Snow Day Winter Ale - New Belgium Brewing

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rAvg: 3.67
pDev: 14.71%
Reviews: 362
Hads: 798

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Brewed by:
New Belgium Brewing

Colorado, United States

Style | ABV
American Black Ale | 6.20% ABV

Availability: Winter. bottle (335), on-tap (24), growler (3).

Notes:
Pleasantly hoppy, Snow Day carries the subtle chocolate and caramel flavors of a new brewing malt known as Midnight Wheat. The Styrian Golding, Centennial and Cascade hops bring the backbone of hoppy bitterness to complement the roasty undertones. This beer is the deep garnet of a roasted walnut and presents a creamy tan head, floating artfully atop. Snow Day is bold and hoppy, drinkable and strong.

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Reviews by Onenote81:

Onenote81

North Carolina

4.01/5 rDev +9.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4

12oz bottle poured into a pint glass. I have had this beer a few times and really enjoyed it, but never gave it a review. Pours a ruby-tinted dark brownish black with good clarity. Small sheet of lace atop. The nose is full of fruity aromatics and freshly-ground up hops. Zing! That'll do. Fresh, potent, if not sinus-clearing.

Good clean feel with ample carbonation. Easy to sip, easier to gulp. The hoppy quality carries over to the flavor, but it doesn't take over as a nice dry graham cracker sweetness forces its way through. Bitterness isn't cutting at all, as the singe left on the palate, fleets away quickly, ready to be bombarded again.

A good beer. I wasn't even sure of what this style was, but that's okay. I approached this one with no misconceptions or prejudices. I'd gladly have this again.

Serving type: bottle

01-11-2013 20:22:17 | More by Onenote81

More User Reviews:

Moose90

Colorado

2.75/5 rDev -25.1%

05-26-2013 04:48:16 | More by Moose90

timontheroad

Colorado

3.75/5 rDev +2.2%

05-26-2013 01:36:53 | More by timontheroad

csfcmitchell

Texas

3.75/5 rDev +2.2%

05-23-2013 16:02:24 | More by csfcmitchell

Dpayne

Michigan

3.25/5 rDev -11.4%

05-23-2013 01:06:18 | More by Dpayne

InspectorBob

New Jersey

3.75/5 rDev +2.2%

05-20-2013 16:33:10 | More by InspectorBob

TeamMathis

West Virginia

4/5 rDev +9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Appearance: Black. Nice lace.
Smell: Immediately hoppy with grapefruit and pine, then roasted coffee and chocolate.
Taste: A hoppy, roasted blend.

The hoppy smell explodes onto the scene, and then is followed by a roasted character of coffee and chocolate; in the very least a roasted something. The hops are bright and add that great citrus and bitterness to the mix. I really like this style. I would get this again.

Serving type: bottle

05-20-2013 03:01:45 | More by TeamMathis