Long Trail Ale

Brewed by Long Trail Brewery
Style: Altbier
Bridgewater Corners, Vermont USA

Serve in Kölsch/Altbier

Tap. Pale amber beer with a thin creamy head. Aroma of slightly spicy UK-style hops. A bit of metallic character and slightly cidery as well. Flavour shows a bit of light maltiness. Orange marmalade and light cherry esters. Decent, but a bit bland.

This alt doesn’t have the crisp drinkability of a top notch alt but it’s in the ballpark and is certainly good. This is a solid brewery.

Medium body, copper colored ale. Smells fruity/citrus, Ireally love the aroma of this beer, easy to find at most grocery stores.

Bottle, from mug. Bottled 09/22/06; released 3 months later. Copper-amber color. Frothy foam fades fast; fairly frilly farewell. Aroma is citrus with a buttery note. Medium body, slick texture, strong carbonation. Flavor of bitter hops atop mild caramel. Hops turn metallic in the finish.

Enjoyed a pint of this one on draught at the brewery in Bridgewater Corners, VT. Long Trail has been a favortie of mine for years, and Long Trail Ale, is a beer I really love. This beer is a very good domestic example of altbier, with lots of good hop and malt character. This beer pours to a beautiful, bright, deep copper color, with a thick, white head, and a good carbonation. The nose on this beer is excellent, with lots of good zesty/herbal hop aromas. and hints of light fruit. The palate is firm, with good nutty/toasty malt flavor, on a clean, smooth, round body. This beer finishes with more of those great malt flavors up front, then ends with a zesty burst of herbal hop bitterness that lingers. Excellent altbier, a beer I could pound with impunity. Made a fantastic match with a hot cup of VT cheddar cheese soup at the brewery.

12 oz bot....very pretty copper color..a thin tracing of foam...a pleasing aroma with nice fruit charasteristics and fruit to follow on the palate mixed with some clean malt flavor....such a crisp texture to the body..damn i love this beer...easy to drink but with taste....good out of the glass but best served straight out of the bottle and into a happy awaiting mouth...this could easily become my new "buy by the case beer"..whoo hoo made this beer go from 52 to a 53!!!

Pours a rich amber to a very light ruby to maroon with orange tinges and a thin white head. The nose is fruity (berry) and light with floral hops and a caramel sweetness. The mouthfeel is good for a session beer, not too thin, but not too fizzy. The flavor is up there too. Lightly sweet with dry fruity acidity. Bears a lot of similarities to a minerally white wine. A little creamy, the finish is dry fruity sweetness, with a crisp hop bite, but nothing too big. There’s a slight lingering bitterness. This is much cleaner than the Double Bag I had last night. A really pleasant session beer.

Clear orange in color with a small bubbly white head. Malty, grassy, a touch of citrus fruits and a touch of caramel. This beer is highly drinkable and full of flavor, not bad overall.