Uerige Sticke

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

Cloudy dark brown with a thin off-white head. Pleasantly earthy hop aroma. taste is malty with a strong undercurrent of bitterness and a dark, spicy hop finish. Very earthy and solid. Very tasty.

’01 Vintage. Brown sugar and vinuous aroma. Deep copper appearance with a full palate. Light malt flavors with some dust. Probably past its prime for a few years. Need to re-rate after sampling a fresher batch.

(Bottle, "bottled on 31.01.") Pours a brownish amber with a smallish biege head. Aroma: maltiness plus some brown sugar and caramel. Pretty good lacing. Great body, mouthfeel nice and chewy. Flavor: reserved malt caramel sweetness with some sourishness in finish - don’t think this is a bad bottle, so guess the sourishness is supposed to be there.

I was very excited to see this beer on the shelf the other day! Late last spring I picked up a bottle of the regular Uerige Alt and man, I loved the stuff! It was pretty pricey, as was this at $4.45 a bottle but man it’s freaking tasty! I was told that the Florida only got 14 cases for the entire state, and one of my local homebrew shops bought up 5 of those, which should last another couple of weeks.

Pours a dark copper body with a bountiful light tan head. The aroma and flavor offer a full dose of caramel malt and certainly a heap of pilsner malt. Slightly toasty, toffee notes, toasted wheat bread similarities. The hops are very refined.. I think they are more present in the aroma and then again in the lingering finish than anything else. Nice oaky woodsy suggestions. - Man.. Something just made me think about an old girlfriend I had many years ago… Every time I think of oak like flavors I always think of her for some odd reason. Maybe because we did a lot of camping and drinking beer around the camp fire…. I’m a strange dude aren’t I! - Anyway, The finish this a delicate inter-tangled combo of toasted malt and dry tarty hops. Now this is a beer I could drink year round and enjoy each and every drop of without ever feeling routine.

Had this one bottled. Medium reddish color, somewhat effervescent, very little head, quite hoppy and bitter with notes of orange, lemon and banana, fading quickly into a nutty taste at the back of the palate.

33 cl bottle on 1/22/2008. Nearly clear deep orange/mahogany under a frothy medium light tan head. Toffee like aroma with hints of pine, spice, and vanilla. Medium body and carbonation, mild astringency that leaves a dry palate. Up front bitterness over a backdrop of caramel sweetness that remains well hidden. Finish is long and mildly bitter. A toned down version of its big brother, Doppelsticke, but very good in its own right.

Pretty standard, but pretty tasty nonetheless. Hops are a little more present in this one, beautiful lacing! Sweet nutty caramel notes, some light frutiiness, slightly bitter finish.

Crushed with Jakebra. Surprised this one is only 6.5 abv. So much body it feels like it has to be higher. Very bitter but also compllex flavor. Gives me a bit more faith in Uerige after the last two Ive tried.