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French Broad Altbier 3.24 81

French Broad Altbier

Percentile
70
overall

bottled
common

on tap
available

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
813.27/5.03.24/5.0Special5.5%73.5Kölsch/Altbier
Commercial Description:
A classic German style amber ale that’s seldom seen among American craft beer offerings. Rich and full-bodied with a complexity mass-produced beers cannot match. The finish is in perfect harmony with sweet crystal malts and a subtle noble hop profile.
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 blutt59 (2147), Dallas, Texas, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/513/20
Mar 13, 2009  
bottle, thanks to bu11zeye, clear golden orange with no head, ;pleasantly bitter with some fruitiness, not too astingent, good finisher


 Swalden28 (1514), McKinney, Texas, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Mar 13, 2009  
Bottle thanks to Bu11zeye. Pours a deep murky gold with off-white head. Aroma of some tart and funk. Flavor has some tartness, funk, reminds me of some sour cherry as well. Mouth feel is light-medium body, has a medium-high carbonation. Overall, not bad, pretty refreshing.....


 Palidor19 (1785), Brandon, Florida, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/55/103/510/20
Mar 11, 2009  
has got some malts, but there is a defentie taste of cough syrup. smooth yet has a nice fizzy complex. just a touch of the hoppy.


 nick76 (2678), Tampa, Florida, USA
2.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/104/54/102/58/20
Mar 11, 2009  
The aroma is sweet and medicinal with couch syrup, cardboard, floral hops, and malt. The appearance is deep amber with a huge head. The flavor is like the aroma. The palate is thin. Overall I don’t like this.


 nearbeer (1858), Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/104/513/20
Mar 4, 2009  
Bomber. Hazy orange-copper with a creamy half-inch head. Aroma is a faint mixture of earthy grass, toasted pecan, sour milk and dry cocoa. Flavors of bitter pecan shell, dark bread, green apple, dry grass and lightly soured milk. Near-medium body is acidic tingly, fairly smoothly carbonated, and finishes with a roasty-nutty dryness. Creamy lacing covers the glass. Not bad.


 Radek Kliber (3962), Toronto (Can) Krotoszyn (Pol), Ontario, Canada
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/512/20
Feb 26, 2009  
Bottle 650 ml
Appearance: Clear ale with good depth of amber. Large white snowy, creamy top. Fine lacing.4-
Nose: Soft hop feel , meadow with Saaz character , slight Saison slight funk. 7-
Flavor/Palate : Nutty front , soft mid oil body with softer amber malts. Straight , simplistic and decent. Introductory ALT rendering, something was missing in formula. Aroma was bit strange for Alt as well.


 zappafan99 (462), South Carolina, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/516/20
Feb 9, 2009  
Taste 2/9 bottle. Looks: Caramel body with a nice white top. Aroma: Mild sweet malt roast with a yeasty/sour undercurrent. Taste: A nice,clean medium body with the malt and yeast up front. A little bitterness in the finish.


 tronraner (1933), Seymour, Tennessee, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/514/20
Feb 9, 2009  
Bomber. Pours hazy amber with nice beige head. The aroma is leafy hops, toast, toffee, and some earthy spices. The flavor is an interesting nutty maltiness with an ever so distant leafy bitterness. Some toffee, caramel, and cola notes float around in there, too. Finish is slightly bitter and leaves a clean aftertaste. Not amazing, but very drinkable.



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