Uerige Sticke

Brewed by Uerige Obergärige Hausbrauerei
Style: Altbier
Düsseldorf, Germany

Serve in Kölsch/Altbier

Bottle. Dark brown color with deep red hues and a very bubbly medium-sized head. Aroma of toasted malt, nuts, fruits, light floral hints and some slightly herbal hops. Sweetish malty flavor with some toasted bread, caramel, nuts (including some chestnut notes) and a bitter herbal finish with faint earthy notes. Medium-bodied. A good quaffable beer, I hope I’ll get to try some more Stickes in the future.

Bottle date 31-01. Sweet fermented aroma. Cloudy brown with small head. Flavor is heavy dose of alcohol and sweet but mellows out conciderably by the finish with a carmelized crystalation of sorts. Sugary and sweet aftertaste and cool bottle. Good brew.

08.19.06 33cl bottle, bottled on 25.11.??, I’ll guess 2005, but they left off the year. At any rate, the date doesn’t really jive with the notion of this stuff coming out in January and October so I don’t know what to make of it. <!-- p -->This is not the first I’ve had this beer; it’s become a regular in the rotation. I definitely prefer the stuff at a warmer temp, over 65F even, so I usually just chill it a bit and then let it sit in the glass for a while before drinking it. The color is a soft, dark, honey-amber with thick and lasting off-white head leaving classic lace. The aromas are addictive, concentrated, and bready with old grasses, peppery greenery (the stuff reminds me of shrubs and yardwork for some reason), and sourdough pancake batter, bubbly and raw. Herbal and spice notes leap to the fore with the first sip with white pepper, anise, and allspice. Smoothing out in the middle the beer introduces a toffee sweetness coating the mineral notes of a musty apple. There’s a mild nuttiness that pervades, but more nutty like toasted bread than any particular sort of nut. The eff is fine and adding to a creamy soft feel, rich and tending toward slick. The finish is long and bready with a fresh tang that kicks in the last. Really enjoyable stuff, plenty complex without going overboard in any arena.

33 cl. Bottled on 02,11. Code 1202. Lightly hazy chestnut with a lasting eighth-inch cream. Frosting all over the glass. Aroma of cocoa, plum, apple and earth-spiced molasses. Front flavors of raisin and apple coated in caramel, chocolate and some earthy spice. Slowly turns more roasty with cocoa, toasted nut and woody flavors that provide a nice bittersweet finish. Medium body is smooth, lightly tingly and finishes dry.

33cl Swingtop. Great fresh fruit and bread crust aroma. Lots of vineyard air, rich caramels, and toast. Pours a rather clouded sienna, with pale fringes and soap of off-white. Flavor highlights the caramelization process, but also immediately brings in good showings of pear brandy, almonds, light oxidation, and brilliant shining grassy hops. An interesting balance. Yeast works well here. A nice intermingling all around of all aspects. Great dry hop tooth over good caramel work and a nice yeast and alcohol signature. Dangerously drinkable and loaded with flavor. A fantastic beer.

Malty, caramelly aroma with creamy notes of hazelnuts...this came from petrofied wood color with a thin head...thin but nutty & toffee flavors abound...spicey hoppiness, growing finishing bitterness..interesting.

A fantastic Altbier. It is a medium/dark and is abundant with rich malty flavors. Make sure you get it fresh though, it deteriorates fast.

Fantastic stuff! Light nose of sweet caramel, crystal clear copper brown color, tall fuffy lacy head. Syrupy, malasses tastes with hints of dark fruits, like figs. Fresh, prominent hop finish. Almost has a barley wine character to it, but lighter. Thick texture and a warming feeling in the mouth (and on the soul). A near-perfect toasted malt and hop blend.