Sweet, slightly hoppy aroma. Almost smells like a sweaty armpit- but somehow not in an offensive way. Mouthful of hop sharpness and dark malt blackness. Not sure of the hop used, but this malt flavor would be delicious with a more citrusy type of hop. Leaves you with a slight malt aftertaste. Beer is much tastier after it warms a bit to around 40, rather than the 35 right out of the fridge. The hops and malt seem to balance much better slightly warmer.
4 out of 5 Stars.
Faint, dry, hops aroma. Slightly sweet hop bite with a nice mellow malt taste right there with it. Finishes with a back and forth mixing of the malt and hops kind of fighting over who’s going to lead. Warming a bit seems to tame the sharpness of the hop bite and leave more malty aftertaste.
4 out of 5 Stars.
Slight sweet aroma. Full on dark malt flavor, like a stout. Finish is mostly malt with a lingering dark malt presence. Also a moderate hop presence lingering in the far background. Not as sweet as most browns I’ve had.
4 out of 5 Stars.
Sweet aroma of fresh hops, slightly sweet malt. Clean crisp taste with a clear hop rawness. Finishes fairly clean with a lingering pleasant hop flavor.
4 out of 5 Stars.
Full sweet hop & malt aroma. Sharp bite of hops with a malt sharpness as well. Leaves you with a moderately sweet malt flavor. Best by 6/23/14, drank on 2/7/14.
4 out of 5 Stars.
Faint sweet aroma. Nice clean malt flavor with clean, mild hop background. Leaves you with a slight taste of yeast mixed with malt, very mellow. Tastes very similar to Alt I had in Germany.
Had on tap at Griffin Claw Brewery.
4 out of 5 Stars.
Faint hop smell. Sweet flavor, not much hop taste except in aftertaste. Cask ale on tap at the brewery.
4 out of 5 Stars.
Slightly sweet aroma with a bit of malt smell. Crisp flavor that’s refreshing, not very hoppy. Followed by a nice even malt flavor then very little aftertaste. Bottle says unfiltered IPA with cascade hops.
4 out of 5 Stars.
Dry, sweet, hoppy smell. Crisp flavor with equal balance of hop and malt. Aftertaste is very clean malt taste, with lingerings of hop sweetness in the background. Without the slight sweetness, would be almost identical to the Dusseldorf alt beers.
4 out of 5 Stars.
Sweet aroma. Sharp bite combined with sweetness, which quickly fades and just leaves a kind of mouth-watering effect in your mouth. On bigger gulps, get a slight malt taste. Overall a big flavor rush that is fairly easy drinking. Got better add it warmed, killing of the overly sweet taste and just left the malt predominant. This 500ml can was from LCBO in Canada and labeling says it was actually brewed in Japan. Bought it on December 8th, date code on bottom reads “U/0126C H013”. I’m guessing that means Julian calendar date 126- or 126th day of the year.
4 out of 5 Stars.
