Füchschen Alt

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

Bottle. Clear amber color with a average fair lacing off-white head. Aroma is light malty, roasted, notes of grain. Flavor is moderate sweet, acidic and bitter with a average duration. Body is light to medium, texture is watery, carbonation is soft, finish feel has a very short metallic pick. A beer where i think both flavor and aroma is not in balance.

Vom fass @ Brauerei Im Füchschen, Düsseldorf, Germany.
With the sun now beating down, the life arising in the streets of the morning - Summer ’06 - my wife and I now well fed at this lovely old, timber everything, Brauhaus, it was time for the Altbier to come out. Our Kobe - a lovely, English speaking chap - was all too happy to tell us about their beers, I on the other-hand just needed to taste it. From out the cavernous Brauhaus he presented two glasses of Alt, ticked the coaster and smiled before walking away. The glass began to sweat quickly, its contents a bright, tight, orange copper, quite still, with a ’Real-ale’ messy, frothy off-white head that would be the envy of CAMRA. Toffee, burnt sugar and ripe, tangy oranges on the nose with a degree of peppery spice guaranteed to tickle the nerve endings. Bitter sweet fruits in the mouth, juicy, quenching and tight. Toasted malt shows, provides a solid base for the ample fruit and onslaught of hops to follow as it moves across the palate. SilkTork once told me to simply swallow and not think about the beer so much, I could not do that here. This was juicy. Fresh picked hop buds seem to be still swimming in the fruit punch mix. Its finish is bitter, fruity, tangy but clean and oh so long down the back. The linger of fruit’s supplemented by dusty malt flavours, a little roasted malt even. In Düsseldorf, as with Köln, every one has their favourites and this was mine. A lovely Altbier, a lovely Brauhaus and a handsome tip for our Kobe. Prost Düsseldorf!!!

Gravity - Brown copper body, creamy off white head; Great super fresh malty nose balanced by a very little noble hop aromas; Very soft full texture on bitter body with a very little sticking sharp carbonation; Long fruity bitter finish, lots of really malty aromas some how grainy but in a very good way.............Bottled 04.05.06 (8-5-8-3-16=4.0) – Very beautiful deep amber body, huge white head leaving thick lacing; Balanced deep beautiful fresh nose with lots of different both malt and hop notes; Huge big bubbled carbonation (to much), pleasant bitter, fresh, superb balance; Long bitter finish, lots of complex aromas both malt and hop are very present. Very well made, very balanced beer. Looking very much forward to try this at its best.

At the brewpub. Copper color with golden hints, thick head. Very clean malt aroma with little hops. Rich malt with just enough hops to balance. Nice beer, but could stand to have a little more to it.

bottle; bought at the brewpub - pours a clear copper-red colour under a solid creamy beige head; solid earthy aroma with notes of pepper and aromatic hops; light to medium malt backbone, clean palate and with a strong bitterness; moderately dry and long bitter earthy and slightly nutty aftertaste - a great brew and a wonderful session beer

october 2006; 18 months old) courtesy of Laurent Mousson - pours a clear amber colour with a fine dark beige head; the nose shows some maderised notes along with earthy, almondy and nutty tones; fat mouthfeel; oily and sweet with a medium malt body; rather low bitterness; the finish is earthy and rather short with more nutty notes - at last I have been able to put my hands on this legendary Altbier ! (4/8/7/4/16)

Bottle. Clear copper body with a fluffy white head. The aroma is cookie-ish, somewhat herbal, with creamy hops. Palatable body with creamy hops and soft toasty malt. Fairly light, drinkable, but not entirely flavourful. Somewhat underwhelming.

Bottle shared with HogTownHarry, GregClow, jerc, mds & tupalev -- courtesy of mds. Pours a clear dark orange with a large foamy white head. Aroma is quite sweet and malty. Somewhat watery flavour of caramel malt and a light bitterness. Light bodied. It’s alright I guess, I’m not a fan of this style of beer.

Bottle shared with the regular crew plus MDS at Greg’s, MDS’ bottle. Sweet, malty, brown sugar aroma - toasty - too sweet for me. Dark brown, small white head. Taste isn’t too bad: tinny hops and malt, tea like character as well. Very easy to drink. Simple and effective. I’m not terribly fond of the style but this is good.