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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7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Poured a clear brown with almost no white head. Smelled like candy and flowers, very interesting and inviting. Initial flavor is extremely malty and just a little bitter. Big mouth feel with a bitter, fizzy finish.
Tried
from Can
on 18 Oct 2006
at 20:08
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle. Drank it a while ago, but realized that it was the ESB and not the IPA version of this. Dark amber color, white head. Malty, bitter, and well rounded.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Jul 2006
at 01:12
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Fall 2008: Golden amber. The aroma is earthy with lots of caramelly malt and abundant earthy, woody hops. Sweet, with earthy nuances, lots of earthy, slightly lemony bitterness. Drinks easy, but has intensity, too. Chocolate malt emerges in the finish.
Spring 2006: Orangey-brown colour. The aroma shows earth, chocolate, a little bit of crystal malt and bright orangey hops. The flavour is robust with those orangey hops meeting strong toasty notes with light chocolate in the background. Hefty bitterness and a blast of alcohol round things out. 7-3-7-3-14 = 3.4
Spring 2006: Orangey-brown colour. The aroma shows earth, chocolate, a little bit of crystal malt and bright orangey hops. The flavour is robust with those orangey hops meeting strong toasty notes with light chocolate in the background. Hefty bitterness and a blast of alcohol round things out. 7-3-7-3-14 = 3.4
Tried
on 26 Mar 2006
at 11:35
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Clear dark amber color with a large off-white head. Bready, caramel malt aroma. Moderately bitter with some sweetness. This needs something, I can’t put my finger on it. Perhaps it needs a few months to mellow out.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Mar 2006
at 14:43
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Dark amber color with a frothy off-white head. Bitter aroma with a more bitter flavor.
Tried
on 04 Dec 2005
at 00:31
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. I prefer the old version... the double IPA. Pours brown with a small head. Malt and hops in the aroma... flavor is the same with some licorice and roastiness involved.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Nov 2005
at 00:14