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Bluegrass Altbier 2.92 156

Bluegrass Altbier

Percentile
38
overall

bottled
common

on tap
unknown

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
1562.93/5.02.92/5.04.19%29.2Kölsch/Altbier
Commercial Description:
Altbier, literally translated as “Old Style” beer, is a classic German ale. BBC Altbier is brewed with additions of Munich, wheat, caramel, and chocolate malts creating a delicate, but flavorful malt profile. This delicious amber colored session beer is balanced with additions of tradtional spicy German hops creating a light and floral bouquet to compliment its complex malt profile.
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 IMtheOptimator (1161), Bethel, Connecticut, USA
2.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/55/102/59/20
Sep 25, 2005  
Thanks to OhioDad for this beer.

Poured a clear amber with ruby highlites with a fizzy off-white head. Bizarre aroma of candy, lime, detergent, and a touch of skunk. Taste is grass, citrus, some tasteless bitter hops and toffee. Thin fizzy body. Not awful, but not good either.


 SmellGood (319), Memphis, Tennessee, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/55/103/512/20
Sep 2, 2005  
Louisville Airport: Hit the spot but not my style of beer. Wished it had more hop attitude and might have been better with food.


 NYHarvey (2154), New York, New York, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/103/55/104/513/20
Aug 28, 2005  
Courtesy of OhioDad. I can’t pick up the aroma, but i get miniscule hints of soapy laundry. I know it’s odd. Orange/red with a nice thumb thick head. Very mild with ample malt flavors and a taste of buttery popcorn. This is an odd beer. It feels good in the mouth, but takes some getting used to flavor wise.


 JasonG (700), Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/514/20
Aug 18, 2005  
Red/orange color with medium sized off white head. Aroma is malty, slightly sweet, notes of honey and pear, with a faint note of sweet german hops. Flavor is malty, slightly sweet, clean, a bit spicey, with a mildly bitter finish.


Noodle (7), USA
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3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/104/513/20
Jul 5, 2005  
A very refrshing alt. Great malty flavor that is well-balanced with the hops. Not an outstanding beer, but a very good one. And, this one will have a very broad appeal - even to those accustomed to Bud, etc.


 OhioDad (2491), Hilliard, Ohio, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/512/20
Jun 24, 2005  
12oz bottle consumed in Lexington Ky - Poured dark amber color with a creamy offwhite head. Nose of toasted caramel malts and slight hops. Flavor much the same some toffee also detected in the flavor with a little metallic aftertaste that I didn’t particularly care for. On the palate it was medium bodied and pretty drinkable.


 scraff (1955), Baltimore, Maryland, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/513/20
May 24, 2005  
Cinncy Airport - Deep amber, thin creamy head. Nose on this wasn’t half bad with notes of toasted malt, caramel, and slight touches of smoke. Light metallic hop flavors hit initially, but it did mellow and balance out with soft tones of toffee and fruitiness. Light to medium bodied, soft carbonation, light fruity finish. I’d drink it again over any other usual airport swill...


 atpayne (615), Zionsville, Indiana, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/55/102/511/20
May 17, 2005  
Tawny amber with some orange and a very creamy white head that sticks. Clear and quite carbonated with some floating flakes. Were it not for the flakes it would get a better apperance rating. Aroma is a very big malt flavor. Carmel, full bready slightly roasted malts, and a light hop. Flavor has a faint malt and light sourness coupled with a minor bitterness. Seems watered down. Nice aroma but flavor is lacking somewhat.



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