Lucky Labrador Crazy Ludwigs Alt

Brewed by Lucky Labrador Brewing Company
Style: Altbier
Portland, Oregon USA

Draft. A copper colored beer with a lazing beige head. The aroma is sweet maltyh with hoppy notes of grass. The flavor is sweet malty with notes of caramel and grass as well as light notes of grapefruit. The body is thin. Good for an IPA, but nowhere near an Alt.

Draught at the brewpub. Clear amber. Sweet, fruity and salty. Fairly malty with soft mouthfeel, yet dominated by spicy hops. More of a hop monster than an altbier, but the combination is interesting.

Date: September 19, 2009
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub
Appearance: clear amber, fine beige head, drippy lace
Aroma: seeet caramel malt aroma, nice bready character
Flavor: sweet caramel and bready flavor, light earthy bitterness
Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.2/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **+ /4

Dark amber, cloudy. Flowery pnw hop aroma. Hint of sticky malt. Sticky, resiny hops - not too bitter, though, with caramel sweetness. Fresh, off-dry character. Definitely not an alt but a nice beer.

(RBSG04) Clear, light copper body with beige head. Aroma is meidum sweet, grapefruit, caramel. Taste is medium sweet, grapefruit, some pine, caramel. Medium body with resin. I like, but this beer is certainly not to style with the 3Cs of hops.

On tap at Lucky Labrador, Quimby St. Portland. Cloudy, red/copper with lasting beige head. Interesting citrus hop aroma, some sour berry as well. Quite a fruity aroma, some gooseberry. Interesting hops and fruits, bit of sourness. I liked it. Herby hop.

Tap@Lucky Labrador. Doesn’t really taste like an alt to me. Loads of American hops in here. Lychee/piney hops and toffee-ish malts, still pretty tastey, I like the name too.

Orange, light orange and bread nose... soft palate, very smooth, with a soft creamy flavor, very light. A good roughness that lasts long into the finish with some mildly roasted bread and grain flavors.