brown color, big off-white to beige creamy head. Smell malts, metal, barnyard. Taste malts, cardboard, metal. Low carbo, low body.

500 ml bottle a amber colored beer with a white head aroma malts spicy caramel and hops flavor malts spicy caramel and hops

Swing top bottle from P&M. Clear, copper body with a diminishing white head. A little grape and caramel in the nose with some faint woodsieness. Flavor has more candy-ish caramel with some fruity esters. Little hop flavor. Medium bodied beer with moderate carbonation. Sweet up front, especially compared to other alts. Mild bitterness. Grape flavor lingers in the finish. Overall not bad, but pretty meh.

Bottle 50 cl. Amber, clear with a minimal white head. Sweet malty with lots of caramel sences. Sweet taste with a caramel and light spicy aftertaste.

Murky brown body with red glow, big foamy light tan head. Earthy, cheese, figs and dark pine aromas. Very refreshing malty body with light bitterness. An interesting drink. Not overly complex. End is bitter with chocolate. Not in love with the watery mouthfeel though. (50cl bottle, 2,50 EUR)

Bottle pictured. pours a nice brown, the taste is decent, it was pretty grainy and had a good body

Bottle. Poured dark brown with light tan head, Hints of grass and hay with a malty finish. Slightly bitter finish.