Schwelmer Alt

Formerly brewed at Brauerei Schwelm
Style: Altbier
Schwelm, Germany

Serve in Kölsch/Altbier

Gusher. Copper with a small off-white head. Dusty aroma of malt with some caramel notes. Dry and malty with a dusty touch.

50cl Bottle. Pours dark amber with a small creamy head and lacings. Nose & taste is very bready and sweet with some caramel and yeast on top. Medium bodied. OK

500 ml bottle a very dark brown colored beer with a white head aroma tea malts and spices taste spices and bitter

500 ml bottle. From Germany (bierzwerg.de).
Clear dark reddish brown colour with big frothy sand head. Dry aroma with sugar, caramel, chocolate, hops and alfalfa. Sweetish flavour with chocolate, caramel, dust and lots of dry hops. Soft carbonation. Rather good Altbier.

(bottle) pours a clear copper colour with a frothy white head. aroma of toasted malts, dark fruit and strawberries, with a touch of herbal hops. flavour is mostly dark fruit and strawberries, with a light metallic finish. medium body and carbonation.

Dark red-brown with no head. Aroma is very sweet and sugary, with a hint of fruit. Flavor is not bad, but definitely too sweet. Not much bitterness or hop character going on. Flat on the palate. I bet the bottle is to blame for the flatness, I’m not sure why they use that rubber stopper. I’m sure this would be a great beer if the used a properly sealed bottle, and aged it a bit to ferment out some of the sugar.

Bottled 50cl. Courtesy of pivnizub. Surprisingly dark. Good head retention. Interesting malty aroma of hay, banana, coconut, raisin, figs and arabic gum. Malty taste. Low bitterness. A lot of coconut showin up again. Nice lacework. Late bitterness. Good balance. Residual sugars, caramel and coconut in the finish. A pleasant Alt. Thanks pivnizub!

Bottle. Dark brown colour with a beige head. Aroma is malt, caramel, dried fruits. Flavour is malt, caramel, dried fruits, hop. Medium body. Boring beer.