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.
Aaron says Great event, good beer.
February 7th, 2008
Thanks to Rett and The Herkimer for the great event.
For me, I’ve only been to The Herkimer a couple times before. First time I didn’t like any of the beers I tried. Second time one wasn’t bad. This trip has turned me around on the place.
The Alt was good but hard to dissect. I couldn’t really put my finger on what it was that I liked about it and even worse I couldn’t figure out what it was that I didn’t like about it. After awhile though, I realized I’d have no problem drinking a few of these. And I did. Thankfully with the magic of this site I can let other people describe the beer. I just can’t seem to do it. I can rate it, though!
Later in the night I met up with some other friends and drank some more. It seemed that all the staff there was recommending the Bock. It is indeed a really good beer there right now. If you head down to the Herkimer, I say try both the Alt and the Bock.
Staff last night was great and handled the large group well. Really friendly. I’ll be back.
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