Uerige Doppel Sticke

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

11.2 oz bottle into a Dopplebock glass. Pours a light amber brown with a tree barkish color that is see-through. Very small white head that hugs the immediately. Aroma is heavy of carmalized malt, hints of alcohol, plums, and other fruit. Smells a lot like a barleywine. Flavor brings to the palate much of the nose, but on a lighter level. Tastes of sweet malt, plum, maple syrup, and tiny notes of citrus and hops. Has a very light barleywine style taste to it. Does not linger all that long. Definitely something I would drink many times again.

Slightly cloudy orange pour with white head and some lacing. Good malt with ester coming through the aroma. Flavor was close to a wheat with some citrus. Hops in the aftertaste.

Had at SIB. Dark amber & small head. Sweet malt aroma with hints of maple. Very smooth malt sweetness. Good hop balance at the finish. Good thickness. Yeasty flavor is light. Tasty..

Poured a clear mahogony with a thin white head that faded quickly. Aroma is very pleasant, sweet crystal malts and an herbal hop character blend nicely. Flavor is interesteing, It starts out with a root vegtable taste than quickly floes into sweet caramel malts with spicy, and very herbal hops. The strength of the hop flavor is reminiscent of American style barleywines but this one has the destinctive German hop taste. A full bodied sweetness combats the hop bitterness for the finish and lingers in the mouth for a long time. Definately unique.

Cloudy amber hue, with a beige head, leaving lacing, sweet caramelized malt, toffeeish accent, bready and cookie dough, hint of candied orange or clementine peels fruitiness, toasted grains in the aroma follows through on medium-bodied palate with a nice caramelized malt character, with a toffeeish and candied dry orange peels fruitiness, with a sweet dark malty alcoholic note, finishes with a malty sweet candied citrus fruits and faint hops bittering finish.

Pours a hazy, dark amber into a stein. Microbubble head with significant staying power. Roasted caramel and sweet dried fruit notes. Creamy fig and date with a lasting bitter hop finish.

11 oz bottle-pours a big creamy tan head with bronze/red color. Aroma is apple, cherry, malt, dark caramel. Taste is sweet, an effervescent tingling on the lips/tongue, medium malt, alcohol, background hops, dark fruit. First ½ seems like a good occasional beer, 2nd ½ mellows a bit, nicer.

Poured with a decent initial head that turned to a thin covering and minor lacing. The aroma was malty (caramel) with a slight burnt touch. Light hopping was also detectable. The flavor was surprisingly rich, with a somewhat sweet malty base (caramel malts indeed) under a strong hops presence. The alcohol didn’t hide much better than the hops (but wasn’t offensive) and this one was somewhat like an Imp. IPA / hoppy barleywine. Mouthfeel was thick and creamy. August ’06 update: only brewed once for the US market, unable to order on site in Uerige, although they do display the bottle behind one of the bars.