Full Review

Edison Brewing

Edison Brewing
Alt Current Altbier

Category: Alt

Date Tasted:
Country: USA
Alcohol: 4.7%
93 Points
Gold Medal
Exceptional

Edison Brewing
Alt Current Altbier

Category: Alt

Date Tasted:
Country: USA
Alcohol: 4.7%
Deep amber color. Aromas of toffee, almond toast, and candied pecan with a satiny, crisp, effervescent, dry medium body and a subtle, medium-long multi grain toast, toffee, saspirilla, and mocha finish. Offering up depth and complexity of flavor while remaining light and sessionable; this a wonderful beer for sipping throughout a long winter afternoon.

Tasting Info

Beer Glass Style: Spicy & Complex
Aroma Aroma: toffee, almond toast, and candied pecan
Taste Flavor: multi grain toast, toffee, saspirilla, and mocha
Bitterness Bitterness: Medium
Enjoy Enjoy: Enjoy on its own
Recipes Pairing: Grilled Salmon, Macaroni & Cheese, Fontina
Bottom Line Bottom Line: Offering up depth and complexity of flavor while remaining light and sessionable; this a wonderful beer for sipping throughout a long winter afternoon.

The Producer

Edison Brewing Company LLC

The Producer

Alt

Beer Glass Stange Amber.jpg
Serve in a Stange
Alts, or altbiers, are copper to medium brown in color and range in alcohol from 4.5-5.5%. These beers are light-to-medium bodied and have a clean, crisp finish as a result of fermentation at cooler temperatures. A gentle maltiness and crisp noble hop bitterness contribute to the aromas and flavor profiles of these beers. Similar to the kölsch style, these beers are fermented with a top-fermenting yeast at cooler temperatures, giving these beers a clean, crisp finish reminiscent of lagers. Alt directly translates to “old” in German and is in reference to the old style of brewing before the advent of lager style beers. While still closely associated with the German cities of Dusseldorf, Munster and Hanover, this style is fairly rare with only a handful of German breweries still brewing traditional altbiers. Noteworthy examples of this style include: Pinkus Münster Alt, Samuel Adams Boston Ale and Metropolitan Brewing Iron Works Alt.