Frankenheim Alt

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

Serve in Kölsch/Altbier

Draught @ Gasthof Mattlerhof
Clear medium to dark amber color with a average, frothy, good lancing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, caramel. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. (260508)

A dark brown beer with a red shine and a chocolate brown head though fast disappearing. The aroma is sweet, yeasty, malty and slightly sour. The flavor is sweet, caramel, and malty. It ends on a nice bitter note combined with hoppyness. A very nice flavor.

(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

50 cL bottle, trade with DerDobbelbock. Pours clear and copper with a dense off-white head. Light spiced and malty aroma. Flavour is acidic and bitter with a light malty note. Light roasted note into the finish. Nice and bitter malty brew with a light spice note - classic alt.

Dark brown. Dry, nutty, balanced and rather bitter.

Bottled. Amberish brown colour with small off-white head. Aroma is malts, earth and hops with some metallic and plastic hints. Flavour is malts, slight fruits and fresh wood. Aftertaste and finish are quite bitterish, but still balanced up with caramel. A quite pleasant altbier.

Draught. Hazy orange coloured with a creamy off white head. Aroma of malts, hay, caramel and grain. Flavour of caramel, malts, grain and hops with notes of fruits. Hoppy finish.

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