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Buzzards Bay Alt

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RATINGS: 25   MEAN: 3.02/5.0   WEIGHTED AVG: 2.96   SEASONAL: Special   EST. CALORIES: 150   ABV: 5%
COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Buzzards Bay Brewing’s Alt is the South Coast’s take on a German classic. Brewed with copious amounts of German malts and hops, our Alt is a well-balanced copper hued old-world ale. Like all Alts, ours toes the line between two worlds. It’s brewed with an ale yeast, but it is treated like a lager. It is fermented and cellared at a colder temperature, for a longer time than most ales. The result is a clean, drinkable beer with a very light and warming estery aroma that accents the earthy Hallertau hops added late in the boil. We hope you enjoy our Alt as the weather turns colder. Cheers and prosit!


3.4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
bu11zeye (9614) - Frisco (Dallas), Texas, USA - FEB 9, 2010
(12oz bottle, courtesy of Cavie) Pours a clear orange body with a small off-white head. Aroma of nuts, caramel, maple, roasted grain, and brown sugar. Flavor of caramel, raisins, nuts, light grass, and some roasted malt with a dry, somewhat bitter finish.

3.3
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
BMan1113VR (6146) - Los Angeles, California, USA - OCT 30, 2009
"Reserve" bottle thanks to cavie. Pours with a clear amber body and a light white head. Aroma of faint hops, caramel and sweet malt. Taste is caramel, sweet and lightly grassy. Very sweet finish. Light bubbles.

2.5
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 10/20
Cletus (6025) - Connecticut, USA - OCT 31, 2009
Bottle courtesy of cavie. Pours dark copper with a thin white head. Smells of sweet malt, some vegetal hints. Tastes of earth, tea, some caramel, spice, peppery. As the beer warms, it tastes more like iced tea than beer.

3.3
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
thirdeye11 (3910) - Dallas, Texas, USA - JAN 17, 2010
( 12oz bottle thanks to cavie) Pours clear orange with no lacing or head. Nose of toasted brown sugar, sweet malt. Taste is watery, and toasted grains.

3.5
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
mar (3547) - Dallas, Texas, USA - NOV 19, 2009
Bottle thanks to cavie. Brown pour with a white head. Nose is butter, caramel and nuts. Decent on the palate with a flavor that reflects the nose quite well.

2.1
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 9/20
Cavie (3249) - Fort Worth, Texas, USA - OCT 31, 2009
Brownish orange pour. Smells fresh with some aging hops. Bland watery taste with a little grain taste. Not impressive.

3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 11/20
FROTHINGSLOSH (3205) - GREENSBURG, Pennsylvania, USA - OCT 25, 2009
This one came in my beer club. Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured an orange-caramel color with a medium sized orange-cream head. The aroma was faintly malty, lightly fruity and a touch yeasty. The flavor was dry, bitter and nutty with moderate fruity and floral hops and a touch of caramel. The finish was short, tangy and fruity. Medium body. Ok.

3.3
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
lithy (2913) - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA - DEC 29, 2009
Caramel orange-red, whitish foam. Dry spicy aroma, caramel. Taste is sweet, spicy, caramel. Light cocoa.


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