Uerige Alt

Brewed by Uerige Obergärige Hausbrauerei
Style: Altbier
Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

(Bottle 50 cl) Clear brown with a reddish hue and a fine, creamy head. Lightly roasted malty with notes of caramel. But a sharp bitterness dominates this - almost too overpoweringly bitter. 080303

(Bottle) Pours a hazy chestnut brown body with a small white head. Aroma of toasted malt, raisins, mild florals, licorice, cola, and maple syrup. Taoste malt flavor with caramel, dark fruit, and a hint of burnt and bitterness in the finish.

Brown/red with a frothy head and big spots of lace. Malty and bitter aromas. Some earthy and nuttiness to the nose. Flavor is mostly bitter with hints of nuts and warm malts. A little astringent. A bit of fruitiness to it. The finish is sharply bitter. Not too bad.

I suppose I was spoiled by the doppel-sticke, but the regular version of this alt did nothing for me. Yes, there was some clean bitterness and some light fruity (grapey-pear) notes, but the overall effect was underwhelming. Nice color and head, though.

Another favorite of mine. I enjoy the Sticke only a little more than this basic version.

Pours a cloudy amber color with a medium diminishing offwhite head. Very good aroma of noble hops, caramel, spices and fruits (pears). Very good flavor, particulary spicy with noble hops, caramel and fruits. The body has a light to medium thickness with an oily texture and prickly carbonation. I’ve never been a big fan of alts but recently I took notice of the potential of this style, which is a good thing since this one is excellent.

At the source. Gravity fed out of the wooden barrel, how can I not give it a 5 on appearance. Served in a 25cl glass. Whenever you get a beer the waiters put a tick mark on your coaster and you settle up in the end. Nice white head on top. Amber color beer. Somewhat more bitter than some of the other Alts in Düsseldorf. There is very little hop aroma. Goes down dry and bitter.

(330 ml swing-top bottle: Obtained in trade with jasonp, thanks Jason!) Gorgeous bottle, and a gorgeous beer. The amber body is fairly hazy on the pour, but not hazy enough to prevent me from seeing the dark particles suspended in the beer. A creamy, off-white head rises to over an inch in height, and very slowly diminishes to a thin but stiff and persistent layer. The nose on this beer is actually less aromatic than expected, and it’s grainy and grassy. Somewhat of a grainy maltiness in the flavor as well, with a fairly prominent hoppiness that seems fairly grassy. Light-medium in body, clean and fairly crisp. Pretty nice beer, but nothing special to me.