Widmer Brothers Double Alt (84/09)

Brewed by Widmer Brothers Brewing Company
Style: Altbier
Portland, Oregon USA

( 22oz bottle, courtesy of ilovedarkbeer ) Pours a deep amber body with a small beige head. Aroma of roastiness, raisins, toasted bread, grass, and molasses. Flavor of raisins, toasted bread, caramel, grass, cocoa, and molasses.
Earlier Rating: 6/28/2009 Total Score: 3.3
(22oz bottle, labeled “25th Anniversary Double Alt”) Pours mahogany body with a medium tan head. Aroma of roastiness, caramel, grain, and brown sugar. Flavor of caramel, toffee, roasted malt, and mild grassy hops.

Bottle... Clear, dark crimson ale with a mid-sized, creamy, khaki head. Good retention. Toasted, metallic aroma of singed toffee and nickel... I guess I’m just not a fan of German hop aromas – very metallic to me. Full-bodied and fairly silky with medium carbonation. Sweet, toasted biscuit, caramel and toffee followed by balancing, tannic hop bitterness. Lengthy, moderately bitter, roasty finish.

bottle. dark tawny brown, clear. patchy toasted bread crust of a head. nose is heavy caramel malt: vanilla extract, maple, caramel and toffee, light touch of wood, noble hops impart a rough aromatic texture without any sort of grassyness that would interfere with the malt. medium to full body, frothy and chewy with a rough edge of noble hop bitterness and toasted bread crusts. surprisingly drinkable, perhaps widmer got lucky with this one or perhaps it’s more of a mood beer with me, but at the time I enjoyed it. could do without the small amount of metal/glass bottle flavor that was present but overall it was better than expected.

Bottle: Mahogany ruby color with tan head, nose of oak, berry and molasses. Sweet maple and rich malty goodness. Pleasing caramellized flavor, intense but subtle balanced hops and light alcohol. Barleywineish but a slight roasty note.

Bottle shared by alexsdad06. Poured clear brown color with an average frothy off-white head that was mostly lasting with excellent lacing. Moderate toasted sweet malt aroma. Medium to full body with a smooth texture and soft carbonation. Moderate toasted sweet flavor with a medium bittersweet finish of moderate duration. A good drinkable beer.

Bottle. Head is initially small, frothy, light brown, mostly diminishing. Body is medium to dark brown. Aroma is lightly to moderately malty (caramel, toasted grain, husks), trace hops (herbs, resin), with notes of brown sugar and metal. Flavor is moderately to heavily sweet, lightly bitter. Finish is lightly to moderately sweet, moderately bitter, unclean, slightly husky. Medium to full body, watery texture, lively carbonation, lightly alcoholic, slightly metallic. A very clumsy rendition...little to appeal in the nose, and not very clean...unpleasant dirty aftertaste. A drain pour.

Bottle from South Bay Drug. Deep ruby amber color with a big beige head. Aroma of brown sugar/malt with some notes of raisin and grassy hop. Full body and mild carbonation. Flavor is fruity, grassy, malty, and maybe a tinge of chocolate. Finishes rather thick, pretty much malt. Overall a double alt seems to head towards a doppelbock. Which is fair, as an alt tends to head towards a lager. In both cases I think we get more flavor variations with top fermentation. I like this stuff. It is a bit gooey, but why should that be a problem?

Bomber poured a clear reddish brown with a lasting creamy amber head. Aromas of carmel, fruittiness, cocoa, brown sugar and toasted malt. Palate was medium bodied and smooth with a dry finish. Flavors of cocoa, carmel, brown sugar and light fruittiness with a smooth dry lingering malty finish.