Friday, November 6, 2009

Leavenworth Alt (bottle)

Some initial thoughts:
  • Pours a really nice amber color.
  • A little carbonation, but not a huge head.
  • A little cloudy.
  • Smell of honey and sweet malt
This is a weird beer that changes based on the temperature it's at.  Either drink it real-fast, right out of the fridge.  Or, wait about 15 mins for it to warm up.

When you drink it right out of the fridge, it's just a real easy-drinking, clean beer.  It almost tastes like an Oktoberfest lager.

However, when it warms up a bit, you start to notice some kind-of-funky, cooked vegetable-type flavors.  A little unpleasant.  Sadly, this is when you're going to drink most of the beer - about 5-10 mins from the time it left the fridge.

Yet, when it hits about 15 mins in, a lot more breadiness and maltiness shows through.  It becomes a drinkable beer.  Not great, by any means of the imagination, but...drinkable.

Overall, it's a 1 pint beer.  You won't be pissed that you bought it, but you won't be getting it again.

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