Sleigh'r Winter Ale
Ninkasi Brewing Company in Eugene, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸
Altbier Regular|
Score
6.60
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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.
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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6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Split a 22oz bottle. Poured a slightly hazy, mostly clear reddish brown with a nice looking tan head. Aroma was some Earthy notes, some toffee, and a touch of dark fruit. Flavor had dark fruit, toffee, and a touch of earthy notes.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Dec 2012
at 11:17
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bomber shared at the Holiday tasting. Pours a clear amber color with a medium white head. A light spicy nose with some caramel. Pretty clean easy flavor with floral hops, earthy yeast, caramel, light low bitterness in the background. Good.
Tried
on 11 Dec 2012
at 11:29
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Sample at GABF 10/13/2012, thanks to Bluemeow76 for assistance with note-taking. The beer pours a clear mahogany color with a medium light beige head and spotty lacing. Aroma of sweet malt and hops. Medium body with flavors of toasted malt, caramel and some mildly spiced hops. The finish is roasty with a malt aftertaste. Decent overall.
Tried
on 28 Oct 2012
at 17:17
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
22oz bottle from Bevmo
Appearance: Pours dark brown with a medium sized beige head and good lacing
Aroma: Toasted malts, nutty and caramel
Taste: Roasty, nutty, caramel and semi-sweet finish
A nice beer for a cold winter night.
Appearance: Pours dark brown with a medium sized beige head and good lacing
Aroma: Toasted malts, nutty and caramel
Taste: Roasty, nutty, caramel and semi-sweet finish
A nice beer for a cold winter night.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Apr 2012
at 21:12
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
22oz bomber. Deep amber-brown, practically opaque. Thinnish off-white head, sort of patchy. Sweet caramel and brown malt aroma, maybe some gingerbread. Sort of an odd beer, sort of like a Black IPA merged with a big Amber. Oily, with some syrupy sweetness. Odd, not really falling into any category..I suppose I can let it be an Alt. Kind of grows on you, but just doesn’t come off as successfully executed. OK.
Tried
from Can
on 04 Jan 2012
at 21:59
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Deep hazy dark brown body with a thick, dense rich light brown head - very nice looking for sure. Aroma of roasted malt, spruce, caramel, cherries, a touch of nuts and a little peat - nice and complex. Medium-bodied; Assertive roasty malt flavours showing at first with some good sweetness, a little earthiness, a touch of caramel and a good rich malt and spice kick. Aftertaste shows a decent amount of alcohol, some pungent spices, a lot of peat and earth and the by far the strongest - the roasted malt. Overall, a nice beer, showing a good amount of complexity for the style and a nice alt for the season! I sampled this 65 cL bottle purchased at La Bodega in Anchorage, Alaska on 26-June-2010 sampled two days before leaving for Alaska again, at home in Washington on 16-June-2011.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jun 2011
at 22:56