Winter Storm (2005-)
Heavy Seas Brewing Company in Halethorpe, Maryland, United States 🇺🇸
Strong Ale Regular|
Score
6.72
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Winter Storm may be Hugh's favorite beer in the Heavy Seas catalogue. Our winter ale draws on hops from the West Coast and the UK for its pronounced bitterness. A mix of pale and darker malts give it its tawny color and its bigger body. True to the style, Winter Storm's aroma is nutty malts and earthy hops. This is a perfect fall beer, especially because of its warming qualities.
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7/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 10
Overall 6
Tap. Pours clear orange, Medium creamy off white head, great lacing. Aroma is grainy, a bit nutty, dark bread, Noble hop. Flavors is light plus sweet, light bitter. Medium body, soft mouthfeel.
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Feb 2018
at 23:31
5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 7
From Jan 2008
I got this bottle in a trade with Wasatch. Thanks John!
It pours from 12oz bottle a slightly hazy medium gold/brown with a very small head of foam that left the scene quickly. Just a ring around the glass and some spotting left after about a minute.
The smell is about equal portions of sweet malt and citrus hops.
The taste on first sips gives me a very large caramel malt flavour and some alcohol. A few more sips in and the hops take their place with both grass and grapefruit and some earthy flavour is there as well. It has a medium mouthfeel and it finishes with a healthy dose of grass. A pretty good sipper here but I think the alcohol isn't as well hidden as in other brews of similar abv. Too much warming in the throat.
I got this bottle in a trade with Wasatch. Thanks John!
It pours from 12oz bottle a slightly hazy medium gold/brown with a very small head of foam that left the scene quickly. Just a ring around the glass and some spotting left after about a minute.
The smell is about equal portions of sweet malt and citrus hops.
The taste on first sips gives me a very large caramel malt flavour and some alcohol. A few more sips in and the hops take their place with both grass and grapefruit and some earthy flavour is there as well. It has a medium mouthfeel and it finishes with a healthy dose of grass. A pretty good sipper here but I think the alcohol isn't as well hidden as in other brews of similar abv. Too much warming in the throat.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Nov 2017
at 10:05
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
12oz bottle thanks to Eric. Pours out a dark brown topped with a tan head. Nose is light roast pit fruit rich malts some nutty wood. Taste is more of the nice grain and touch of spice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Mar 2017
at 23:49
7.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7
Bottle: Clear copper with a sudsy beige head. Smoky caramel, pine aroma. Flavour is toasty caramel malt, tea, grassy bitter. Really malty......finishes dry. Very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Nov 2016
at 16:21
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Poured from bottle amber hue with a thin beige head. Aromas of caramel malt and light grass. Taste is sweet caramel alcohol spice and a balanced finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Feb 2016
at 19:45
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle pour into nonic pint glass from One Stop Market, Haverhill, MA. Aroma is caramel, vanilla, bread, dough. Appearance is beautiful, clear amber with no sparkle, finger-width off-white foamy head with poor retention and leggy lacing. Taste is moderately sweet with alcohol that’s a little bit astringent, then caramel end. Palate is medium bodied with average texture, lively late carbonation at tip of tongue and crisp slightly bitter finish. Overall, very true to style--straightforward maltiness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jan 2016
at 14:16
4/10
Tried
on 22 Dec 2015
at 21:02
8.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 9
Aroma: bread, raisin, woody, earthy Appearance: clear amber, tan head Taste: medium sweetness, medium bitterness, Palate: medium body, sticky, soft carbonation, long finish, Delicious
Tried
on 14 Nov 2015
at 10:44
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Some hint of spice here. Light vegetable aroma. Some sweet malt. Pours cloudy amber with OK head. Light sweet finish. Cask at Churchkey.
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Oct 2015
at 17:38
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
4 oz pour on draft at Spacebar. Clear dark amber with off-white head. Aromas of toast, biscuit, light citrus. Tastes of woody notes, citrus, toast, biscuit. Medium-light body with a dry finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Oct 2015
at 19:35