Frankenheim Alt

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

Serve in Kölsch/Altbier

Bottle. Sweetish, brown sugar aroma. Clear, dark brown colour. Big, stable, rocky head. Malty and roasted flavour. Astringent, tannin-like aftertaste.

Bottle: Courtesy of Styles. Aroma is chocolate with a tart fruitiness. Pours a very dark orangish-brown with slight transparency and a small tan head. Lots of caramel in the flavor with a touch of chocolate. Nuttiness in the finish. The fruity tartness is pretty light, lingers in the background, and seems to throw things a little off even if it is light. The slight tartness just doesn’t work for me when combined with the other flavors.

Light hoppy nose, some underlying malts. Dark brown body, small off-white head. Light malty flavor, followed by some hoppyness.

Decent alt, from the root beer like pour to the bitter molasses flavor. Nice nutty roasted malt and a bitter drop at the end.

(Bottled, bought at a Shell-station in Germany) Nice amber color with a wonderful and lasting offwhite head. Malty aroma with nutty notes and a roasted feeling. Chocolate flavor with hops and some spices. Some bitterness in the finish.

Poured from the bottle with a monster head, rocky and aromatic, ruby red and opaque. Heavy caramel nose. Slight smokiness with a medium bitterness. Altbiers were the first beer I ever really drank, and this was a nice flashback.

Bottle. Mildly roasted metallic aroma with a touch of pepperiness. Blegh. Transparent copper/amber color with a nice frothy, creamy off-white head and nice lacing. Starts with mild caramel notes which turns empty and bland in the middle. Subdued roastiness to finish. Some metallic flavors are also present in the finish. This is a smooth, easy-drinking German session beer.

Bottle. Brown pour. Small clean malty nose. Caramel and malt flavors, maybe some light flavor hops, and a decent bitter bite.