A couple year old altbier... hmmm... Pours a cloudy amber with a thick fluffy tan head. Good carbonation, but smells mostly metallic. I’m actually surprised by the taste. Knowing this is likely nothing like it once tasted like, I like it. A lot of fruit, and even some sour. A good amount of spice, too. Certainly not in its prime, but it isn’t bad at all.

Bottle. Pours an orange brown body with a tan head. Fruity with notes of over ripe fruit, lemon, apple, pear, and a hint of butter. Lightly oxidized with a faint hop presence. Okay but past its prime obv.

Pours a medium caramel color with a touch of caramel in the nose and flavor. This bottle is passed its prime and has substantial oxidation.

Bottle from eclectic. Thanks man! Pours a hazy brown orange with a thin head and great lacing. Aromas of caramel, old grassy/earthy hops, some tart fruits - lemon, apple. The flavor is kind of tart up front. Green apples are followed by a little bread, caramel malts, and earthy hops. Finishes a little tart with some oxidized hop presence. Lightly carbonated and pretty easy to drink all things considered. I am pretty sure this was nice fresh if it tastes this way a few years old. Still drinkable, even though it is obviously starting to decline.

12oz bottle, no date from <i>BrianK</i>, thanks! Hazy orange copper with a small yellow beige head, fading to a ring and film before long. Thin stringy lacing. Aroma of buttery sweet caramel and yeasty bread up front. A little bit of earthy hops are also present. Flavor has a lot of tangy &#40;cherry and apple?&#41; notes that I don’t think should be there, but really didn’t taste all that bad. Plenty of earthiness and caramel, some oxidation present. Low carbonation with medium body. Clearly past its prime, but I don’t think altbiers are meant to be consumed years after bottling. That said, not too bad.