Obtuse German brown ale brings dry-hopped burnt toast entry to barley-roasted chestnut dirge, settling into metallic honey-malted astringency similar to non-alcoholic O’Doul’s Amber and closer to inferior copper ales. Wood-charred earthen grain bitterness reflects smoky character well.
Tag Archives: altbier
UERIGE STICKE ALTBIER
HACKER-PSCHORR ALT MUNICH DARK
HARPOON ALT ALE
Busy limited edition single batch reddish copper altbier juxtaposes toasted caramel sweetness and candied sugar coquetry against tamped down earthy hops and fresh hay serendipity. Cola nut and herbal tea illusions back fruited midst as wheat cracker serenade infiltrates oncoming copper ale-like tinniness.
HEAVYWEIGHT STICKEN JAB ALT BEER
(HOLSTEN) DUCKSTEIN ALE
LONG TRAIL ALE
LONG TRAIL DOUBLE BAG DOUBLE ALT ALE
Gripping German stickebier (defined as a heavily malted ‘secret brew’) brings toasted white breading and caramelized mineral grain compression to raw-honeyed orange souring. Metallic whim dessicates ancillary dark cherry, raisin, fig, plum and plantain illusions. Sugar-wafered citric-floral spicing softens slack toasted nuttiness. Mild hop bitterness overrun by acidic alkaloid astringency that sometimes encumbers protracted flavor profile. And despite its unassuming nature, 7.2% alcohol flow makes for woozy boozing.