Schumacher Alt

Brewed by Brauerei Ferdinand Schumacher
Style: Altbier
Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

(Bottle 100 cl) Beautiful amber with a fine, dense and very stable head. - a very goodlooking brew. Very roasted, malty flavours with a touch of smoke. Harmonious, balancing bitterness. Very fresh and delicious beer. 260203

1 L siphon. Pours clear and golden orange with a small white head. Light spiced and hoppy to roasted malty aroma. Medium sweet malty, light spiced and good roasted base. Ends mild bitter and slight roasted finish.

Cask at the brewpub. Lightly hazy copper colour. Very special estery nose with some sulphur and bubblegum. Dryish with rather clean mouthfeel and light body. Nice salty bitterness.

Bottle 100cl. w. swing top @ [ Ulfborg Tasting ].
Clear light to medium orange amber color with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is light to moderate malty, caramel, keller, light hoppy, orange shell. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average duration. Body is medium to light, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is soft. [20081218]

Draught. Dark red copper colour. Small stable creamy head. Fruity flavour with a bit of sewer. Bad bitterness ruining it for me. Hop aromatic. Too rough. 5 3 4 3 11

Draught at the brewpub. Weak fruity aroma. Clear dark copper colour. Big, stable light brown head. Clean roasted flavour, a bit fruity. By no means my favourite Alt. 5 3 6 3 12

Bottled (BBE Apr 2009, from Bov, thank you!). Amber colour, mediumsized beige head, nice lace. Aroma is wooden, a bit fruity with some earth and nutty notes. Flavour is bitter wooden notes along with some nuttyness and caramel malts. Wellbalanced and really nice.

Draught at the brewpub. Clear amber coloured with a creamy off white head. Malty aroma of fruits and caramel. Fruity flavour of malts, caramel and hops. Dry hoppy finish.

Lightest, fruitiest, and most mainstream brewpub alt in Dusseldorf.