J.T. Whitneys Alt

Formerly brewed at J.T. Whitneys Pub & Brewery
Style: Altbier
Madison, Wisconsin USA

Amber color with a nice white head. Barley dominated and very earthy. Very bitter and quite harsh. Light hops along with some caramel.

On draught at the brewpub in Madison, Wisconsin. Pours a semi-clear copper amber brew with a thin and fast dissolving off-white head that leaves behind a fine film and off-white ring. Aroma of semi-dry caramel malt, a touch of citrus zest, some circus peanuts, and earthy herbs. Taste is medium bodied, lightly carbonated with flavors of toasted caramel malt, light citrus zest and earthy herbs. Finish is semi-dry with a caramel and mild bitter aftertaste. Nice alt compared to some of the ones I’ve tried in Dusseldorf.

On tap at the brewpub. Copper with a thin off-white head. Aroma of caramel, sweet malt and some earthy hops. Taste of caramel, dark malts, sweet malts, lemon, earthy hops and pine with a mild bitter finish. One of the better beers at the brew pub.

Date: 06/22/2007
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub

clear amber, wispy fine off white head, streaks of lace, sweet caramel malt aroma with a light candy character, big body, lots of candied caramel flavor, light bitterness adds complexity rather than balance,

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.4/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **+/4

Translucent and magnifying buffed copper-bronze in color with a mystical, atmospheric white cloud swirl for the head. Clean, minimal aroma gets us some earthy noble hops, recently cleaned milkhouses, acidic wafers, and bitter toffee. There’s even a signature green bottle skunkiness to it, leading with great trepidation into the flavor. Butterscotch sets in with a nutty praline connotation. Toffee bark and peanut brittle duke it out and somehow come out with a circus peanut composite. Earthy, moldy, authoritative hop display. Barky cardboard ransacked with rain water and caramel ribbons. It’s fairly authentic when it comes to style. Brown paper bags, mildly toasted by candlelight, and fading praline bark give a dynamic aftertaste, however hollow the middle was before it.

Amber Coloring. Watery. Some Hops. Dry. Decent Overall, But Not a Whole Lot Going on in This Brew.

Light amber color with no head. Kind of a dry wood aroma. Another dried item in the flavor, this time barley. Heavily carbonated which caused it to be kind of harsh on the tongue. Eh, didn’t do much for me.

Amber color with a small bubbled cream colored head. Dry dark caramel aroma. Dry malt start leading to sweet caramel and toffee flavors. Nice malty brew. Finishes with a dry floral hops bitterness. A solid alt.