Ninkasi Brewing Company Sleigh'r Winter Ale

Sleigh'r Winter Ale

 

Ninkasi Brewing Company in Eugene, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸

  Altbier Regular
Score
6.62
ABV: 7.2% IBU: 60 Ticks: 51
Seize the season with Sleigh'r. Layers of deeply toasted malt are balanced by just enough hop bitterness to make it deceivingly drinkable. Paired with a dry finish, Sleigh’r is anything but your typical winter brew.

Tasting Notes

An Alt ferments with Ale yeast at colder lagering temperatures. This effect gives Alts a more refined, crisp lager-like flavor than traditional ales. The Alt has been “Ninkasified” raising the ABV and IBUs. Sleigh'r has a deep, toasted malt flavor that finishes dry and balanced.
 

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6.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Bottled. Confused as to what this was supposed to be. Brown pour, some malts, or caramel or fruit or something

Tried from Bottle on 20 May 2025 at 01:38


6

From backlog. Bottle from BevMo Oceanside, Ca. Brown with offwhite head. Malts, hops, Caramel

Tried from Bottle on 17 Oct 2018 at 19:54


9.2
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9

Bottle from Whole Foods Market Fair Lakes (Virginia( Aroma: caramel, bread, nuts, Appearance: clear amber with a tan head Taste: medium sweetness, medium bitterness, Palate: medium body, creamy, soft carbonation, long finish, Tasty

Tried from Bottle on 21 Oct 2016 at 16:28


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

From a 22 oz bottle. Pours a hazy mahogany with an off white head. Butterscotch aroma. Flavors of fruit cake. Bitter finish.

Tried from Bottle on 19 Mar 2016 at 22:32


6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

650ml bottle. Pours a clear mahogany with a medium, frothy, short lived, beige head that leaves spotty lacing. Aroma of caramel malt, bread, nuts and light spice. Sweet flavour of caramel, roasted malt, dark chocolate, nuts, grass and light spice with a dry, bitter, hoppy finish. Medium body with an oily texture and soft carbonation. A good altbier.

Tried from Bottle on 27 Dec 2015 at 23:36


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7

Draft: Currant nose. Clear brown, thin head, good lacing.Cherries, dried leaves, clay. Elderberry overtones. Medium body, moderate carbonation, mild.

Tried from Draft on 18 Dec 2015 at 06:27


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

4 oz pour on draft at ChurchKey during the Ninkasi event. Clear dark amber with off-white head. Aromas of toasty notes, dark fruit, light spices. Tastes of toasty notes, citrus, dark fruit. Medium-light body with a dry finish.

Tried from Draft on 20 Oct 2015 at 20:10


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bomber shared at a tasting. Pours a clear dark red with a thin frothy tan head. Good head retention. Aroma of banana, caramel, spice, dark fruit, toffee. The taste is toffee, raisin, spicy, herbal hops. Medium bodied.

Tried on 10 Dec 2014 at 19:37


6.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Draft - Caramel and light grains. Deep maroon with a decent a beige head. Bitter, caramel and a sweet bitter finish. Sweet and bitter and malty. Light esters, not sure what this supposed to taste like, but it’s OK.

Tried from Draft on 02 Dec 2014 at 18:59


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

12oz bottle pours a clear copper amber with some thin, creamy, lacing white head. Nose has mild spice, malty, mild yeast, mild booze, some dried fruits. Flavor is the same, dried fruit, cherry, raisin, mild booze, some malt, a little spice, clove. Full bodied, sticky finish.

Tried from Bottle on 30 Nov 2014 at 16:30