Frankenheim Alt

Brewed by Privatbrauerei Frankenheim (Warsteiner)
Style: Altbier
Düsseldorf, Germany

Serve in Kölsch/Altbier

Predominant malt profile: sweet caramel and toffee with some breadiness. Nice light hop bittering in the finish. A refreshing change of pace.

Pours brown/red with thick tan head that fades quickly. Thick malty aroma. Same in the flavor, with a good amount of hop bitterness as well. Caramel/munich malts. Pretty nice.

I love the German ales...this alt is very authentic and tastey for a high volume brewer. Poured a lovely deep chestnut color with red highlights. Nice frothy tan cap stacks out of the stein and lasted...great lacing on the glass. Aromas of sweet malts and herbal hops, slight mustiness. Starts sharp/dry then mellows on the palate as the sweet malts and alt yeast produces a sweet-nutty-bready taste... then the finish becomes drying with the herbal German hops providing a medicinal bittering in the finish...all in all a very nice commercial Alt from the home of Altbeir... Dusseldorf

Courtesy of Ben at the Beer Depot. Pours mahogany with frothy tan head. Aroma and flavor very muted sweet malt. Some nuttiness in the flavor. Finishes very dry.

bottled; incredibly malty, hints of chocolate, raisins, nuts. A bit lacking in the hops depertmant, reminds me more of a dunkel than an altbier,

Tap, in Dusseldorf Rich malty Alt. Hints of dark raisin like fruit, but not overly asserted. A little hop bitterness to balandce. No hop flavor or aroma to speak of. Usual dark amber Alt color under a white head. Thick body, this is not a thin beer.

(Bottle 50 cl) Dark brown with a discreet head. Very bready with a dry, malty character and a small hop bite in the finish. Quite delicious. 180801

Nice dark orangeish brown color. Great head. Medium malt nose, semi hoppy with a good balalnce between the malt and hops. Semi bitter could use a few more hops for this style. This cold have been light affected. But overall was a great beer.