Cricket Hill Colonel Blides Altbier

Brewed by Cricket Hill Brewing Co.
Style: Altbier
Fairfield, New Jersey USA

cloudy copper pour, little bit yeasty in both the nose and flavor. some pine, very crisp mouthfeel. more bitter than i was expecting, but a smooth crisp beer nonetheless.

Cloudy amber with a small white head. Weak aroma of American pine hops. Fruity sweet flavour with a decent bitterness

courtesy of jcwattsrugger. Pours copper with off white head. Aroma is fruity and on the hoppy side, some light caramel malts. Taste, hoppy with fruits, caramel malts, clean palate, some apple peel with crisp finish.

Bottle, courtesy jcwattsrugger. Pours a copper color, with a fizzy white head and wet lacing. Nose of hops, dry wheat, some rye qualities. Bitter. Dry balanced flavors, with some healthy bitterness in the finish. Good representation of the style, tasty, balanced and very drinkable.

On cask at GL ? Pours a hazy dark gold with a medium sized creamy beige head. Aroma of bitter hops and light grapefruit. Taste is hoppy bitter with hints of grapefruit. A bit on the watery side.

Pours a nice hazy golden orange color, nice carbonation, nice little fizzy off-white head, with some sticky lacing left behind. The nose is malty, bitter, with some citrus. The taste is malty, bitter, slight citrus. Medium body. Drinkable, this is a tasty brew.

Cask (gravity) @ Great British Beer Festival, GBBF 2008, Earls Court, London, England SW5.
Clear medium to dark amber color with virtually none head. Aroma is moderate to light light heavy malty, caramel, berry, dusty, moderate to heavy hoppy. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat. (060808)

Pours fairly light amber. Good head and solid lacing. Smells of a little malt, fruit, weak. Nothing about this beer impressed me until I sipped it. Excellently balanced taste. Cricket Hill continues to impress me for a small local brewery. Lots of citrus notes there, some lemon and grapefruit topped with a hop punch akin to that of an IPA. I would actually almost consider this an IPA. Finishes hoppy/bitter. Smooth palate with a light, ticklish carbonation. Unlike other tasters, I didn’t find this beer to be bland at all -- very complex and shocking. Very surprising brew, thumbs up.