Organic Münster Alt
Ahhh! The last surviving member of the Muenster Alts -- a style nearly killed by the Lager revolution, as well as the Pasteur revolution. If this is what the style was, then I say good-riddance. It suffers from being 'not enough' in oh so many ways. It pours a pleasant straw yellow, tainted by a pinch of chill-haze with a bubbly head that quickly collapses. It smells very faint. This will be the beer's trademark. Faint and not enough. The taste follows the smell. It is incredibly watery with a strong blast of nutty light munich mingling with a hint of wheat. This would be good if it weren't so dilute -- it is like a Helles mixed with seltzer water. Then there is a nice sour bite, but once again, far too muted to really make an impression, followed by a rather unpleasant soapy taste. If either the malt mix were toned up, or the sourness increased, I think this could be a very good beer. But they aren't, so I'm left with glorified dishwater. The mouthfeel, as mentioned, is very watery and razor thin. If there were more carbonation, this could be rescued. But there isn't. Drinkability: Why wouldn't I grab a Helles or a Berliner Weiss instead of this beer? This beer has aspects of both (and they are both styles I love) but it manages to do them very poorly. Like the Gose, I think this is a style of beer best left to the history books.