Frankenheim Alt

Brewed by Privatbrauerei Frankenheim (Warsteiner)
Style: Altbier
Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

Barrelly snout. Sweet, fruity, almost cherryish opening with lovely soft bready-malty afters. Some very woody, smoky malt and vinous notes. Rounded, balanced and very lacy. That characteristic Alt tang of bitter orange fruitiness. Just enough hoppy bitterness in the finish. A very accomplished specimen.

Bottle: Poured a dark brown with beige color head. Sweet syrup aroma and maltiness. Sweet caramel candy malt taste.

Bottled. Amberish brown colour with small off-white head. Aroma is malts, earth and hops with some metallic and plastic hints. Flavour is malts, slight fruits and fresh wood. Aftertaste and finish are quite bitterish, but still balanced up with caramel. A quite pleasant altbier.

Bottle. Brown with a yellowed head. Aromas are light roast malts with pepper, metal and earthy hops . Flavours are nutty and roasted malts with metal and hints of lemon. Dry and woody on the finish with some bitter dark chocolate. A tasty Alt.

Pours a copper-brown, with less than a half-inch of foam. A little bit of this cream-colored head sticks around for the whole the glass. It leaves pretty good lacing throughout. Slightly malty in the aroma, not a whole lot. Smooth toasted caramel malt in the flavor. There is some type of fruity malty flavor that I have only had in an alt that I don’t know how to describe. A slight bit of roastiness is in there too - subtle yet complex. Well carbonated with a medium body. A bit of spicy hops in the finish. Very clean, smooth, and drinkable.

Bottle lager glass. Malty aroma, with a touch of noble hops. Flavor has less sweet malts than the nose provides. Clear amber to light brown color. decent beige head. Nothing offensive but nothing exciting either. Not bad.

Vom fass (I’m sure) @ Fischhaus, Altstadt, Düsseldorf, Germany.
Served up a bright, tawny amber with a big, soapy, off-white head that surpassed through to the tails and laced well down the glass. Earthy, though sweetish, woody nose with just a touch of roasted grains, toffee and fell, over-ripe fruit. Mild, soft, frothy and dry in the mouth. Woody dominance gives it a Scottish fare. Tangy in back and slightly tannic as it moves on through into the swallow. Slightly nutty like pistachio and almonds, trails off woody also. Not much to it really, almost watery overall. It hit the spot right but the spot got tired and onto the next Brauhaus my wife and I went. Average Alt.

On draught, Aachen. Clear, deep copper with a thick, lacing offwhite head. Fruity aroma. Fruity and grassy hoppiness marry well with caramel malts flavours. Medium body, dry mouthfeel. Agreeable, but not übersexy.