Füchschen Alt

Brewed by Brauerei Im Füchschen
Style: Altbier
Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

Bottle. Sweet, the smell of bread and brown cookies. A small white frothy head which is mostly diminishing. The body is orange-red. The beer starts light bitter and is later on even more bitter. The duration is average. On the palate the beer has a light to medium body, a soft carbonation and a very dry texture. Very refreshing

Draught. Clear amber coloured with a white head. Malty aroma of hay and hops. Sweet flavour of malts, hay and hops. Dry hoppy finish.

[on tap at brewpub] Very nice toasted malt aroma with some noble hops--a little dusty, though. Clear light brown with lacy white top and lasting flanel blanket. Quite ascertive bitterness in front of a sort of sour/young flavour. Some toastiness and weak hops flavour as well. Light to medium body with medium carbonation. Refreshing.

Tap, march 07. Dark copper colorr, solid but not-so lasting white head. Some caramel and skunky aroma. Taste is toffee, bittersweet and some skunk. Light palate, short aftertaste. Middle of the road alt.

Cask at the brewpub. Clear amber, small creamy head. Pungent, almost aggresive fruity nose leaning towards plums and metal. Dryish with fairly clean mouthfeel. Lightly spritzy, grassy and ashy with some minerals and salty finish. A good altbier with a pleasant depth of flavours.

Thanks Norm for this beer hand bottled from the bright tanks and bought back from Germany faster than a UPS over night package. Crisp with notes of pepper, cookies and hops FUCKING OUTSTANDING !!!!!!!!&# Norm also bought back an interesting hefe made by this same guys that was equally as good. Page 244 of Michael Jackson’s Great Beer Guide only 361 out 500 Classic Brews to go.

Intensely lacy clear red measure capped with snowy foam. Bitterly dry and hoppy mit und touch of metallic orange fruitiness. Fresh and fruity at first with a biting hoppiness and bready afters that bitter even more in combination with food. Especially if it’s grossmutter’s gobstopper-sour raw herring special. Draught samples at Brauerei Im Fuchschen.

Draught at the brewpub. Slightly hoppy aroma, with spicy hops. Clear copper colour, stable tan head. Medium bitterness with a little cream in the aftertaste. Good, creamy mouthfeel, making it very süffig. Very well-balanced and a good session beer.