Frankenheim Blue

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

Serve in Kölsch/Altbier

bought in Düsseldorf; 60% altbier and 40% cola - clear copper-brown colour with a poor head retention; the cola dominates the nose and you have to be very imaginative to detect something else ... well, some earthy tones, maybe ? but they could well be some reminiscence of the Uerige I had some hours ago ...; sweet with a poor malt body and a long aftertaste of cola - could work as children lemonade

Bottle 33cl. (Blue bottle) @ home.
Clear medium to dark red brown (cola) color with a large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white cola head. Aroma is light malty, caramel, brown sugar, cola notes. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is soft. It is like a alt bier mixed with cola. [20090110]

The color is like cola and the head is creamy. The aroma has notes of cola and beer. The flavour has sweetness and notes of cola, but the altbier is easy to find, so even if I do not like cola/beer mixes, this is the best I have had.

Bottle: Poured a highly carbonated dark brown with a tan color head. The aroma was malty with hints of dirty cola. Taste is overwhelmingly sweet cola at first, but it subsided to leave a malt grain finish.

Bottle, 33 cl. Thanks tot Leen. What is this ? Can called this mix a good beer. Brwon color, off-white head. Aroma sweet cola. Thin body. Taste is very sweet, with a bit lots of malt and caramel. No good.

Phew, I did not really understand what it was until I tasted it, apparently reacted weirdly and was explained that this was a mix. The pour gives first suspicions though, it comes out pretty much cola coloured and rather fizzy despite a neglectable head. A gross perversion of an otherwise above average alt, making it rather sweet, though the beer adds a lot of character to this soft drink and the palate manages not to be too biting. Still abominable, that rooty, minty, bubblegum flavour bothers the caramely and cerealic bottom. Bad, but I’m no cola drinker.

Bottle, 2,9%. Cola colour and head. The flavour is mostly cola, but less sweet. Beer mouthfeel. Finishes slightly caramelly and drier than cola. Better than most mixes and actually better than cola straight.

(Bottle 33 cl) Beautiiful almost mahogany-colored beer with a vaguely brown head. Another "Mischgetränk" - this time in the rather rare combination of Altbier and cola. And it actually tastes pretty good. Beer is the more pronounced ingredient as this drink is in a 60/40-mix. (Usually it’s 50/50). The cola removes most of the bitterness, but it isn’t sticky. Not bad. 190703