Winter Ale / Warmer Beer Reviews
These cold weather beers have additional spices and robust flavors to pair with meals and keep you warm.
by Michael Larson | Anchor Brewing Company, California, Pint Glass, United States, Winter Ale / Warmer |
Well it’s Christmas Eve, 2010. Just 36 hours from now, Christmas will have come and gone. The extra ham or turkey will now go between two pieces of bread and the mashed potatoes and Jello salad will be nibbled ‘til they’re gone. So with the holiday season’s end...
by Nate | AleSmith Brewing Company, American Amber / Red Ale, California, Imperial Beers, Mug, Pilsner Glass, Pint Glass, United States, Winter Ale / Warmer |
One moment I’m sitting in my living room on a cool, February evening in San Diego and I pop the cap of an Alesmith bomber. I pour. Immediately I am transported to a pine forest. Lots of resiny pine going on here. Towering, resiny pines. Am I having a stroke? No,...
by Matt | Colorado, Left Hand Brewing Company, Pint Glass, United States, Winter Ale / Warmer |
Smells medicinal, a greeny, almost menthol spice, cough drop anyone? Also picking up some black licorice, cloves and maybe cinnamon. Dark almost black brown color with decent head but vanishes pretty quickly leaving only a faint film. Loosely resembles the surface of...
by Michael Larson | Hoppin' Frog Brewery, Ohio, Pint Glass, United States, Winter Ale / Warmer |
As the holiday season began to wind down, I still had a single remaining Christmas ale in the fridge. Eager to end the year on a high note, I broke it out with a couple of fellow Perfectly Happy Men on New Year’s Eve. I had previously sampled Hoppin’...
by Michael Larson | Oregon, Pint Glass, Rogue Ales, United States, Winter Ale / Warmer |
Michael: Through the panes of snow-peppered glass and by the fading light of day, I can still just see the eighteen predicted inches of snow accumulating outside my parent’s Minnesota home. The landscape has twisted itself from a sloppy, grey mess to a bleached...
by Matt | Colorado, Odell Brewing Company, Pint Glass, United States, Winter Ale / Warmer |
I’m very thankful to my friend Steve in Colorado who generously shipped me a few 6 packs of different beers from Colorado just in time for Christmas. I had my eye on Odell’s Isolation Ale ever since I first visited their website. One of the first things...