Desert Edge All the Way Alt

Brewed by Desert Edge Brewery
Style: Altbier
Salt Lake City, Utah USA

Serve in Kölsch/Altbier

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On cask at the Trolley Square brewery - Pours a fairly hazy deep copper color with smallish off white head. Aroma is fairly nutty, with toasted malts and light caramel. Flavor is malty, also a bit nutty, with a kind of metallic-y caramel and a bit of leather. Finish is balanced. This is alright - nothing amazing.

On tap at the brewpub
Appearance: Dark copper with a small white head, no lacing
Aroma: Pine, spices
Taste: Sweet malts, pine
Crisp and clean beer.

On tap at the brewpub. Pours a light brown/copper color with a thick beige head. The aroma is mostly sweet malts. The flavor is full of lightly toasted malts and nice spicy hop addition, most noticeably in the finish. Very drinkable and easygoing.

GABF 2005: poured light brown with little head. Light carbonation. Light malt flavor and aroma. This is a decent, unoffensive alt that’s lightly flavored but underwhelming.

GABF 2004 Copper in color with a small white head. Spicy hop aroma and flavor. Dry finish.

Light amber color, very clear. a small frothy head, no lacing. The aroma is slightyly malty. The flavor is bitter with a dark roasted malt middle and a thin hoppy finish. On the whole offensively bitter and watery.

Alt is one of my favorite styles, this is a bit thin though I didn’t find it offensive. The beer is OK. GABF 2002

On tap GABF ’02: Toffee aroma, watery palate, light orange color, acidic from start to finish. Didn’t like this one.

GABF 2002: Watery whisky color, OK head. Minty vegetal aroma. Weird fruitiness in the flavor. Unintegrated bitter finish.