Altbier
Ardent Craft Ales

From the pint can, it pours a slightly hazy amber color with a modest, soon diminishing to nothing, white head. The nose gets some earthy malt scent and a bit of grass. The mouth follows with a roasted malt flavor with some hop hints. The feel is clean and overly smooth without any carbonation.

The beer pours a nice white head that takes a while to dissipate while the beer itself is a clear brownish amber that looks nice.

The smell is good. It has a nice, toasted malt note alongside a honey malt and earthy hop presence.

The taste is good. The beer still has a toasted and honey malt note but the tea-like earthy and lightly bitter hops are more present.

The feel is good. It has a light body with smooth and carbonated texture with a crisp finish to it.

Overall, this is a pretty good beer and worth getting if you're looking for a low ABV beer.

Pours clear light brown, with a nice off-white head, excellent retention, splotchy lacing
Very malty aroma. It pretty much just smells like Munich malt
Munich malt flavor-toasted bread, a bit of grape. Slightly herbal bitterness
Medium bodied with appropriate carbonation
Really good Alt. Could use a touch more bitterness for my taste, but very much to style

 

 

 

On tap: (ratings adjusted for can in 2022)
A tarnished brass light brown with an off white head. Medium collar coats glass when tipped, but not beyond.

Smell of toasted malt, spice, light toffee, melanoidin and a little fruit back - sort of like a nectarine.

Taste has a mineral lean to the toasted malt; earthen spices bring a light bite. Little bit of the peach comes through, and it’s just a tad sweeter than expected.

Light body and a bit of a carbonation bite for feel, this reminded me in some ways as a cross of a mass-produced German imported Oktoberfests and a smooth bitter ale.

(revisit, can 2022: little more tea like with an edge of sweetness, a bit of a mineral note still)