Day 167-Beer 167 Altbier Collaboration Ale, Creemore Springs Brewery, Creemore Ontario

Altbier which means old beer is one of the oldest and rarest beer styles in the world, it was brewed in collaboration with a Dusseldorf brewery, one of only four in the world that still make this type of ale, so here goes, and is there a reason only a few breweries still make it, we will find out. It poured a dark copper colour similar to many red beers with a white head that settle quickly leaving a thin layer of foam across most of the surface. The smell that hits you first when you open the can is sour green apple but than as it warms it has a caramel and roasted malt scent with just a hint of hops. The flavour includes caramel malt, a hint of hops bitterness that does not linger and some hints grain/corn and some nutty malt. Over all a nice dry finish, a good brew, with just a hint of bitterness, however I was looking for something different as this wasn't a lot different than many modern red ales. 3.5 out of 5