(512) Amber
(512) Brewing Company
- From:
- (512) Brewing Company
- Texas, United States
- Style:
- Altbier
Ranked #81 - ABV:
- 6%
- Score:
- 85
Ranked #29,871 - Avg:
- 3.74 | pDev: 11.23%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 17
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Oct 17, 2025
- Added:
- Mar 21, 2009
- Wants:
- 2
- Gots:
- 6
SCORE
85
Very Good
85
Very Good
(512) ALT is a German-style amber ale that is fermented cooler than typical ales and cold conditioned like a lager. ALT means “old” in German and refers to a beer style made using ale yeast after many German brewers had switched to newly discovered lager yeast. This ale has a very smooth, yet pronounced, hop bitterness with a malty backbone and a characteristic German yeast character. Made with 98% Organic 2-row and Munich malts and US noble hops.
Recent ratings and reviews. | Log in to view more ratings + sorting options.
Rated by ttoadee from Texas
3.75/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.75/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
RB transfer
Aug 20, 2025
Reviewed by Hooded from Texas
3.46/5 rDev -7.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 2 | overall: 2.5
3.46/5 rDev -7.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 2 | overall: 2.5
A can poured into a Pilsner glass.
L: Mostly clear copper with three fingers of beige head. Retention is somewhat above average.,is
S: The strength of the smell is slightly above medium. The smell has light banana bread, spicy hops, malt, and a grassy herbal smell also from the hops.
T: The strength of taste is almost medium-high. The taste has brown bread, some banana, fairly sweet malt, some spicy hops, more of an herbal taste than is in the smell, and a rising bitterness that's about medium.
F: Feel is medium in thickness. Carbonation is medium. Astringency is almost medium-high. It's far too dry which knocks the beer far out of balance.
O: THIS is a beer that I liked more before I reviewed it. After reviewing this one, I won't buy it again.
Jan 06, 2025L: Mostly clear copper with three fingers of beige head. Retention is somewhat above average.,is
S: The strength of the smell is slightly above medium. The smell has light banana bread, spicy hops, malt, and a grassy herbal smell also from the hops.
T: The strength of taste is almost medium-high. The taste has brown bread, some banana, fairly sweet malt, some spicy hops, more of an herbal taste than is in the smell, and a rising bitterness that's about medium.
F: Feel is medium in thickness. Carbonation is medium. Astringency is almost medium-high. It's far too dry which knocks the beer far out of balance.
O: THIS is a beer that I liked more before I reviewed it. After reviewing this one, I won't buy it again.
Reviewed by mushroomcloud from Texas
4.25/5 rDev +13.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev +13.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
12oz canned 3-4-24, opened 5-18-24.
1+ finger off white head with very good retention. Copper penny body with very good clarity. Sticky webs of lacing.
Caramel, fruity yeast, and spicy hops make for an appealing aroma combination.
Earthy flavors, rich malt, and toast with a herbal spice.
Medium body with good carbonation and a creamy mouthfeel. Lengthy finish and enough hops and balance to finish mostly dry.
Very Good.
May 19, 20241+ finger off white head with very good retention. Copper penny body with very good clarity. Sticky webs of lacing.
Caramel, fruity yeast, and spicy hops make for an appealing aroma combination.
Earthy flavors, rich malt, and toast with a herbal spice.
Medium body with good carbonation and a creamy mouthfeel. Lengthy finish and enough hops and balance to finish mostly dry.
Very Good.
Reviewed by Premo88 from Texas
4.02/5 rDev +7.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
4.02/5 rDev +7.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
poured from half-growler (32 oz.) into pilsener glass; half-growler filled Saturday afternoon (Aug. 26) at Harvey Washbangers in College Station
L: 95% clear copper, loads of amber in it, not quite crystal clear but close; pushes up thick fluffy head of beige foam that is stickier than glue; maintains full collar and most of a skin; lacing some on the way down but much more stick off the head than lace; shows moderate but consistent activity in the glass
S: grain, sour grain, almost medicinal at its coldest; as it warms, still hangs on to that light medicinality, you could almost call it herbal or earthy ... or a herbal/earthy mix thing of some kind; as it warms a bit more, it has a toasted bread with a little brown sugar or molasses ... so light but it's there
T: toasted malt, almost peaty at times, grain, toasted grain, some light earth bitterness, and best of all -- a growing oak-wood flavor in the aftertaste that seems to be building and building just a bit more each sip ... very subtle but very tasty
F: very midweight ale soft, almost fluffy, up front with loads of what feels like tiny prickly bubbles giving it a drinkable crisp finish; feels very sturdy and wonderful for both sipping or taking on a good medium-sized swallow
O: not shocking at all that (512) brewed up a heck of an altbier here ... glad I bought a half-growler, and the way that oak-wood aftertaste note builds and builds, I expect the last ounce to be better than the previous 31; the light hint of peat is interesting and arguably perfect for the style ... the peat is not wee heavy levels but enough to give it a good earthy feel; the well-conditioned lager side of this beer makes the mouthfeel a highlight
Aug 27, 2017L: 95% clear copper, loads of amber in it, not quite crystal clear but close; pushes up thick fluffy head of beige foam that is stickier than glue; maintains full collar and most of a skin; lacing some on the way down but much more stick off the head than lace; shows moderate but consistent activity in the glass
S: grain, sour grain, almost medicinal at its coldest; as it warms, still hangs on to that light medicinality, you could almost call it herbal or earthy ... or a herbal/earthy mix thing of some kind; as it warms a bit more, it has a toasted bread with a little brown sugar or molasses ... so light but it's there
T: toasted malt, almost peaty at times, grain, toasted grain, some light earth bitterness, and best of all -- a growing oak-wood flavor in the aftertaste that seems to be building and building just a bit more each sip ... very subtle but very tasty
F: very midweight ale soft, almost fluffy, up front with loads of what feels like tiny prickly bubbles giving it a drinkable crisp finish; feels very sturdy and wonderful for both sipping or taking on a good medium-sized swallow
O: not shocking at all that (512) brewed up a heck of an altbier here ... glad I bought a half-growler, and the way that oak-wood aftertaste note builds and builds, I expect the last ounce to be better than the previous 31; the light hint of peat is interesting and arguably perfect for the style ... the peat is not wee heavy levels but enough to give it a good earthy feel; the well-conditioned lager side of this beer makes the mouthfeel a highlight
We love reviews (150 characters or more)! Check out: How to Review a Beer. You don't need to get fancy. Drop some thoughts on the beer's attributes (look, smell, taste, feel) plus your overall impression. Something that backs up your rating and helps others. Thanks!