Foothills German Alt

Formerly brewed at Foothills Brewing
Style: Altbier
Winston-Salem, North Carolina USA

Serve in Kölsch/Altbier

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From notes 3/21/05: Pours a light mahogany brown with a miniscule light tan head. Lacing is in one continuous thin sheet of foam. A nutty aroma, along with the requisite Winston-Salem tobacco scent. Some woody notes and a touch of fruit (cherry?) as well. Flavors are all malt with more nuttiness and some buttery smooth sweetness. Hops kick in with a crispness to give an edge to the sweet malt tones. A smidge of toasted bread quality here. Proud bitter kick in the arse. Aftertaste lingers quietly with some subtle earthy hop character. Smooth effortless mouthfeel. Drinkable. A treat.

Pours a deep brown color with plenty of off-white head. Big malty aroma. Beer ends up having a bit of dark fruit and a lot of nuttiness. Solid bitterness at the finish. Another solid entry from Foothills.

Pint @ brewpub 9/23/06. Good nose, sweet. Malty. Nutty, grainy, caramel, little dried fruit, like a cherry maybe. Clean orangy brown color, small head, faded quickly, little to no lacing. Bitter sweet flavor. Initial bitterness that turns sweet. Nutty roasty. Kind of a grapefruity metallic bite. Medium body, lite creamy mouthfeel, bittersweet dryish finish. Tasty. Well done to style.

Draft at Mellow Mushroom Carmel Rd. Dark brown color. Smell is malty, hoppy, nuts, fruits, sweet. Taste - similar, with a nice refreshing quality. This one hit the spot, not too sweet, and not bitter at all. Rather nice, could pound these in a session with ease.

This is a very pleasing session beer. Maroon beer. Khaki head. Nose is sweet and syrupy with a slight carbnonated and papery dry edge. Smells like the Oktoberfest from Foothills. Slight tomato. Flavors reflect overall aroma and then a light carbonation and a slightly dry ale yeast take over and produce some subtleties. Yeast is florally, malts are tomatoey and hops are slightly there. Good beer

on tap at Foothills in Winston. Dark copper-brown hue w/ a small off-white head. smells sweet, cereal, malts. tastes of strong malts, sweet, yeast/bready with some light hops at the finish. There is also some citrusy bitterness too it throughout. hard to put a finger on. but good interesting balance of flavors. me likey.

At the brewery. Clear amber, nice off white head. Sweet malty nose . Flavor dominated by sweet malt with some fruity esters and very light citrus hop flavors. Sweetness coats the tongue, and continues through the finish. A pretty fair example of an Altbier.

On draft; dark brown/copper with a smallish white head. Aroma of toasted malt and sweets. Flavor had that strong presence; a slight hops finish.

Sampled at 2005 Knoxville Brewer’s Jam - Brownish copper, big beige head. Big aroma of pumpernickel bread and well, more pumpernickel bread. Peppery, bready flavors dominate, but there is a nice dryish, slightly hoppy finish.

Draft at 2005 Knoxville Brewer’s Jam. Dark amber in color with an off-white head. Light aroma of citrus hops and yeast. The flavor has a slight bitterness to it with bread/yeast and a hint of citrus hops. Light body with fizzy carbonation.