Altbier
Top Out Brewery in Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland 🏴
Altbier Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.35
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A German classic with a Scottish twist. An ‘Alt’, as it is often called, means ‘old’ and refers to a style which pre-dates lagers. It is a dark, malty beer with a decent dose of German hops. Düsseldorf in the west of Germany is home to the style where it’s still made in brewpubs in the old town and beyond.
Hops: Admiral, Perle, Tettnager
Hops: Admiral, Perle, Tettnager
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7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
500ml bottle from the brewery, pours brown with a off white head. Aromas & tastes of fruits, caramel, toffee, honey, hints of spice, bread & malt. Medium body. Malty finish. Very enjoyable
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Jan 2025
at 18:44
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On tap at Brewdog St Andrews Oct 2020. Pours lightly hazed red brown with a beige head. Aroma: malty, bread, yeast, toffee, honey. Taste: light to moderate sweet & bitter, caramel, berries, light spicy. Medium body with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
on 14 Dec 2020
at 22:51
4.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Gravicask at the 23rd St Albans Beer & Cider Festival. Muddy orange coloured body, filmy layer dotted spots on the glass. Earthy malts and wheat on the nose. Grain malty flavours, hints of ripe fruits. Doughy on the swallow. So and so. (Shared with Finn, 27.09.2018).
Tried
from Cask
on 10 Oct 2018
at 12:12
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
28/9/2018. Cask at the St Albans Beer & Cider Festival 2018. Pours cloudy pale brown with a small bubbly off-white head. Aroma of malt, light chocolate, hops and fruit. Moderate sweetness, light bitterness. Moderate body, slight watery texture, soft carbonation. Ashy finish developing. Fair.
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Sep 2018
at 10:31
3.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 3.5
Gusjegråbrun. Filmskum langs glasset. Anonym aroma. Spor av karamell. Smaken sagflis & aprikos. Tørr ettersmak.
Tried
on 27 Sep 2018
at 15:51
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Gravity cask at the Green Duck brewery, Stourbridge. Pours murky brown with a small head. Aroma is nutty, milky yeast, a tad burnt. Taste has nutty, milky yeast and a little bread.
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Oct 2017
at 23:54
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Third of a cask pint at the Scottish Real Ale Festival in Edinburgh’s Corn Exchange on 7th July 2017. Poured slightly misty, the colour and dark amber with a red hue, head was off-white. Decent go at an Altbier, had the malty backbone and hop bitterness most Dusseldorf brews have and I really enjoyed it.
Tried
from Cask
on 31 Jul 2017
at 01:19
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask (gravity) @ NBF 2015 [ The 40th. Nottingham Beer Festival (The 8th Robin Hood Beer and Cider Festival) ], Nottingham Castle, Friar Lane, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England NG1 6EB. [ As Top Out Altbier ].Clear medium to dark orange amber color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, caramel. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average to long duration, sharp, pale malt. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20151007] 6-3-6-3-12
Tried
from Cask
on 13 Jan 2017
at 09:40
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Slightly hazy red beer. Bitter malty aroma, light fruit. Bitter earthy malt, apple, toffee. Bit watery body but nice.
Tried
on 21 Oct 2016
at 11:45
5.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 3.5
5th April 2016
42nd Floor Tasting. Thanks to Paul. Hazy amber beer, thin cream colour head. Palate is light and dry, decent fine carbonation. Apples. Thin dry malts. Dry spicy finish. Bleh!
42nd Floor Tasting. Thanks to Paul. Hazy amber beer, thin cream colour head. Palate is light and dry, decent fine carbonation. Apples. Thin dry malts. Dry spicy finish. Bleh!
Tried
on 10 Apr 2016
at 08:48