7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
(33cl swing top bottle) Slightly hazy, chestnut-brown colour with a medium-sized foamy and quite persistent tanned head. Sweet toast-malty aroma with caramel, cinnamon and liquorice-spicy notes, also delicate but aromatic herbal hops and light fruity accents. Dark malt-character, slightly toasted and almost perfectly rounded up with spicy notes (cinnamon, liquorice, cough-syrup) and a delicate, subtle fruitiness; long and lasting initially sweet, later strong bitter hoppy finish. Very aromatic strong “Alt”, which tastes more like a Barley Wine. For me (being beer-socialized in Germany), it definitely lacks session-qualities, hence I prefer the “normal” Sticke (03.01.07).
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Feb 2007
at 11:35
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Ledgers; nose of dark fruit, caramel malt, spices, and brown sugar; Brown with a medium tan head; flavor is hoppybitterness, along with caramel, spices, figs, and a nice bitter hop finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Feb 2007
at 18:22
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
500ml bottle from Battersea BF 2007 drunk on the train on the way home. Deep chestnut colour with thick lasting beige head. I enjoy the slightly off flavours of this beer. Gives it individuality/character with the sliight sour/slight over burnt cereal aroma. Some sour orange zest on aroma. Clean toffee and then this slight clementine/sour orange pith on finish. I love the toasty malt finish on this. There’s even some peppery hop. Certainly the best German beer I’ve had today. Crisp carbonation lends to the peppery hop. Nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Feb 2007
at 07:12
4.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle at the brewpub. Cloudy yellow colour. Semi-stable, creamy white head. The flavour is very subtle, has a little citronvand. Not much wheat beer character, no banana or anything like that. No flaws, though.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Feb 2007
at 07:59
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Draught at the brewpub. Slightly fruity aroma, some spicy hoppiness. Very dark copper colour, almost brown. Unstable head. The flavour also has spicy hops, some sweet malt character and medium bitterness. Easily drinkable. Not complex, but well-balanced. 6 3 6 3 15
From the wood at BBF12. Spicy hop aroma. Clear dark brown colour. Small stable off-white head. Good spicy hop flavour. Clean and good. 7 3 7 3 16
From the wood at BBF13. Good spicy hop aroma. Clear amber/brown colour. Good stable off-white head. The flavour has the same good spicy hop note as the aroma. Flavourful and refreshing. 7 3 7 3 16
From the wood at BBF12. Spicy hop aroma. Clear dark brown colour. Small stable off-white head. Good spicy hop flavour. Clean and good. 7 3 7 3 16
From the wood at BBF13. Good spicy hop aroma. Clear amber/brown colour. Good stable off-white head. The flavour has the same good spicy hop note as the aroma. Flavourful and refreshing. 7 3 7 3 16
Tried
on 15 Feb 2007
at 07:56
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Vanilla/orange fruitcake aroma (initially had a wet wood/cardboard aroma that faded after setting for a few minutes. Yellow-amber color with small but long lasting head. Dried orange malt with strong citric hops finish - not cloying though. A great sipping beer - in a class by itself - a doppel-alt.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Feb 2007
at 20:31
8.3/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Hopfiger, etwas säuerlicher (dennoch sehr angenehmer) und überaus aromatischer Geruch, der allerdings nicht im Entferntesten an Altbier erinnert. Der Antrunk ist sehr (sehr!) würzig und tief malzern, was sich im Mittelteil noch etwas steigern kann. Hier zeigt sich eine leichte Alkoholnote, die nicht weiter stört, da süßlich überdeckt. Das Doppel Sticke bleibt im Abgang süß, ein herbes Aroma gesellt sich hinzu, wird durch die gleichzeitig aufkommende Hopfigkeit aber fast schon in den Hintergrund gedrängt.. Weiterhin ist das Bier sehr aromatisch und vollmundig, ich meine, eine dezente Honignote zu erkennen. Schön, dass auch deutsche solch ein komplexes und leckeres Bier brauen können, sonst muss man sich für solche Biere im Ausland bedienen (was ja leider auch bei diesem der Fall ist). Test vom 23.1.2007, Gebinde: Glasflasche Noten: 13,12,11,13,14,13 - 12,60
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jan 2007
at 23:00
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle. Clae amber brown color iwth a average fair lacing off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted with notes of caramel., moderate hoppy as the aroma on the hopstorage. Initial flavor is moderate sweet and bitter, finish floavor is moderate sweet and moderate to heavy bitter with a average duration. A well balancede alt beer. Body is medium, texture is watery, carbonation is soft, some very light metalic feel in the finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jan 2007
at 10:49
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Leichter Malzantrunk, etwas hefig. Schnell wird das Bier herb und deutlich bitter, was sich im Mittelteil noch ausweitet. Das Ganze ist zwar aromatisch, das Malz geht dabei aber in Teilen unter, besser: es ist nur noch randlich vorhanden. Süßer werdend, die Bitterkeit kommt wieder etwas hervor, gleichzeitig schmeckt es wenig rauchig. Hefig-bitter zum Ende, was auf Dauer einen gewissen Störfaktor darstellt. Der Hopfen wird durch die Bitterkeit leider weitestegehnd verdeckt, ansonsten hätte er ein hohes Potential. 6/8/9/8/10/8
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Jan 2007
at 23:00
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottled at the Uerige Pub Murky, yellow body. Creamy white head. Fair lace. Lacks aroma. Lightly sweet, lightly bitter flavour (somewhat fruity: oranges).
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jan 2007
at 16:24