Uerige Alt is a Dusseldorf Alt beer. While the website states the alcohol at 4.7% my bottle listed at 4.5%. It has a reddish coppery color with good clarity. White foam with good head retention and a mix of small and medium sized bubbles. There was a slight alcoholic aroma with caramel notes apparent in it's malty aroma. Malty character dominant with bitterness to balance but no other obvious hop character present. The beer had a medium body with moderate carbonation.

On the website they mention they use umbel hops a variety I am not familiar with, but seems to be more a term about the way they are raised than specific variety.

The malt character definitely fits what I would consider to be a session beer because more than one seems to be the perfect idea as you finish your first glass. My only disappointment in buying three bottles I suppose is that I sent the other two off so that my BJCP classmates could enjoy a sample as well. I suppose I'll have to find more in Phoenix this weekend, I know just the place to find more.