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Port City Brewing Company in Alexandria, Virginia, United States 🇺🇸
Belgian Style - Strong Ale Winter|
Score
6.66
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Ale brewed with honey and spices.
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6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
a: slightly hazy golden & orange coloured body | no head at all
a: ground ginger | dough | light stone fruits
f: bready | coriander seed | cardamom finish
t: deep candy sugar | strong yeast | fresh ginger finish - strong
o: drying | complex | quite spiced...even after all these years!
12 ounce bottle | Whole Foods (grocery): Arlington (Pentagon City), Virginia | 02-November-2020 | US$1,99 | bottled: 26-October-2020 | sampled: 23-January-2026, a bit more than five years after purchase
a: ground ginger | dough | light stone fruits
f: bready | coriander seed | cardamom finish
t: deep candy sugar | strong yeast | fresh ginger finish - strong
o: drying | complex | quite spiced...even after all these years!
12 ounce bottle | Whole Foods (grocery): Arlington (Pentagon City), Virginia | 02-November-2020 | US$1,99 | bottled: 26-October-2020 | sampled: 23-January-2026, a bit more than five years after purchase
Tried
from Bottle
from
Whole Foods Market - Pentagon City
on 23 Jan 2026
at 06:23
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Cloudy yeasty pour. Coriander aroma bleeding into Rosemary. Sweet honey taste. Cit4rus. Too much going on here to be good
Tried
on 20 May 2025
at 01:20
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Dark gold pour. Thin foam around the rim. Nutmeg and allspice with wheat and some citrus notes. Light bodied and medium carbonation
Tried
on 27 Dec 2024
at 20:52
8/10
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Dec 2024
at 18:46
7.5/10
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Nov 2018
at 14:25
7/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Dec 2017
at 19:30
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
12 ounce bottle. Medium gold pour topped by a small creamy white head. Notes of ginger, yeast and coriander. Tart, spicy wheat malt flavor. Notes of bread, ginger and coriander prevail. Belgian yeast twang. Dry, crisp malt and warming alcohol in finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Dec 2017
at 21:51
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Tap at the brewery - hazy gold - decent Belgian ale, with moderately more bitterness than anticipated, and some overbearing phenols that fatigue the palate a bit - unnecessary spices add to this, ultimately creating a beer that’s just trying to do too much.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Dec 2016
at 16:38
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Draught @ Albion. Clear pale yellow with small off-white foamy head, honey aroma, high carbonation, slightly sweet taste with strong honey flavor, long honey sweet finish. This is almost like a mead.
Tried
on 05 Jan 2016
at 17:19
6.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Hazy gold with a slight, white, head. My notes on this beer are sparse, but confirm that it was indeed spicy and inclined towards sweetness. Fine.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Dec 2015
at 16:44