3.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
11.2 Awesome looking swing-top bottle. Pours light reddish brown with decent white fluffy head. Aroma is earthy, malty, bread, nutty, caramel, etc. Taste is quite the same - a good bit more bitter than the smell lets on. Very tasty for such a low ABV, and definitely highly drinkable. I would drink the hell out of this if it didn’t cost so damn much. Good.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Churchkey, DC tap ($8): I never wanted to buy this in beer stores because it always seemed like they had a really old bottle of it, so when I saw it on tap, I couldn’t really pass it up. In any case, the pour was great: massive white head that lasts forever over a dark amber body. The aroma is of German hops, a little bit of grainy malt. The taste is rather bitter, in the same way that an English Bitter is, though obviously with a more German feel. The beer is not exceptionally full-bodied or full-flavored, but is still quite pleasant. I would say it is sessionable, but alas it is too expensive for that.
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Copper coloured, dense off white head. Aroma has malts, barley and some caramel. Taste is smooth, nice bitterness, a tiny dryness, full bodied, with a llong finish. Nice, especially with only that ABV.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
On tap at Moeder Lambik. Oak brown body with medium head. Nose of fruits and wood. Taste of malts, chocolate with an oil texture. Really nice with a bitter finish.
4.1 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
On tap @ Hessen Haus in Des Moines. Hazy orange/dark amber appearance with a foamy off white head. Lager-like slightly amber nose. Creamy, very slightly nutty amber malty altbier flavor. Quite tasty.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
Except for the glorious crown a mediocre old, a bit bitter. In the weak aftertaste
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Pours out in a hazy brownish amber colour with a low creamy lasting white head. Crisp fresh grassy and peppery hop aroma with firm malty notes of fudge and nuts. Medium-bodied with notes with dryish fresh notes of wet grass, grass, mild pepper, prunes fudge and burnt caramel. Solid yet crisp mouthfeel. Long bitter finish of of wet grass with hints of fudge and sweet berries. Now, this was a great Alt!. Lovely!.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
27th June 2007
Warning! Early amateur rating! Bottle in Dusseldorf. Darker brown Alt. Crisp palate - quite bitter. Alright.
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