Leavenworth Eightmile Alt

Brewed by Fish Brewing Company/Leavenworth Beers
Style: Altbier
Olympia, Washington USA

Tap @ Front Door: Clear amber color with a light head. The nose is lightly caramelly with lots of diacetyl and subtle molasses. The flavor has a tinge of hops and nutty character; a creamy body and very mellow impact. Still tons of diacetyl though as you drink it. I like how creamy and smooth it is but past that, there’s nothing to look at. Double bagger?

Bottle from Liquid Solutions. Pours a dark reddish amber with a slight white head. Aromas of spice and malt. This is an alt? Medium body with mild carbonation. Flavor is firm brown malt with minimal hop. A little bready/nutty. Some grassy hop bitter in the finish. On reflection, it is an alt. Just forgot those can be tasty. Which this is.

Bottle poured a clear brown with a lasting creamy tan head. Aromas of earthiness, burnt carmel and light cocoa. Palate was light to medium bodied and crisp. Flavors of earthiness, toasted malt, light carmel and a hint of cocoa with a crisp lingering malty finish.

12-oz. bottle. Appears to be either an alias or a re-name of their existing altbier, except with more Marshall Mathers flavoring. Two altbiers for one PNW brewery just seems like too many, anyway. Pours a murky dark brown with a wispy and very trnasient grayish head. Zzzz. Big earthy, slightly peppery, wet-leaf-y nose. Bold! Light watery body. Earth, wet leavess, a little toast on the mid-palate, dryingly roasty finish. Seems to pick up some iced tea in there somewhere along the way, but not too much; definitely not out of balance with it. Really a nice clean, drinkable effort.

Toasty aroma with light sweetness, touch of earth and light hops. Pours amber with a thin head. The flavor is mostly toasty and a little sweet. Some hop bitterness cleanses the palate in the finish.

Bottle:   Caramel in color, thin sudsy off-white head, sparce lacing.   Basement malts, wet and damp, slight cardboard.   Much the same on the tongue.   A little mealy and metallic on the backside.   Thin, well at least seems a little lighter than most.   Faint biscuit.   A little too light for my tastes.   Not good...

Pint – Fish Tale Brewery – Olympia, WA
Good dark color nice use of malt and hops. This really had a good hops flavor and added flavors to make this a neat Altbier.

Brilliant amber color with a fleeting white head. Spicy caramel aromas. Medium body. Decent spicy, toasted caramel flavors. Nicely bitter finish.