Alter Brewing Company
Microbrewery
in
Downers Grove,
Illinois,
United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Alter Brewing + Kitchen Oak Brook
Contact
2300 Wisconsin Ave Ste 213, Downers Grove, IL, 60515, United States
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
12 oz. can. Pours with a lot of grassy hop, and then some citrus behind it. Hazy yellow color with a big wheat beer head. Taste is a more basic wheat beer note. Bitterness is less pronounced than the nose suggested. Then a bit of light orange juice and tropical fruit, too. Goes down nicely.
Tried
from Can
on 06 Aug 2020
at 03:40
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Sampled from the tap at the brewery. Pours a clear copper with an egg shell white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has a combination of bread and pine with some citrus rind and a hint of toffee underlying. Flavor has biscuit, bread and light pine with a bit of sweetness backing.
Tried
from Draft
on 20 Jul 2020
at 21:49
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Sampled from the tap at the brewery. Pours a clear yellow gold with a white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has straw and grass with a bit of biscuit and citrus rind supporting. Flavor has biscuit and pine with earthy citrus underlying.
Tried
from Draft
on 20 Jul 2020
at 21:36
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Sampled from the tap at the brewery. Pours a clear yellow with a white head that dissipates slowly to the edges and laces. Aroma has earthy citrus and a bit of melon with a touch of pine and straw underlying. Flavor has earthy citrus and grass with light pine and sweet grains.
Tried
from Draft
on 20 Jul 2020
at 21:20
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Sampled from the tap at the brewery. Pours a clear yellow gold with a white head that dissipates slowly to the edges. Aroma is pine forward with a bit of earthy flora and a hint of sweet breads underlying. Flavor has more of a pine and earthy flora combination with a bit of sweet grain backing.
Tried
from Draft
on 20 Jul 2020
at 21:10
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Sampled from the tap at the brewery. Pours a clear yellow gold with a white head that dissipates slowly to the edges. Aroma has pine, light marijuana and dank papaya with a touch of mango and sweet bread backing. Flavor is marijuana forward with dank mango and light pine supporting.
Tried
from Draft
on 20 Jul 2020
at 20:58
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Sampled from the tap at the brewery. Pours a hazy melon yellow with a white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has citrus rind and dank mango with a touch of melon and sweet grains backing. Flavor has citrus rind and melon with a bit of dank mango and growing sweet grains.
Tried
from Draft
on 20 Jul 2020
at 20:48
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Sample at the taproom. Cloudy pinkish-orange color with a medium frothy off-white head that recedes gradually to a film. Strings of lace. Tart fruity aroma with wheat and malt notes. Light-bodied with flavors of tart pomegranate, salty wheat and doughy malt. The finish is sweet-tart pomegranate and wheat. Pretty good overall.
Tried
from Draft
on 30 Jan 2020
at 21:56
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Sample at the taproom. Clear dark orange color with a medium off-white head that diminishes gradually to a film. Sticky strings of lace. Aroma of floral hops, fruit and malt. Medium body with flavors of resiny hop, grapefruit and biscuit malt. The finish is moderately bitter with a floral hoppy aftertaste. Decent overall.
Tried
from Draft
on 30 Jan 2020
at 21:55
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Sample at the taproom. Notes to be transferred from notepad on phone as soon as possible. Clear reddish-amber color with a medium thin off-white head that recedes quickly to a sparse outer ring. Small patches of lace. Aroma of malt, dark fruit, rye and hops. Full-bodied with flavors of oaky whiskey, rye malt, raisin and earthy hop. The finish is boozy whiskey and malt. Pretty good overall.
Tried
from Draft
on 30 Jan 2020
at 21:54