Schwelmer Alt

Formerly brewed at Brauerei Schwelm
Style: Altbier
Schwelm, Germany

Serve in Kölsch/Altbier

Pours deep dark copper with good sized head. Aroma of toasted caramel, malt, grass and rye. Flavor is slightly descent with aroma notes and a mild bready finish.

Deep copper body with a substantial, foamy beige head. Aroma is metallic with qualities of sweet toffee, toasted dark bread crusts, and tobacco. Semi-dry flavor with notes of cooked raisins, breakfast tea, and toasted grain husks. Medium-light body, with a short, medium bitter finish. A very basic altbier.

Clear amber, very light tan head. Aroma is caramel, bread, grass. Flavor is this, fairly light bodied. Mouthfeel is true to style but not the best. Average but still enjoyable.

Beer is very dark brown, with a moderately sized, white, frothy, head. Diminishes down to a fluffy ring-around-the-snifter.<P> Aroma is malty wih moderate notes of toasted grain, roasted walnut, well-done cookie; Hoppy with light notes of fresh-cut grass and lemon zest, black tea; Yeasty with a trace note of bread.<P> The flavor is lightly sweet, moderately bitter, lightly acidic/bright with a long, lightly sweet, bready finish.<P> The body is medium, the texture is watery and the carbonation is lively.

Bottle. Head is initially average sized, frothy, light brown, mostly lasting. Body is dark brown. Aroma is moderately malty (toasted bread, nuts, caramel), lightly hoppy (flowers, herbs). Flavor is moderately sweet, lightly to moderately bitter. Finish is lightly sweet, moderately to heavily bitter. Medium body, watery texture, lively carbonation. Pleasant aroma. Quite bitter, as with Uerige’s rendition...too much for my tastes in an alt, but a good one overall.

Nice dark reddish brown with ample tan head. Sweet and sour grapey aroma. Taste is same, but very faint. Not bad, but they should have increased the ratio of beer to water in this product. $2/11.2oz

1/2 liter swing top bottle. Altbier is one of my favortie beer styles, and it is always a great thing to find another German altbier available on the US market, especially one as good as Schwelmer. This beer pours to a bright, deep, ruby red color, with a thick, creamy, white head, and a lively carbonation. The nose on this beer is excellent with lots of good, zesty, herbal hop aroma paired with fresh, estery fruit aroma. The palate is smooth and firm, with lots of good sweet and nutty malt flavor, paired with a nice back drop of estery fruit. This beer finishes with more good nutty malt up front, then ends with a zesty and bitter herbal bite that lingers. Very well done example of altbier, with great hop, malt, and estery fruit character, on a smooth, polished, drinkable body. Altbier is such a great beer style in the fact it delivers so much flavor, yet is so drinkable. This is a very food friendly beer as well, and would match with with hearty German fare, or a nice grilled NY Strip, Porterhouse, or rib eye.

Pours dark red and clear with a small frothy tan head. Aroma is complex, malty, hay floral and perfume, earthy and grape, raisins and plum. Flavor is sweet mostly, with light bitterness, and the finish is the same. Slightly sour and plumby, light to medium bodied watery, and softly carbonated. My first Alt beer.