Uerige Sticke

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

Thick raison brown colored. Has a fairly complex sweet flavor. Probably wouldnt pick it up again, but certainly not bad., Just not a favorite style for me.

Swingtop with ethereal. Nose was earthy, woody and a bit cheesy. Looks of darkest amber, little lacy head, heavy sweet caramel notes with a wheighty alcohol taste. too fizzy, would be quite drinkable with a bit less carb.

Swingtop bottle pours a clear copper body that supports a lush beige head. Mostly malt aroma with toffee and caramel, complimented by spicy and floral hops. Taste is a pleasant balance of caramel toasted malty sweetness and bitter hops for balance. The hops seem to have notes of soft fruit, florals and a vague earthiness. Really nice alt.

Interesting. Some lager type characteristics. Clean taste. Fresh earthy/piney hops. crisp finish. I’m not sure I like it, but it was a cool beer to try.

Beautiful amber color, and a really impressive bottle. Not much of an aroma, or a taste for that matter. Somewhat acidic/bitter, a little bit of sweetness in the aftertaste. Didn’t enjoy it.

On draught. Cloudy brown pour with a medium frothy off white head. Aroma of malt, caramel and smoke. Taste of bacon, yeast, malt and faint spices. Lasting slightly bitter smokey finish.

great session beer, if only it were cheaper. I can’t justify the $8 purchase of a bottle of this, but oddly enough I found a bottle for $3 at a beer bar. Lots of malts here, and not many hops to balance it. It tastes pleasantly full and lightly alcoholic. Exactly the type of beer I could have 8 of in one night and not tire from it. Nice caramel taste to it.

Uerige Sticke’s distinctively craggy bottle and its ambiguously pointed super "U" give it a prominent place on the beer shelf no matter what height it sits at. The long, gun-barrel pour whips up a clotted and webby head, its many bubbly threads clinging tenuously to the glass. The acorn colored liquor is murky and hazy, hinting at a well developed and assertive flavor. Verification comes in the aroma where an array of spices affix themselves to strong and obstreperous flavors - cinnamon with honey, raisin with leather, all-spice with wildflower. The alcohol is strong too, accentuating the stinging leather flavor to a chemical burn. The obligatory hops profile merges with the spices to produce Uerige’s distinctive tongue raking sensation, but is subtly tamed by a droplet or two of white grape juice sweetness. Despite the Uerige’s aromatic assault, furiously engaging the olfactory with a barrage of intense, pungent rounds, the flavor is unusually plain and neutral. A quick dip of the tongue in the beer invokes a springtime flowerbed, tempered by an unexpected cloud of chalk and dust. This transmogrifies what would otherwise be a nice, pure floral note into a aged, senescent potpourri - not too palatable. Hops and grapefruit escort Uerige the rest of the way to a brief aftertase, after which the beer’s extravagant carbonation muddles any remaining flavor, criss-crossing the taste with cutting bubbles. It is yet another case of a beer’s internecine flavor profile, with an over eager carbonation vying against the delicate flavors for control of the palate. The carbonation almost always wins. With a mouthfeel wresting control of the flavor and hijacking my tastebuds I can’t help but think the beer is a bit of a bust, but let me tell you, the bottle makes an incredible infused oil container for those of you who are culinarily inclined. Might even be worth the pricetag.