Winter Ale (2010- ) - Paddock Wood Brewing Co.

northyorksammy

Ontario (Canada)

3.58/5  rDev -14.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

Bold sweet dubbel. Unfiltered, dark brown.Some fudge. Yeasty and sweetness,dark fruit, rich as it is and likely will get better in a few years.Not very complex but worth having.Malty aroma. A sipper, i got through it, others may not. Thanks Presario.

Serving type: bottle

05-08-2011 03:38:34 | More by northyorksammy

biboergosum

Alberta (Canada)

4.1/5  rDev -2.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

355ml bottle. Paddock Wood's Belgian-style winter ale persists into a third year, apparently, with much more appreciable availability in Alberta than in the (few) years past.

This beer pours a clear, medium red-brick amber hue, with one finger of thinly foamy, runny beige head, which leaves a low island headland profile of lace around the glass as it hastily recedes.

It smells of sweet, bready, ginger snaps, as if they've just come from the oven, and are piping cold - brown sugar-saturated, ginger, cloves, and cinnamon-enhanced all, with a mild drying leafiness trying in vain to overcome the inevitable here. The taste is more sweet bready caramel malt, sugary cloves, all-spice, cinnamon, and star anise, some additional brown sugar, and faintly bitter earthy, weedy hops.

The carbonation is mildly frothy, and generally supportive, the body a sturdy medium-full weight, and smooth, but with a wee alcoholic prick, which is verily encapsulated therein. It finishes still rather sweet, the combined efforts of the cookie-like malt and spice hard to shake, though a hallow yeast and earthy hoppiness does give it ol' ill-fated college try.

A decent, enjoyable rendering of a style by a Canadian Prairie micro-brewer, of a style and interpretation usually best left to the experts in that country, whose name in Galactic-speak, is one of the crudest vulgarities known to man (and otherwise). Having no shame myself, I say, Belgium!

Serving type: bottle

01-06-2013 02:56:51 | More by biboergosum

leaddog

Alberta (Canada)

4.13/5  rDev -1.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

2011 edition of Paddock Wood's Winter Ale.

Appearance - Dark copper brown in colour that pours with a thin white head. Slightly foggy.

Smell - Cloves, black pepper, and a candied sugar smell.

Taste - The cloves from aroma are present in the taste as well as the hint of the black pepper. The candied sugar flavour is a pleasant surprise. Slight bitterness at the end but does not take away from the drinkability.

Mouthfeel - Medium bodied with good carbonation and tingly bubbles.

Overall - A good representation of a winter ale from Paddock Wood. I don't have any previous batches to compare with (the one I'm sampling is the 2011). The ingredients balance well and it's nice to have a winter ale with a different spice palate (not as much cinnamon and nutmeg).

Serving type: bottle

01-20-2012 04:43:34 | More by leaddog