(512) ALT
(512) Brewing Company

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From:
(512) Brewing Company
 
Texas, United States
Style:
Altbier
ABV:
6%
Score:
85
Avg:
3.73 | pDev: 11.26%
Reviews:
15
Ratings:
58
Status:
Active
Rated:
Aug 21, 2021
Added:
Mar 21, 2009
Wants:
  2
Gots:
  6
(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.
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Ratings by Kornoms:
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Rated by Kornoms from Texas

4/5  rDev +7.2%

Mar 01, 2012
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 4 by RiceOwls27 from Texas

Aug 21, 2021
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Reviewed by Premo88 from Texas

4.02/5  rDev +7.8%
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, 2017
 
Rated: 3.75 by Bryan12345 from Texas

Mar 22, 2017
 
Rated: 3 by Karibourgeois from Texas

Jan 07, 2017
 
Rated: 3.92 by BKotch from Texas

Sep 28, 2016
 
Rated: 2.51 by BGsWo22 from Texas

Jun 03, 2016
 
Rated: 3.84 by spycow from Illinois

Jan 24, 2015
 
Rated: 4.5 by Can_has_beer from Texas

Dec 21, 2014
 
Rated: 3.9 by Gbell from Texas

Nov 01, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by Smanke from Texas

Nov 01, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by Gagnonsux from Texas

Nov 01, 2014
 
Rated: 3 by ThurmondTX from Texas

Oct 20, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by Kram3r from Texas

Sep 13, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by Danobold from Texas

May 25, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by htdoerge from Texas

Jan 23, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by greenspointexas from Texas

Dec 14, 2013
 
Rated: 3.52 by cgrunin from Texas

Nov 13, 2013
 
Rated: 4 by ChaseTheAce from Texas

Nov 03, 2013
 
Rated: 3.5 by StevenLaValley from Texas

Oct 31, 2013
(512) ALT from (512) Brewing Company
Beer rating: 85 out of 100 with 58 ratings