Schwelmer Alt

Formerly brewed at Brauerei Schwelm
Style: Altbier
Schwelm, Germany

Serve in Kölsch/Altbier

very good beer. smooth nutty taste to it. fun flippy top to play with in between sips

a smooth drinking beer that has nutty flavor. pour dark brown with beige head, the aroma is subdue.

A dark clear copper ale with an extra thick light moka head. A light roasted aroma, like dark roasted malt, and light nutty notes. In mouth, a lightly oxidized malt, a bit nutty and roasted grains, a bit too thin for me, but overall enjoyable. 500 ml swing cap. Bought at BOTW, 4-pack for 6.99$, Oct. 2006.

Swing top bottle poured a clear dark copper brown with a small diminishing amber head. Aromas of dark bread, fruitiness and a hint of molasses. Palate was light to medium bodied and smooth. Flavors of roasted malt, lightly fruity and a hint of molasses with a crisp dry bittersweet finish.

Bottle: Dark copper body with thick white head. Aroma is malty sweet, with strong alcohol fruityness (grape). Little to no hops noted in aroma. The beer was kinda bland at first, with some restrained maltyness. Hints of grapes and shreaded wheat appear. Hops appear at end, to balence out the beer adiquately. I noted lingering tartness in the finish. I really had hopes for this one, but just didn’t do it for me...

Pours a deep copper brown, topped by a couple-three fingers of creamy tan foam. Good head retention, coamy lacing. Malty and chocolatey aroma with a trace of hops in the background. Smooth and creamy beer, light chocolate malt and grain with an herbal hop bitterness. The hops shine through a little more in the finish. Dry chocolate malt and the hops linger in the aftertaste. Good carbonation, towards the lighter end of the spectrum in body compared to other altbiers that I have had, though still satisfying.

Bottle... Clear, dark, mohagony ale with a large, frothy, off-white head. Decent retention. The aroma and flavor are both fairly nondescript. A rumor of spicy, peppery hops in the nose. The flavor is perfectly-blanced... like seltzer water, but also thin and bland... like seltzer water. Light-bodied with lively carbonation... like seltzer water. Short, crisp, boring finish... like seltzer water. I should have bought seltzer water. Unoffensive, at least.

0.5 L bottle via Lubiere. App.: med.-dark copper, fluffy, light tan head. Aroma: rye bread crust, roasted dry malt aromas, nice background of floral hops. Palate: med. body and carbonation. Flav.: a bit grainy, some dry malt flavours, rye bread, slightly bitter finish. Actually, reminds me of a slightly more malty Bitburger.