Simple Means
(has 1 batch)
Jester King Brewery in Austin, Texas, United States 🇺🇸
Altbier Rotating Out of Production|
Score
6.59
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Simple Means — Smoked Farmhouse Altbier. Altbier simply means “old beer” in German, and is traditional to the city and surrounding area of Düsseldorf, Germany. Altbier is a style that excites us because of its simplicity and drinkability. It’s easy to lose count of how many glasses of Altbier you’ve had in a session.
For our take on an Altbier, we felt the toasty notes from the malt played well with a fairly restrained dose of smoked malt. We added 23% beechwood smoked malt from Weyermann to a base of pale barley malt from Blacklands Malt. We then brewed with a fairly large dose of Perle hops at the start of the boil to keep the acidity in the beer from mixed culture fermentation at bay. Overall, Simple Means is an exercise in simplicity and restraint and is just good beer for drinking in our opinion.
For our take on an Altbier, we felt the toasty notes from the malt played well with a fairly restrained dose of smoked malt. We added 23% beechwood smoked malt from Weyermann to a base of pale barley malt from Blacklands Malt. We then brewed with a fairly large dose of Perle hops at the start of the boil to keep the acidity in the beer from mixed culture fermentation at bay. Overall, Simple Means is an exercise in simplicity and restraint and is just good beer for drinking in our opinion.
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6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Tap at CBC 2016 Green session, poured a clear dark red with a thin broken off white head. The aroma is mineral veggie. The flavour is earthy mineral with a light watery veggie palate. Light bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
on 14 May 2016
at 12:43
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5
Bottle at Saraveza Farmhouse Festival, pours a deep dark amber brown with a small off-white head. Aroma is fairly smoky and earthy, with tart barrel notes. Flavour is very earthy and smoky, with lots of fir needles. Very murky and dirt-like. Not good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Mar 2016
at 23:40
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at Jester King. Pours a dark cloudy amber with small off white head that lasts. The aroma is strong smoke, dark fruit, wood, char. Medium mouth, dark fruit, bready malt, light roast and smoke finish, good.
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Feb 2016
at 15:01