Altbier

PictureA Düsseldorf street manhole cover, depicting a cartwheeler. Note the cool umlaut inside the U.
​You’ve probably had Kölsch but might not know Düsseldorf Altbier, from another city in the north of Germany, just upstream the Rhine River. Alt is the German word for old, as in, the old-fashioned way of making beer before pale lagers took over Germany and the world. Düsseldorf and Cologne have an age-old friendly rivalry--much like Chicago and St. Louis--each fanatic about their “true” original brews (and regional sports, culture, politics, etc.) There’s an old cartoon picturing a horse drinking from a bucket labelled Alt and urinating into a bucket labelled Kölsch, with the caption So Wird Kölsch Gebrauten (this is how Kölsch is brewed). That’s not a very civil thing to say, though, so we proudly present both styles without playing favourites. The Civil Life Düsseldorf Alt is meticulously authentic, designed after the Dusseldorf’s two best examples: Zum Uerige and Im Füchschen. It has a subtle fruity-floral-winey taste like Kölsch, but is redder and hoppier, with a bit more malt complexity. Cartwheels were invented in Düsseldorf too, so feel free to do some after drinking our Düsseldorf Alt (outside the pub, please.)

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​FOR THE NERDS:
ABV: 4.9%
IBU: 35
COLOUR: Clear bronze-orange colour with creamy off-white foam, lasting with lace
2015 BJCP STYLE: 7B. Amber Bitter European Beer: Altbier
INGREDIENTS:
100% authentic German Pilsener, Caramelized, and Chocolate Wheat malts. True-to-style hops and yeast.
Hours :
Due to COVID19 our Pub will remain closed until further notice.  We are working on a plan for to go beer in the near future.  Until then, please look for our beer at St. Louis retailers and grocery.   If you have any further questions please use the email link below.  Thank you. 

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  • ​No Outside Food or Drink please.  
  • Unfortunately, we are unable to handle groups over 12 nor ANY BUS or Limo. It's a pub not the Oscars. 
  •  We have deemed ourselves ill-equipped to handle mean people.
  • We have no interest in over-serving and serving the over-served.  But would love to see you for your first pint or two. 
  • We are however great at handling kind, good hearted people who appreciate good beer and the fellowship of humans.  We were scored A+++++ in this category by real live humans in our latest inter-galactic review. 
  • We'll pour you a sample of any beer we have. We'll treat you well and hopefully you'll come back.
The Civil Life Brewing Co. 3714 Holt Ave. St. Louis, Mo 63116, USA, Planet Earth