Herkimer Alt

Brewed by Herkimer Pub & Brewery
Style: Altbier
Minneapolis, Minnesota USA

Serve in Kölsch/Altbier

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From the Jug at the GABF Colorado Convention Center, Denver 11/10/2008 Floral and malt aromas. Golden coloured a little rich on the palate and fruity with a crisp and slightly dry malt finish.

On tap at the brewpub, June 2007. Not the most typical Altbier. For a start it is rather pale for the style - more amber than copper. Second, there’s a quite pronounced grassy hop character that outweighs the malt, which is mild and biscuity. Decent enough.

Draft @ Brewpub: Copper, light head and nice lacing. Nose of clean malt, light yeast and plum, a balanced semi-dry alt, but musky and dry in the finish.

This one is not bad for an alt. Pours a light copper clear and good off white head retention. Hoppy noble hop aroma , a bit grassy, and some light toasty malts and hints of caramel. Crisp clean hoppy flavor, solid malt backbone- and a nice crisp spicy and herbal hop finish. Definitely on the hoppy side even for an alt, but nice.

Sampled at ABR 07 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Pours a clear coppery amber (slightly lighter than the oktoberfest) with a thin and good retaining off-white head that has some good lacing. Aroma of dry multi-grain malt, some grassy hops and a touch of dark pitted fruits. Taste is medium bodied, light carbonated with a dry multi-grained biscuity malt flavor. Finish is slightly gritty, dry with a grassy hop and grain malt aftertaste.

Draught pint at the brewpub, early October 2006. Medium maple color with a small head and a trace bit of lacing...faint, weak grassy-caramel aroma is pleasant but takes a lot of effort to get much from....lightly spicy body, caramel and a bit of woody-twiggy hops, lightly sticky mouthfeel, clean and very quaffable but never exciting, faint hints of baked fruit help out.

Dark copper color with a thin head. A little malt in the aroma, but not much. Woody taste with a little smoke as well. A little malt, but very mild. Tasty enough, but I don’t think it’d be a great example of an Alt.

On tap @ Herkimer. Fairly dark red orange appearance with an orangish tan head. Fairly hoppy, amber malty nose. Somewhat hoppy, bland amber malty flavor.

The best of the four I tried in one night. Light malt and hop aroma. Mild, pleasant grain in the flavor with a a nice malt and hop balance. Medium body. Roasted grain finish.

On tap at the brewpub on 05/31/2009. Somewhat hazy copper body with a small white head. Toasty malt aroma with some floral hops. Sweet toasty and caramel flavor with some floral and citrus hops. Medium body with moderate carbonation.