Autobahn Mail Alt
Willimantic Brewing Co.
- From:
- Willimantic Brewing Co.
- Connecticut, United States
- Style:
- Altbier
- ABV:
- 5%
- Score:
- 86
- Avg:
- 3.74 | pDev: 8.56%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 6
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Oct 29, 2015
- Added:
- Nov 08, 2001
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
SCORE
86
Very Good
86
Very Good
No description / notes.
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Reviewed by Deuane from Pennsylvania
3.8/5 rDev +1.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
3.8/5 rDev +1.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
A-Copper with a thin off-white head that reduced to a thin veil and left spotty lace.
S-Light cereal malts and a touch of spiciness.
T-A touch of spicy hops and a nice underlying base of mildly sweet cereal malts.
M-Medium-light and a touch thin. Light lingering flavour and hop spiciness.
D-Simple, easy to drink and in the end rather nice. Pleasant and true to style. Certainly won't blow you away but it is solid.
Jul 17, 2009S-Light cereal malts and a touch of spiciness.
T-A touch of spicy hops and a nice underlying base of mildly sweet cereal malts.
M-Medium-light and a touch thin. Light lingering flavour and hop spiciness.
D-Simple, easy to drink and in the end rather nice. Pleasant and true to style. Certainly won't blow you away but it is solid.
Reviewed by LilBeerDoctor from New York
3.53/5 rDev -5.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.53/5 rDev -5.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Reviewed on 5/23/08. On tap at the brewery. A very pretty beer! Pours a clear dark amber with a nice light tan head. Aroma of sweet malt, some light fruits. Flavor of dark roasted malt, light fruits. Bitter finish. This is a light-bodied beer, super easy to drink, and very refreshing. Definitely worth a try.
7/4/7/4/13 (3.5/5)
Dec 19, 20087/4/7/4/13 (3.5/5)
Reviewed by NEhophead from Massachusetts
4.02/5 rDev +7.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
4.02/5 rDev +7.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
Deep maple with shades of oak. Creamy, whispy head that lingers on top as a sheet for the remainder of the pint.
Toasted malts with a touch of hazlenut. Semi-sweet caramel fumes with an airy, breadiness.
Sweetened caramel with a touch of mustiness. Dry, roasted nutty profile adding a biscuit flavor. Hints of pine and diacetyl leading to a smooth, slightly dry finish.
A bit lighter than medium bodied. Smooth, with a yeast-like mustiness. A great balance.
A mellow alt, even more so on cask. Well flavored and wonderfully balanced.
Jun 10, 2006Toasted malts with a touch of hazlenut. Semi-sweet caramel fumes with an airy, breadiness.
Sweetened caramel with a touch of mustiness. Dry, roasted nutty profile adding a biscuit flavor. Hints of pine and diacetyl leading to a smooth, slightly dry finish.
A bit lighter than medium bodied. Smooth, with a yeast-like mustiness. A great balance.
A mellow alt, even more so on cask. Well flavored and wonderfully balanced.
Reviewed by talkingpoints from Connecticut
3.71/5 rDev -0.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
3.71/5 rDev -0.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
This beer was a definite good offering by the Willi brew unfortunately i drank the postal porter just before this beer so it was a step down for me. This beer was just right on the hops(not too much) but enough to capture the German style it was imitating.It had solid body,and a light malt taste. I would definitly have one again. It would be my house staple if I didn't like one of the seasonal offerings.
Dec 17, 2004
Reviewed by ecoboy from Rhode Island
3.42/5 rDev -8.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.42/5 rDev -8.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
I generally love Willimantic brews; here's one I just liked. With only Sunday River and Long Trail as heavy rotation US altbiers in my repertoire, I had to set this up against the stylistic expectancies I derive from text as much as experience. Dusseldorf alt is supposed to be fairly malty and hoppy as compared to US couterparts. I find Sunday River alt to be pretty exciting in the malt and hop characteristic; I found Willimantic to be a bit drab.
A nice ruby amber color; the quick dissipation of the head was somewhat alarming. Plenty of malt, fruit and flowers in the nose. But I found this, tastewise, less malty, less spicy and less warming than I would expect. The finish was too short.
Pleasant, but not exemplary.
Jul 29, 2003A nice ruby amber color; the quick dissipation of the head was somewhat alarming. Plenty of malt, fruit and flowers in the nose. But I found this, tastewise, less malty, less spicy and less warming than I would expect. The finish was too short.
Pleasant, but not exemplary.
Reviewed by Jason from Massachusetts
3.92/5 rDev +4.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
3.92/5 rDev +4.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
Dark brown colour with a thin wispy lace, bold malty aroma that lays down a clean graininess on the nose. Mildly crisp with a uniform carbonation, solid medium body for the almost creamy maltiness. Hints of caramel and toasted malt come in waves with a tingling hop bitterness in the back. Very well balanced and spot on for style.
Jul 11, 2002
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