Schumacher Alt

Brewed by Brauerei Ferdinand Schumacher
Style: Altbier
Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

Draught at the brewpub. Clear amber coloured with a creamy off white head. Malty aroma of fruits and caramel. Fruity flavour of malts, caramel and hops. Dry hoppy finish.

Many happy hours sampling this beer at their Stammhaus in Dusseldorf. My favourite alt of the trip - so drinkable and morish, not as bitter or dark as Uerige and not as light and hoppy as Schlussel, just a happy medium in between. The Stammhaus is also an excellent local compared to the taverns in the Altstadt than can be raucaus and slightly touristy.

Gravity - Beautiful clear red copper body with the creamiest perfect off white head; Super well made clear nose with lots of fruity aromas backed by a balanced amount of malt and noble hop aromas; Soft bitter balanced body with a small very pleasant amount of sharp carbonation; Very long fruity malty bitter fresh finish with green nut and bubblegum aromas. Amazing beer (at an amazing bar)

Tap, march 07. Copper-golden color, crystal clear and a medium white head. Very nice caramel aroma with a touch of seaside saltiness. Slightly phenolic, peachy flavor, sligthly astringent too. Good, but not that great. A nice woody end. Medium MF and a lingering woody aftertaste. Nice but a bit rough alt.

Cask at the brewpub. Lightly hazy copper colour. Very special estery nose with some sulphur and bubblegum. Dryish with rather clean mouthfeel and light body. Nice salty bitterness.

A comparable tangy orange, sweetly malty/bitter hoppy balance to some of the York brews. Lovely soft cereal-like biscuity afters and lingering hoppy bitterness. Fruity, malty, sweet and bitter. A beautifully rounded example.

aroma: Light honey and biscuit malt aroma Appearance: Light amber with thick white head that lasts. Flavour: Dry crisp malt character with low hop flavour or bitterness. Mouthfeel: Light and fluffy with a rich carbonation. sherryish oxidized character. Overall: Toasty, biscuity and malty. Balance is between toasty and crisp with a deep drying malt flavours which lingers on the palate.

On tap at Schumacher Stammhaus in Dusseldorf.
Clear, amber body. Off-white, creamy to rocky head (sounds maybe weird to be aswell rocky as creamy, but it really was: quite steady but with some creaminess, so totally unlike Orval). Excellent lace. Ok aroma of citrus, lime, ... with some fine malts. Nicely balanced flavour: moderately bitter, lightly sweet flavour with a subtle complexity.