Week 6 of 52
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.
manofwy says Butterscotch Candy
February 6th, 2008
The first sip of the Alt seemed like something other than beer. It took a couple of sips to determine what that taste was - butterscotch! You know that butterscotch syrup that you put over ice cream. I don’t recommend using beer over ice cream. It was creamy and sweet but not syrupy. I do recommend Bailey’s Irish Cream over chocolate ice cream but that’s a different story. All in all, I was able to get past the butterscotch taste and enjoy the brew. I also very much enjoyed the company and hope that we will have more meet ups during the year.
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