Frankenheim Alt

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

Serve in Kölsch/Altbier

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A chestnut coloured beer with a reasonable tan head. The aroma is smoky with burnt toast and egg. The taste has brown bread, nuts and prunes. Interesting and not very welcoming but quite pleasant.

Nice red amber appearance, with a large white head, and fairly large bubbles. Smells very malty and sweet. First taste is sweet, then quickly turns to sour like lemon rind (or does this happen because of how the tongue senses tastes?), then gradually it changes to a frothy balanced smooth finish, with flavors of oak wood and raisens.

Bottle. Brown with a yellowed head. Aromas are light roast malts with pepper, metal and earthy hops . Flavours are nutty and roasted malts with metal and hints of lemon. Dry and woody on the finish with some bitter dark chocolate. A tasty Alt.

26th June 2007
Warning! Early amateur rating! Bottle in Dusseldorf. Dark beer. Unusually chocolatey malt - pudding like! Very drinkable. Different.

Keg (Gallows Bird, Espoo, Oktoberfest 2004) Tangy. slight bitterness, maybe nuttiness too. Competent Alt.

Brown colour with a small white head. light sweet malty nutty aroma and a light roasted dry bitter taste. Light body and a light dry finish.

Dark amber alt topped by a big lasting beige head. A bit less interesting aroma than most Düsseldorf’s alts. Earthier, more mineral and less aptly toasty. No wooden undertones in this one. Still, a bright leafy bitterness shows up and, if weaker and less cutting than more confident example, it leaves its caramelly goodness take more room. Better than most generic bottled examples, but not quite up there.

tolles Aussehen, stabiler Schaum. Schon im Antrunk wird klar, dass das Frankenheim Alt relativ herb ist, aber keineswegs unangenehm. Angenehmes Bier, welches ich noch aus einem Tauch von vor längerer Zeit habe, ich glaube von Kölschtrinker - danke! 01/2007

This looked like it came from a wooden cask. However iv noticed someplaces have a keg wrapped in wood. Aroma is lightly bready malts. Taste has bread maybe honey and not too much bittering hops, however a little bland from all fronts.

(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.