Heavy Seas - Winter Storm ("Category 5" Ale) - Heavy Seas Beer

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rAvg: 3.85
pDev: 11.69%
Reviews: 478
Hads: 194

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Heavy Seas Beer

Maryland, United States

Style | ABV
Extra Special / Strong Bitter (ESB) | 7.50% ABV

Availability: Winter. bottle (443), on-tap (25), cask (8), growler (2).

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Reviews by wvsabbath:

wvsabbath

West Virginia

3.98/5 rDev +3.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Serving Type - Bottle

Appearance - Brownish tan, slight white head and minor lacing. Looks like a brown ale for sure.

Smell - Hops, caramel malts. Toffee, spices, brown sugar and mollasses. A little bready, grainy.

Taste - A nice bitter malt kick at first. Caramel, mixed with some spices. Then a decent hoppy note at the finish. Some pine and apple flavors, Herbel spices add a peppery flavor. Some booze shows up adding a little heat.

Motuhfeel - SOme bitterness, malts and hops coat tounge. Spices also add more bitter and peppery notes. Hops hit palate with some fruits and bitterness. The aftertaste is bitter, malty and dry.

Overall - Decent, a different kind of winter beer compaired to everything else that comes out. Its Flavorful, and a nice mix of bitter hoppy and sweet malty. Alcohol is minor in each drink. The spices really are strong and stand out. Nice change of pace, worth a drink.

Serving type: bottle

11-16-2012 01:36:24 | More by wvsabbath

More User Reviews:

InspectorBob

New Jersey

4/5 rDev +3.9%

05-21-2013 19:28:50 | More by InspectorBob

BeastLU

Virginia

2.75/5 rDev -28.6%

05-18-2013 15:42:48 | More by BeastLU

wgfxkmf

North Carolina

3.75/5 rDev -2.6%

05-18-2013 03:06:16 | More by wgfxkmf

RicheeD

Pennsylvania

4.5/5 rDev +16.9%

05-17-2013 01:30:10 | More by RicheeD

dalepryor

Kentucky

3.5/5 rDev -9.1%

05-08-2013 04:48:42 | More by dalepryor

schaffer9252

New York

3.75/5 rDev -2.6%

05-04-2013 17:33:52 | More by schaffer9252

superspak

Michigan

3.9/5 rDev +1.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

12 ounce bottle into tulip glass, best before April 2013. Pours slightly hazy ruby red color with a 1 finger fairly dense cream colored head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass. Aromas of raisin, pear, caramel, toast, brown bread, floral, light pepper, light toffee, and toasted earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of malt notes; with solid strength. Taste of raisin, pear, caramel, toffee, toast, brown bread, floral, pepper, pine, light nuttiness, and earthy spiciness. Good amount of spicy pine bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of light fruits, caramel, toffee, toast, brown bread, floral, pepper, pine, and earthy spiciness on the finish for a good bit. Very nice balance and complexity of malt and fruity ester flavors; with a good hop balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Medium carbonation and medium-full body; with a creamy and lightly sticky mouthfeel that is good. Alcohol is very well hidden with only a slight warming noticed after the finish. Overall this is a very nice imperial ESB style. Nice complexity of malt/fruity notes with hop balance; and quite smooth to sip on. A very enjoyable offering.

Serving type: bottle

04-25-2013 03:49:02 | More by superspak