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Winter Ale
Weyerbacher Brewing Co.
- From:
- Weyerbacher Brewing Co.
- Pennsylvania, United States
- Style:
- English Brown Ale
- ABV:
- 5.6%
- Score:
- 78
- Avg:
- 3.44 | pDev: 13.95%
- Reviews:
- 383
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Dec 25, 2019
- Added:
- Sep 24, 2001
- Wants:
- 7
- Gots:
- 72
At Weyerbacher we've created a Winter Ale that is a must for any malty beer lover. Winner of a Silver Medal in the 1998 World Beer Championships, Weyerbacher Winter Ale is brewed with deep-roasted chocolate malt. The taste predominates with a warm, roasty flavor, balanced out with a slightly dry finish. It's smooth but not cloying, with a warming belt of alcohol.
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Ratings by rajendra82:
Reviewed by rajendra82 from Georgia
1.86/5 rDev -45.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 1 | feel: 2 | overall: 1.5
1.86/5 rDev -45.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 1 | feel: 2 | overall: 1.5
The beer came in a handsomely labeled bottle, and poured out dark red, with a decent sized foamy off white head. The aroma was that of roasted grains, and grassy hops. The taste was where things started to go downhill. The taste was down right weird, with off putting wet paper, leather, and rubber tastes mixed with some aweful spices. The mouthfeel was thin and watery as well. Bad on several levels. Not quite sinking to a drain pour level, but flirting pretty close.
Dec 12, 2004More User Ratings:
Reviewed by GuyFawkes from Illinois
3.51/5 rDev +2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.51/5 rDev +2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
From old, undated notes. Poured from the bottle.
Dark brown; ruby in the light.
Nice egg-white head; strong lace.
Dark bread & slight spice in the nose. Christmas vibe.
Thin mouthfeel.
Must, metal & slight spice taste; bread & yeast. Not as unappealing as that sounds, but far from inviting. A miss for me.
Dec 25, 2019Dark brown; ruby in the light.
Nice egg-white head; strong lace.
Dark bread & slight spice in the nose. Christmas vibe.
Thin mouthfeel.
Must, metal & slight spice taste; bread & yeast. Not as unappealing as that sounds, but far from inviting. A miss for me.
Reviewed by Lone_Freighter from Vermont
3.75/5 rDev +9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.75/5 rDev +9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
This was poured into a pint glass. The appearance was a mostly dark brown color with a one finger white foamy head that dissipated within about thirty seconds leaving some light stringy lacing sliding here and there. The smell had some light sweet prune, light roasty nuts and sweet brown sugar with a light breadiness. The taste was mainly sweet malty taking the roasty nutty part to lighten a bit. A light sweet prune aftertaste is there that lead to a semi - sweet / dry finish. On the palate, this one sat about a medium on the body with a fairly decent sessionability about it. The carbonation was pretty mild and light. I get it, it’s okay even if past it’s due date a bit. Overall, though I had it past it’s prime, I’d say it’s still worthy of having again.
Jun 24, 2017Rated by Jugs_McGhee from Colorado
3.14/5 rDev -8.7%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3
3.14/5 rDev -8.7%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3
$1.85 a bottle in Manhattan.
Toasty, with a dunkel malt backbone and some brown bread & caramel flavour bouncing around.
C+ / ABOVE AVERAGE
Apr 11, 2017Toasty, with a dunkel malt backbone and some brown bread & caramel flavour bouncing around.
C+ / ABOVE AVERAGE
Reviewed by q33jeff from New Jersey
2.92/5 rDev -15.1%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3
2.92/5 rDev -15.1%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3
**
11/28/2012
Toasted Malt, Nuts, Perfumy. Mint?Dark Brown color, Small head. Slight bitter aftertaste is pleasant and has hints of nuts/vegetables/ woodinessweak carbonation, but crisp. Almost a tonic/quinine quality. Intersting beer. Not great, but fun. A lot going on.
**
Mar 08, 201611/28/2012
Toasted Malt, Nuts, Perfumy. Mint?Dark Brown color, Small head. Slight bitter aftertaste is pleasant and has hints of nuts/vegetables/ woodinessweak carbonation, but crisp. Almost a tonic/quinine quality. Intersting beer. Not great, but fun. A lot going on.
**
Reviewed by BFCarr from New Jersey
3.92/5 rDev +14%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.92/5 rDev +14%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Might be that the wind chill is about zero, but this one was just right. Bitter and warming. At 5.6% it had me wishing I had a fire place to sit in front of and knock a few of these back. Definitely worth a try.
Feb 13, 2016Reviewed by Franziskaner from Missouri
3.65/5 rDev +6.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.65/5 rDev +6.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Dark brown in color with very little light seepage through the body of this beer. There's a fingernail of beige resting on top. I smell caramel, nutmeg, and perhaps cinnamon. I taste plenty of caramel and dark malt. The mouth is slightly chewy and warm.
Feb 06, 2016
Winter Ale from Weyerbacher Brewing Co.
Beer rating:
78 out of
100 with
798 ratings
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