Beer Uerige, Sticke, 0.33 L
Tasting Notes
Beer dark amber.
The taste of beer a rich, creamy, smooth, malty, full of hints of nuts, dark fruit, bread and nuances of licorice, raisins and chocolate. The finish is dry, with a hop bitterness.
The beer has a malty aroma with notes of bread, fruit, candy, nuts and herbs nuances.
Beer will make a good couple of meat dishes, cheeses, sausages.
Interesting Facts
Uerige, Sticke - style beer Altbier. The species differs from the classical Sticke Altbier lots of malt and hops in the recipe, as well as higher levels of alcohol. This beer is served in the beer pubs in Germany twice a year - on the third Tuesday of January and October. The name of the beer comes from the word "stickum" ("behind closed doors"). In earlier times, the ingredients for the manufacture of beer measured in buckets on the eyes. If the brewer made a mistake and took too generous amount of malt, he also had to add an extra dose of hops to balance, which means the beer will be more rich and saturated. If happened that way, the news of this secretly distributed to particularly close behind closed doors.
Producer's description
From 1999 to the present day Uerige controls son of Joseph - Michael, which greatly expanded the area of the brewery (1300 sq. M), significantly modernized it and made completely transparent, installing large glass walls and windows, so that everyone could watch the brewing process.
