Snow Day Winter Ale - New Belgium Brewing

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rAvg: 3.67
pDev: 14.71%
Reviews: 362
Hads: 794

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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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BeerAdvocate

Massachusetts

3.83/5 rDev +4.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

From BeerAdvocate magazine Issue #60 (Jan 2012):

LOOK: Dark brown, good lacing

SMELL: Brown malt, dates, caramel, bready, carob, faint alcohol, herbal hop, taffy, clean

TASTE: Very smooth, toasted grain, chicory, carob, toast, herbal, floral, modest hop bitterness, raisins, yeast, spice, mint, dry finish

Nothing like dedicating a beer to getting 3 feet of snow: Fort Collins 2003, 37 inches. Here's to being snowed in and hopefully having enough beer to survive! Snow Day pulls it off with its inviting Winter Warmer toastiness and a slight warmth from the alcohol.

Serving type: bottle

08-28-2012 18:55:35 | More by BeerAdvocate

Jason

Massachusetts

4/5 rDev +9%

12-05-2011 02:57:03 | More by Jason

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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