Uerige Alt

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

Draught. Low and quickly disappearing fluffy off/white head. Clear dark brown body. Sweet berries aroma. Relatively bitter malty caramel adic flavor with high carbonation and a long aftertaste.

Gravity from wooden casks at the brewpub. Darker than other local allts and certainly more bitter, this is another of my top 5 session beers. It has an earthy quality to it and a complex hoppiness that seems a mixture of english and continental flavours. You HAVE to drink a session in the tap to appreciate this excellent brew.

11.2 fl oz swing top bottle purchased at Metcalf Discount 135th Street in Overland Park, Kansas. Bottled on 25.11 Code 1225 printed on label. Pour is a murky orange dark brown with a foamy off white head. The one inch head falls slowly with pretty lacing. Aroma of brown sugar sweet maltiness with some orange citrus mixed in. Straw and grass mixed in as well. Taste is toasty malt, mild caramel and cooking brown sugar sweetness, and some bitter citrus in the back. The finish is fairly long, and is the earthy straw and grass from the nose. The taste lingers, with some mile oxidation as the beer warmed. Palate is on the flat side, medium to thin, nicely drinkable.

Dark amber-brown with a whitish foam. Aroma is mostly caramel, toffees, fruity, apples. Taste is apples again over caramel and sweet toasted malts, toffee, but a slightly off bitter cardboard note in the finish.

bottle exploded when i opened it. A cloudy brown hue with a frothy tan head, probably as a result of i exploding. Aroma was somewhat malty but also had an astringent note to it. Initially i thought the flavor was astringent but that quality had diminished some. Flavor had a nice mix of sweet caramel malts and some earthy notes to it. Some bitterness to it in the end. Some carbonation. Not bad, but i preffer doppel sticke better.

Beer pours a bottle glass brown with a thin off white tightly carbonated head. The nose is a mix of light caramel and a barnyard grassiness. The taste is malty grassy and dry with a hint of sweet fruit. The finish is tannic and lightly malty.

Flip-top bottle (BB 07/2009). Courtesy of bierkoning, thanks Edo! Deep amber color, good creamy beige head. Caramel nutty hoppy aroma, similar to some British bitters. Nutty, a bit caramelly flavor, long bitter aftertaste. Medium-bodied. Tasty altbier. As said, suprisingly similarities to some English ales (Bishops Finger etc).

Sampled from a 12 oz brown flip top bottle this beer poured a dark amber-brown color with a small beige head. The aroma was very strong caramel and light fruits. The flavor was strong fruit, caramel and molasses with a nutty undertone and a sour, tangy and nutty finish. There was an off flavor that just did not work for me. Ok.