Duckstein

Brewed by Feldschlößchen Braunschweig (Carlsberg)
Style: Altbier
Braunschweig, Niedersachsen, Germany

Bottle. Dark golden color with a off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, nutty and caramel. Flavour is apple, sweet, malt, caramel and notes off vanila.

tap. Pours with a red color and a nice brown head. Aromas are not very pronounced, a bit of hops and grapefruit perhaps. Flavors are a combination of fruit and predominantly malts with a hoppy finish. perhaps the body is a bit too thin.

Bottle. Dark golden colour with an off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malt, alcohol, apple. Flavour is apple, sweet, malt, caramel.

Amber color with a small head. Not much aroma at all. Taste is very bready (wholemeal) and bitter. An OK beer but nothing special.

Bottled. Clear, golden beer with a small off-white head. Sweet and malty aroma with some vague hints of alcohol. The flavor is malty, with caramel, fruit, hops and some apple-notes. Medium body and a finish with both bitterness and roasted notes. (060921)

Low head on a copper red body. Hints of bread and spices, hoppy bitter taste. Nice and got me drunk pretty quicly.

I tasted this one in Hamburg, Germany and without notes need to rely on the noggin for guidance. England had just won a match in the world Cup against.. well who remembers, atleast England won. I was seedy, just got off the ICE train from Amsterdam and I was feeling crook (anyone who’s been to Amsterdam don’t need a follow-up explanation!). A short venture from our hostel we came across a Schweinn-café, lovely place, beaut meals. Ordered this, along with something that no longer oinked and remembered to enjoy myself. I was in Deutschland afterall.
This poured a deep, brazened copper, quite bright, finely carbonated. Head was short, a pad of off-white leaving minute lacing. Aroma was quite dull, woody, stale hops, good showing of toasted malts with light spice, I did try my best at the time to remember this as my wife was peeved I continued to carry a notebook around. Quite tangy yet seemingly dry in the mouth, light bodied and just spritzy on the tongue. Good showing of dusty, toasted malts, light extracted tannins, before an earthy presence of hops comes in. Finish is all hops and malt, not long, slight spice here, bready. This wasn’t bad and served alongside my brotwurst und pilz mit brot, it virtually aided in sobering me up. By memory not bad, one to try again with some decent tasting notes next time. (Vom fass, own stem glass)

Creamy and silky smooth on the palate. Touch of lively carbonation, though keeping things lively. Very malt heavy upfront, with strong bread notes. The hops offered a mid-level bitterness with herbal/floral notes in the Continental style (Saaz?)