Spoetzel Brewery's Shiner Old Time Alt

Pours a clear coppery brown with a nice tan head. Very malty smell, with a hint of the standard Shiner smell that most of their beers have. Still nice.

Nice punch to it. But, as I mentioned, it tastes like a shiner Bock version of an alt. Good beer and very drinkable, just comes across as a lighter version of their bock. Glad to see them trying so many different styles in recent years though.

Pinkus Muller's Organic Munster Alt

I hope you speak German, because I have no idea what that says about this beer. What I do know, however, is that this is a pretty good beer.

Pours a hazy yellow with a barely off-white tan head that gets pillowly and slowly fades to a sheet. Minimal carbonation.

Smells a bit zingy and citrusy (lemon more than orange), with an underlying yeasty slowness.

Pretty crisp in the taste and feel, with plenty of citrus and that German yeast flavor that keeps the zing in check. Very balanced and smooth, with moderate hops bitterness that plays second to the rest of the beer.