Uerige Alt

Brewed by Uerige Obergärige Hausbrauerei
Style: Altbier
Düsseldorf, Germany

Serve in Kölsch/Altbier

Pours a cloudy dark chestnut color with ruddy mahogany edges and a two finger frothy beige head that quickly settles into a lasting ring. Minimal lacing. Sweet dark fruit aroma with hints of licorice, peppery spice and chocolate malt. Slightly watered down mouthfeel with some nutty/chocolate malts, sweet dark fruit notes, licorice, saaz hops and a slightly dry metallic finish.

Bottle. Poured brown with a quick, thin off-white head. Aromas of dark fruit, spice, and a caramel backing. The flavor has raisin, prune, roast, caramel and hints of spice. Medium body and sweet with hints of hoppy bitterness.

sample @ Coles German Tasting 2009, Flat looking brown amber pour. light malt richness in the aroma. Possibly an old bottle. Medium maltiness in the flavor. Not too impressive

Bottle at an Oktoberfest celebration in Philadelphia. very nice looking, dark and velvety. Thick head that you could probably stand on. Perhaps, I got a bad bottle, though, because the only two flavors I could discern were acetone and hops. For something that’s only 4.7% ABV, I can’t tell why it tasted so horrendous.

(Cask at Stockholm Beer Festival, 25 Sep 2009) Reddish brown colour with foamy, off-white head. Malty, spicy nose with notes of dark bread. Malty, spicy taste with dark bread, roasted grain and a generous, spicy bitterness in a dry finish. Medium body. Well balanced, tasty and nice altbier.

Bottle. The beer pours a clear, amber body under a small, beige head. Caramel and roasted malt notes in the aroma. The flavor has some fruityness too, but mostly caramel and roasted malts. Medium body, dry, with a sweet finish. An easy drinkable beer with a fine flavor, nothing special though. At least not from the bottle. 090821

Pours a medium brown, tan head. The aroma is malty, with an unusual hoppiness to it, like noble hops. The flavor follows, with a less than pleasant hoppiness which is like noble hops, or the slightly earthy kind, and bitter fruit. The finish is all noble hops, finishes dry. Unusually thin mouthfeel, too. This is ok, but hardly great. Very unexpected beer experience for this style.

Bottle - Light amber pour with a little white head. The nose is simply sweet and malty--nothing more, nothing less. I loved it; some others at the tasting hated it. I guess I just loved the malt bomb. Tastes caramelly and sweet with a little bitter hops on the finish. It’s a little thin and watery, but overall I was pleasantly surprised by this beer.