Bluegrass Altbier

Brewed by Bluegrass Brewing Company
Style: Altbier
Louisville, Kentucky USA

Terrible stuff. Why bother making beer if you can not make decent beer. This got bottled?? How did this make it passed QC? It was not a spoiled beer, just sucked whale ass.

Almost undrinkable. Lots of Budweiser/Miller taste in this one. But fairly stale. One of the worst alts I’ve had. Little to no malt. Not much taste.

This beer came in my beer club. Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured a dark orange-amber color with a large orange-white head. The aroma was sour, tangy and vegetal. The flavor was sour, tangy, malty and lightly vegetal with a touch of a fruity undertone. The finish was long and sour. Eh.

bottle was amber, nutty malt aroma maybe something else, too simple, but crisp and decent

I choose to interpret this beer’s award of a medal at the 1996 GABF as a sign of the improving quality of American brewing, and not as a sign of meaninglessness for these awards. In short, I didn’t find this beer to be all that commendable. Aroma was a sort of brass colored tan with minimal head. Aroma was virtually non-existent. Flavor was thin, and the predominant characteristic was an ash-tray like flavor. Mouthfeel was thin. I wouldn’t recommend this, and in fact I resent the Microbrew of the Month people a bit for sending it to me.

The aroma is OK. Bread, yeast. Flavor is malty and watery. Very thin feel. Bad after taste. Not too good.

(12 bottle from Beer of the Month Club on September 4, 2008) Sitting in my pint glass, its steady carbonation has failed to maintain any bit of its quickly-diminished head. Its lacing is frothy, heavy, slides down the glass to the clear orange-amber altbier. It has an aroma of a macro brew - industrial, can’t make out any particular aromas. Its flavor is very tinny... almost rusty. Barely noticeable hops. Just tastes dirty. Thin, light malt.

poured a medium amber hue with a thin white head that had no retention. Aroma had a heavy malt note mostly caramel notes. flavor was mildly sweet with a light hop back drop. Finish was smooth.