6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Very clean, crisp flavours; balanced tettnang hoppiness; gentle bready malts underneath; finishes lean for a Bavarian pils, with a lingering bitterness.
Tried
on 17 Dec 2001
at 19:32
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Very good example. I hear alot that this is the best of the Munich OFests - but I'd have to say I still prefer the others. This did have a nice toffeeish flavor though - with slight toasted and burnt caramel notes. Excellent dark amber color and noticeable alcohol warming, which is borderline detracting from drinkability. Primary drawback is a slightly heavy palate. Caramelized toasty munich malts border on cloying in this example. Under-attenuated? A little darker than some Ofests, too.
Tried
on 02 Nov 2001
at 14:19
8.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Very nice - balanced. Lovely whitish golden color with a big foamy head. Clean malt with a crisp, lightly spicy hop flavor and medium bitterness. Very quaffable.
Tried
on 02 Nov 2001
at 14:17
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Soft, fruity, with a pleasant malty sweetness...............................
Tried
on 06 Oct 2001
at 21:19
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Spritzy, tannic, fruity and sour-ish........................................
Tried
on 06 Oct 2001
at 21:18
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Lively brew, with a hint of smoke...........................................
Tried
on 06 Oct 2001
at 21:16
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Light in body and citrusy, with hints at spice. Big full head with lots of big bubbles. Dissipated faster than expected. Spritzy.
Tried
on 29 Jan 2001
at 16:21
8.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
The first wheat I ever tried and still one of my favorites (among the German ones, anyway). I enjoy the medium bodied malt profile, which provides a clean sort of sweetness to balance out the zesty sour flavors from the yeast. The big thick foamy head is quite entertaining, too.
Tried
on 18 Jan 2001
at 23:50
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Light golden colour. Aroma is a good mix of noble hops and fresh bready malts. Clean, simple flavour profile is malt-accented (bready) with a moderate bitterness but little hop character beyond that. As with the rest of the beer, the finish has a very even balance, just a bit dry but with plenty of clean malt notes as well. There are certainly bolder, braver examples of the style out there, but this hits the mark pretty well and with enough character to make it enjoyable.
Tried
on 25 Nov 2000
at 16:21
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
A nicely malty and flavorful brew. Wonderful hints of chocolate make this a great after dinner beer - and indeed I enjoyed it with Apple Strudel after a full meal of knackwurst and saurkraut. From what I've read, however, alts are more traditional hoppy. This was more like a Munich Dark - so the term Alt throws me off somewhat.
Tried
on 01 Jun 2000
at 00:09