Kutscher Alt

Brewed by Binding-Brauerei (Oetker Group)
Style: Altbier
Frankfurt, Germany

Bottled. Clear amber coloured with a rather small head. Sweet and malty with a weak hint of caramel. Somewhat hoppy finish. Too highly carbonated.

(Bottle 33 cl) Clear, orangey brown with an off-white head. Aroma of roasted malt. Medium body, light accents of roasted malt and a rather dry and hoppy finish. 210906

Just cuz it comes from Germany, doesn’t mean it will do the style justice. This one failed completely within style, although it was drinkable. Poured with the usual appearance, maybe a darker copper than many. Lacing was just ok. The main problem with this beer was the sweet caramel-like flavor, just way too much of it. Shows me right for trying an altbier outside the altiber capital of the world (had this in Wiesbaden). Mouthfeel was too sticky sweet. Cloying and very caramel-like. Tasted like an American knock-off of the altbier style.

On tap at Resi’s in Chicago. After many different glasses during a couple of weekends this was by far the favorite beer. Pours a medium caramel color with a nice off- white head. Aroma of caramel malts, rain fresh hops, slight yeast. Moderate sweet taste, caramel, with a compensating bitter hop follow. Very nice and my favorite at Resi’s.

bottle Clear ruby amber colour with a medium-sized foamy slightly off-white head. Toasty and caramel-malty aroma. Sweetbitter flavour, medium too light bodied, smooth mouthfeel. Sweet toasted malty taste with caramel and a vegetable note. Sweetbitter, slightly hoppy and quite thin finish. This Alt (from the river Main and not the Rhine) is way too sweet for my kind of taste.

Bottle ( bought by MoritzF): Amber to copper coloured, stable, medium-sized off-white head, sticking to the glass; sweetmalty nose, a tinge of molasses and caramel; quite dry malty, nutty flavour; in the finish some faint fruitiness and some bitterness coming very late. A mild, well drinkable Alt, pleasant............................

Dark brown black, filtered, some fizzy whitish head. Nose is roast, some sweet malts, and bittering hops. Taste is much of the same. Nice hint of nuttiness and spice at the end. Finishes clean and crisp. Sessionable.

Draft. Pours a dark brown color with a white head. nose is nutty, semi sweet malt, caramel. Very drinkable and smooth. notes of nuts, some caramel malt and a clean finish.