Hövels Original

Hövels Hausbrauerei
Brewed at Dortmunder Actien Brauerei (Oetker Group)
Style: Altbier
Dortmund, Germany

Serve in Kölsch/Altbier

Nice copper colored altbier, off white head. decent lacing. some apple notes, nothing over the top but a decent altbier

Ruby red pour; decent head. Aroma is mildly sweet and malty; hints of caramel. Flavor is well balanced; moderate malt character. More caramel present. Okay body and clean finish. Overall, a good session beer.

draft @ redlight redlight. Malty aromas with caramel. Pours a clear amber with a thick white head. Bitter upfront with a somewhat fruity flavor next with some caramel malts, finishes nice and dry. Great beer.

Slight astringent. Low malt with a definite bite at the end. Not too much to tell

The aroma is malt and hoppy with grass and a light bitterness but not alcohol.

Bottle, definitely skunked, Not too smooth, had some grainness but the skunk was the dominate feature

Great looking, green-glassed swing-top from a Turkish Getränkemarkt down the street. Nose is a little dusty yeast dominated by overpowering grassy hops. Dark, dimly-lit mahogany body with a lacing, frothy-rocky beige head. Medium body is forward on caramel with a sticky, hoppy breadiness coming in at the end, but it’s the toasted crust rather than the main. Even a strain of tobacco. Low bitterness with tightly-bound lager-like crispness, a vague fruitiness floats somewhere in the ether, and there’s a slightly dirty slickness in the finish. Don’t like the airy quality here, or the simplicity of the malt, but it’s a relatively easy drinker and I did enjoy it.

Bottle. Purchased in Dusseldorf. Poured dark brown with little head. Skunky aroma and flavour but it is mostly covered by dark malty sweetness.