Uerige Sticke

Brewed by Uerige Obergärige Hausbrauerei
Style: Altbier
Düsseldorf, Germany

Serve in Kölsch/Altbier

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.

Bottled:
Very malty, sweet aroma. Aromatic flavor, ester, sweet, fruity. Quite bitter, dry and hoppy finish. Very good beer.

UPDATED: NOV 10, 2006 Really green hops proliferate but never berate the tastebuds...Caramel malt coherence and grassy yet subdued hop inherence...Curious herbal tea bitterness develops in the end of this hoppier than usual German...A rather sweet pint when slightly aged, but always a well-crafted sticke...

Had this one bottled. Medium reddish color, somewhat effervescent, very little head, quite hoppy and bitter with notes of orange, lemon and banana, fading quickly into a nutty taste at the back of the palate.

330 ml bottle. Amber coloured with a grayish note to it. No head. Subdued barleywine-like aroma. Musty apple and caramel. Pear syrup and a little vanilla. Noble hops are clearly being used as it infuses the beer with a very gentle, but noticeable, hop flavour. Medium-bodied, and not at all sweet. It’s quite dry actually, with a well done hop bitter finish.

Peculiar chock full of rye and carroway nose with a touch of carmel and a touch of alcohol. Firm mouthfeel with a lot of strange maltieness (more of that rye) pepper, earthy hops and a little alcohol. Very smooth and lingers a while with more maltiness.

Dark brown color with a very thin head. Dry wheat aroma. Dry and dusty taste of wheat and barley with, oddly enough, a vague taste of bacon. Different, but pretty tasty.

(bottled 2003 version) Chestnut brown, orange shine; yellow-brown head, not very ample. Nose is surprisingly dominated by caramel-aroma; some chocolate and a vague shrubbery aroma. Taste is very bitter; combination of hops and roasted malts, flavours of hopoil, black chocolate, cookies, but some cardboard too. Quite well-bodied, bitterness is not long-lasting but more instantaneous, coming up very hoppy and than fading away. It's my second time to taste Sticke, first time bottled. But the impression is the same as the draught on the premisses: I strangely prefer the regular Alt! That is more honest hops, and the ultimate drinking ale (Westmalle Extra possibly excluded). It's still extremely good all the same - shame about the lame nose.