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Leavenworth Eightmile Alt
Fish Brewing Company / Fishbowl Brewpub
- From:
- Fish Brewing Company / Fishbowl Brewpub
- Washington, United States
- Style:
- Altbier
- ABV:
- 4.6%
- Score:
- 82
- Avg:
- 3.55 | pDev: 14.37%
- Reviews:
- 23
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Feb 01, 2020
- Added:
- Jul 02, 2009
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 2
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Reviewed by rodbeermunch from Nevada
3.02/5 rDev -14.9%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3.02/5 rDev -14.9%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Pours out a color of mild auburn/amber. Lighter than your average altbier, I'm used to those coming in a darker copper like brown kinda vibe, this one had a 1/5" white head. Aroma of dusty cardboard and woody malt notions.
Taste was equally dusty, like the malt base was 50% barley and 25% cardboard and 25% dust. You call it earthy perhaps. Maize, you call it corn. I'm not getting much if anything in the way of nuttiness, grain, hops, or discernable types of malt beyond just two row. Any notions of the taste having a degree of fruitiness are also lost on me. Crisp? No. And the carbonation was fine, I just think this style will just never jive with my taste buds. This came off as something to have a little bit of color to it without going down the rabbit hole of actually tasting like much of anything. Hint of metallic edge to it.
Feb 01, 2020Taste was equally dusty, like the malt base was 50% barley and 25% cardboard and 25% dust. You call it earthy perhaps. Maize, you call it corn. I'm not getting much if anything in the way of nuttiness, grain, hops, or discernable types of malt beyond just two row. Any notions of the taste having a degree of fruitiness are also lost on me. Crisp? No. And the carbonation was fine, I just think this style will just never jive with my taste buds. This came off as something to have a little bit of color to it without going down the rabbit hole of actually tasting like much of anything. Hint of metallic edge to it.
Reviewed by thecheapies from Pennsylvania
2.73/5 rDev -23.1%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
2.73/5 rDev -23.1%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
Dull hazelnut amber color. Very little head that formed. Some haziness.
Stale grain bill with more estery pomme and nuttiness than evidenced toast. Musty and a little papery. Alcohol, non-existent. Cereal mash, browned apple flesh, buttery diacetyl, and a soft greenness from a mild hop presence.
Oxidized. Cardboard-y, wet grain, light buttery quality, and hints of apple and rind. Unexcitingly languid. Weak carbonation. Not a whole lot of body left. A drainpour.
Jan 04, 2014Stale grain bill with more estery pomme and nuttiness than evidenced toast. Musty and a little papery. Alcohol, non-existent. Cereal mash, browned apple flesh, buttery diacetyl, and a soft greenness from a mild hop presence.
Oxidized. Cardboard-y, wet grain, light buttery quality, and hints of apple and rind. Unexcitingly languid. Weak carbonation. Not a whole lot of body left. A drainpour.
Reviewed by superspak from North Carolina
3.41/5 rDev -3.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.41/5 rDev -3.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
12 ounce bottle into pint glass, no bottle dating. Pours moderately cloudy orange amber color with a small dense off white head with good retention, that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Light spotty soapy lacing clings down the glass. Aromas of caramel, honey, grape, pear, apple, toast, pepper, floral, grass, bread, and yeast earthiness. Ok aromas with decent balance of malt, yeast, and hop notes; with decent strength. Smells aged/slightly stale. Taste of caramel, honey, bread, toast, cracker, floral, pear, apple, grass, light pepper, and yeast earthiness. No bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of caramel, honey, toast, bread, cracker, floral, pear, apple, grass, and earthiness on the finish for a bit. Nice balance of malt, hop, and fruity ester notes; with good flavor robustness and no cloying flavors after the finish. Light-medium carbonation and medium bodied; with a fairly creamy and smooth mouthfeel that is good. Alcohol is well hidden with minimal warming noticed after the finish; as expected of 4.6%. Overall this is a very solid altbier. No idea on age, but it still had some good balance and flavor robustness; and was very easy to drink. An enjoyable offering.
Aug 20, 2013Reviewed by mikeg67 from New Jersey
2.83/5 rDev -20.3%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.75
2.83/5 rDev -20.3%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.75
12 oz bottle. Pours hazy amber with long lasting white head. Aroma is of bready malt, sourdough and hint of hops. Body is medium and crisp. Earthy hops, bready and caramel malt, brown sugar and some hops fill the moth. There some off vegetable notes. I would not buy this brew again.
Feb 17, 2013Reviewed by Nerudamann from Oregon
3.26/5 rDev -8.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3.26/5 rDev -8.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Poured from a bottle into a pint glass.
Look – creamy-looking dark brown, with about half a finger’s worth of cream-colored foam that dissipates quickly.
Smell – slightly malty smell, with a hint of a creaminess to it.
Taste – instantly a dry taste, especially felt on the sides of the palate. Musky in the middle, and slightly sweet on the finish. Also a bit of a bite in the aftertaste. Interesting taste.
Mouthfeel – dry and a tinsy bit on the creamy side.
Overall – interesting brew. Not my favorite in terms of taste, but still interesting enough.
Aug 02, 2012Look – creamy-looking dark brown, with about half a finger’s worth of cream-colored foam that dissipates quickly.
Smell – slightly malty smell, with a hint of a creaminess to it.
Taste – instantly a dry taste, especially felt on the sides of the palate. Musky in the middle, and slightly sweet on the finish. Also a bit of a bite in the aftertaste. Interesting taste.
Mouthfeel – dry and a tinsy bit on the creamy side.
Overall – interesting brew. Not my favorite in terms of taste, but still interesting enough.
Reviewed by biboergosum from Canada (AB)
3.88/5 rDev +9.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.88/5 rDev +9.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
355ml bottle. One of only a handful of Altbiers available in Alberta - hey, we've got a ton of German heritage here too, y'know!
This beer pours a somewhat hazy, medium burnished golden amber colour, with one finger of foamy and frothy beige head, which leaves some nice tree moss lace around the glass as it evenly bleeds away.
It smells of subtly grainy barley malt, mild green apple mush, a hint of dry nuttiness, and a watery metallic character. The taste is bready caramel malt, some lesser wheaty notes, muddled orchard fruit, that same sleek metallic undertone, and a touch of floral and leafy hops.
The carbonation is quite sedate, but still goes by its job honestly, the body a decent middleweight, and fairly smooth as well. It finishes still solid on the gently toasted caramel malt front, the moderated sweetness abetted by the lingering fruit and understated floral hops.
A nice, generally full-flavoured instance of the style. It would seem to work on a summer patio (current situation), equally well as an apres-ski quaff, or for any other fresh air mountain pursuit. Take that, Coors Light!
Jun 05, 2012This beer pours a somewhat hazy, medium burnished golden amber colour, with one finger of foamy and frothy beige head, which leaves some nice tree moss lace around the glass as it evenly bleeds away.
It smells of subtly grainy barley malt, mild green apple mush, a hint of dry nuttiness, and a watery metallic character. The taste is bready caramel malt, some lesser wheaty notes, muddled orchard fruit, that same sleek metallic undertone, and a touch of floral and leafy hops.
The carbonation is quite sedate, but still goes by its job honestly, the body a decent middleweight, and fairly smooth as well. It finishes still solid on the gently toasted caramel malt front, the moderated sweetness abetted by the lingering fruit and understated floral hops.
A nice, generally full-flavoured instance of the style. It would seem to work on a summer patio (current situation), equally well as an apres-ski quaff, or for any other fresh air mountain pursuit. Take that, Coors Light!
Reviewed by shand from Florida
4.1/5 rDev +15.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
4.1/5 rDev +15.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
Poured from a 12oz bottle into a Sam Adams perfect pint.
Altbiers are depressingly scarce in Florida, I saw this bottle hanging out with the tell-tale "ALT" in front at Total Wine and snapped it up. The beer pours a medium-clarity orange-amber color with a finger of persistent head. The aroma is nice, it's got a touch of leafy hops paired with some caramel and nutty malts. The taste is very smooth, with the caramel malt and the slightest hint of leafy hops leading the way. The nuttiness comes in to dominate the finish, leaving a rather nice, soft aftertaste to linger. The mouthfeel is just about right, it goes down very easily. The drinkability is scary good. It's an excellent, highly drinkable beer while still providing what the big guys miss - flavor. I can't say I've had any other Altbiers before this, so I can't say if it hit the style marks or not, but it hit the taste marks just fine.
Apr 01, 2012Altbiers are depressingly scarce in Florida, I saw this bottle hanging out with the tell-tale "ALT" in front at Total Wine and snapped it up. The beer pours a medium-clarity orange-amber color with a finger of persistent head. The aroma is nice, it's got a touch of leafy hops paired with some caramel and nutty malts. The taste is very smooth, with the caramel malt and the slightest hint of leafy hops leading the way. The nuttiness comes in to dominate the finish, leaving a rather nice, soft aftertaste to linger. The mouthfeel is just about right, it goes down very easily. The drinkability is scary good. It's an excellent, highly drinkable beer while still providing what the big guys miss - flavor. I can't say I've had any other Altbiers before this, so I can't say if it hit the style marks or not, but it hit the taste marks just fine.
Reviewed by oberon from North Carolina
3.65/5 rDev +2.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.65/5 rDev +2.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Poured into a becker a clear light to medium copper color with a nicely defined white one finger head atop that lasted nicely.Caramel and nutty malt mixed with a tinge of iron in the nose,a passing whiff of leafy hops come into play as well,well rounded.A little light in the feel wich takes away from the flavors,dryer nutty malt with mild fruitiness and leafy hops in the finish,well rounded but a little light in the flavor department.Not a bad alt beer it's something you could drink alot of but might become bored with after a few.
Mar 27, 2012Reviewed by barleywinefiend from Washington
3.06/5 rDev -13.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3.06/5 rDev -13.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
A: Poured a clear light amber color with a small white head.
S: Nose is malts, dash of grass.
T: Taste is a bit of grains, toasted malt, light floral hops and very light booze.
M: A dry finish, light bodied.
O: Would drink again but pretty average. This beer has drinkability and session going for it.
Jan 27, 2012S: Nose is malts, dash of grass.
T: Taste is a bit of grains, toasted malt, light floral hops and very light booze.
M: A dry finish, light bodied.
O: Would drink again but pretty average. This beer has drinkability and session going for it.
Leavenworth Eightmile Alt from Fish Brewing Company / Fishbowl Brewpub
Beer rating:
82 out of
100 with
34 ratings
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