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Alt Bier at the Herkimer
February 4th thru 10th
Brewer's Description
Copper-colored and hoppy, this beer is most easily compared to a German form of a pale ale. Popular around Dusseldorf, the name means simply "old" and recalls a time before Germany made primarily lagers. This beer features a high bitterness and aroma characteristic of generous additions of hops to the brew.
Alt Bier was a Gold Medal winner at the 2007 Great American Beer Festival.
Overall Rating based on 20 reviews
3.8 of 5 stars
Brewery Information
The Herkimer Pub & Brewery
Minneapolis, Minnesota
theherkimer.com
The First Brew52 Meet Up
Over 50 Brew52'ers met up at the Herkimer on February 6th at 6pm to hang out and taste the Alt Bier!
Photography
Check out some photos from the event on Erin's flickr set.
atankgirl says “Alt love you. No, seriously, Alt LOOOOVE you.”
February 9th, 2008
So, to my surprise, Alt was the name of the beer we were tasting, not the fancy schmany brand that Rett made to symbolize our Alt[ernative] meet-up this week. Also, to my surprise, this beer was INCREDible. It was like Newcastle (my all time favorite) on flavor steroids. Unfortunately for me, I was low on sleep, heavy on homework, and responsible for driving Nick back home, so I limited myself to just one (amazing) glass. I loved every last sip of it . . . dare I say, this is my first 5 star beer?!
Feb 10th, 2008 at 7:42 pm
Ha! That’s awesome, too bad you had to find out that I didn’t design that logo. Oh and maybe we’ll have to look into doing a party bus for one of our meet-ups…now we’re on to something