Uerige Altbier (Classic) - Uerige Obergärige Hausbrauerei GmbH / Zum Uerige

MuddyFeet

North Carolina

3.75/5  rDev -5.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 3.5

Poured from a cask gravity keg, it is a see-thorugh brown in color. The color of stained wood, it matched the bar. There was no head, and no lace (product of the gravity keg). The alcohol was noticeable on the tongue. It definitely came across as stronger than the 6% listed here by the taste, but not sure about the effect. Hops were slightly noticeable but they were woven around a fruity flavor, but not particularly sweet. Bit of a bite. The alcohol flavor seemed to prevail over all else. It would be a good sipping beer, and it was a good beer, but not really something I would go looking for in the future.

Serving type: cask

06-27-2004 02:58:09 | More by MuddyFeet

ppoitras

Massachusetts

4.43/5  rDev +11.3%
look: 5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

11.2ozer purchased as a single from the Spirit Haus, Amherst, MA, in a cool-looking swing-top. Date Code is 14 04.

Poured into a Middle Ages imperial half pint glass, formed a thick 1/2" light toffee head over a clear, caramel-hued brew. Laced well. Aroma is lightly of yeast and malts. Taste is light malts upfront, with hops dominating the latter portion of the flavor. Expected a bit deeper malt character, but what do I know? (Note - As it warmed, a nutty characteristic became more pronounced, nice.) Mouthfeel excellent, and drinkability is endless. Maybe I can get a friend stioned in the Air Force in Germany to bring me back some fresh Uerige, so I can see how it can possibly be even better...

Serving type: bottle

06-26-2004 13:29:31 | More by ppoitras

GCBrewingCo

North Carolina

4.68/5  rDev +17.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.5

The beer poured an deep golden amber color with just a slight haze. The head was yellow and moussy which laced the glass, but more than that stood tall from the first swallow to the last.

The aroma was nutty with a Munich character (even though no Munich is used in the beer). Also present were some caramel and chocolate notes. No distinct hop aromas.

The flavor was definitely bitter but well achieved with some munich, chocolate and caramel flavors. The bitterness was assertive and well done.

The finish was dry and hoppy bitter into the aftertaste. The body was medium.

The flavor is huge in this beer with only a 4.5% ABV. The aroma could be a bit larger, but the flavor is the surprize of the day. Have to give it the whole enchilada for the flavor.

11.2 ounce swing top bottle mostly in German. Purchased at A Southern Season in Chapel Hill, NC.

Serving type: bottle

06-12-2004 20:26:59 | More by GCBrewingCo

vladtheimpaler

New Jersey

4.15/5  rDev +4.3%
look: 5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 5 | overall: 4

I have had both the bottle and a gravity fed cask (at the Old Bay in New Brunswick). Have to say that I think both were outstanding. This brew has a nice deep orange color, with a tannish head. The aroma has that peppery character that you get with a true Alt yeast strain. Flavor is very big for a 4.5% beer, with the malt and hops doing battle to the end. Easy to drink, if not tough to find.

Serving type: cask

06-07-2004 19:09:00 | More by vladtheimpaler

putnam

Michigan

4.97/5  rDev +24.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5

A grand downy mass rose over the hazel colored liquid...
f#@k that.
This beer ist unbedingt one of the besten alt biers I've ever tried. The aromas suggest lemon-candied-hay, shoe polish, frische hopfen, gun smoke und zwar - wie ist es moeglich - "brass sap."
Bottled on April 14, 2004.
On the palate it is generous with noble, walnut and cedar tannins that provide a base for emminently flowery green flower flavors. Silky and eager to melt, the texture is a dream.
For dry, nutty, brew art... this may be it.
As long as you like it herb, zehr trocken, or, in other words, as dry as an espresso-covered pine forest.

Serving type: on-tap

06-02-2004 18:39:32 | More by putnam

silenius

Illinois

4.72/5  rDev +18.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 5

This beer comes in a unique bottle that looks just like the Sticke picture.

It pours a slightly less than clear copper brown with a decent head that laces a bit.

Smells like bread, rootbeer, and honey.

Taste is refreshingly bitter with a long long clean bitter aftertaste. The rootbeer taste is ever so slight. The clean and crisp bitterness of the beer makes me give it a 5.

Mouthfeel is nearly perfect IMHO. Carbonation is smooth and light and the bitter and clean taste is great.

At 4.5% alcohol, it is an extremely drinkable beer. Give me another!

(Note: Don't try this one after having something BIG. The nuances of the beer are hidden if your palate has been exhausted by something like an Imperial Stout.)

Serving type: bottle

05-31-2004 16:11:28 | More by silenius

moulefrite

Massachusetts

5/5  rDev +25.6%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5

Good lord this is a pretty glass of suds! Just got in a case of this rather hard to come by brew and am pleased as punch. And, speaking of punch this baby gives a Champagne like burst when opened from its slumber in its awesome flip top format. The color is of the purest copper, and a sticky head with gracious stick and lace adds to the very elegant picture. A real treasure to behold. Ahh, and the aromas here are pure magic-clean as a whistle with fresh bready/malty nuances, gentle fruity esters, and magestic hop notes to boot. The mouthfeel is clean and crisp-quite dry and the finish is rather hoppy. Is this the ultimate session beer or what? Them damn Germans know how to make beer. Honestly, I can't think of a better beer for the style.

Serving type: bottle

05-27-2004 00:55:38 | More by moulefrite

Longstaff

Massachusetts

4.72/5  rDev +18.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

Semi dark brown colored malt body with a thick off white head. This alt covered all the spectrums of the other alts I had in Dusseldorf. Had a good hop nose from dry hopping? mixed in with a leathery, dank basement smell from the wooden kegs. Malty sweet but clean in the back of the throat in the beginning with a fresh hop flavor coming through in the middle. Strong hop presence in the bittering which left the mouth feeling dry and the tounge just a touch burned out from the hops. The best one I had in Dusseldorf.

Serving type: cask

10-01-2002 11:13:37 | More by Longstaff