Winter Welcome Ale
(has 13 batches)

Appearance is amber, with a big pillowy beige head. Aroma is toffee malt, caramel, brambly English hops, biscuity malt. Taste is toffee, biscuity malt, butterscotch, hop bitterness.
Earlier Rating: 12/30/2017 Total Score: 3.2
2017-18 edition. Appearance- clear amber, with a 2-3 finger foamy beige head. Aroma- toffee, raisin, malty bread, fruity hop undertones. Taste- fruity hops, caramel biscuit, toasty raisin hints, malts. Sweet caramel finish.

Decent classic bitter. Sharp earthy english bitter hops, but good clear dry body. Bier konig ams

Bottle thanks to Chris. Pours a clear copper hue, very clear, a medium white head. A big malty nose. Yeasty, butterscotch, toast, caramel. Very smooth. No idea how this is different than the regular version if at all. Solid.
Earlier Rating: 11/22/2007 Total Score: 3.3
Bottle. Pours a cloudy amber with a decent head. The taste is mostly a sweet malt, some spices, and some hops. Really thin and smooth. Not great, but decent.

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550 ml bottle. Tawny, amber orange pour. Large frothy beige head settles to a small creamy cap. Earthy, toasted malt aroma has a hint of sweetness. Flavor follows nose. Toasted malt, caramel and spicy hops rule the palate. There’s a tinge of tanginess that seems to show up in many of Samuel Smith brews. I find it to be charismatic and enjoyable. I don’t know if this is all that different than past vintages of Winter Welcome, but it is definitely a delicious partaking of a British classic.
Earlier Rating: 12/6/2012 Total Score: 3.6
355 ml bottle. 2012-2013 vintage. Pours a bright amber orange color with a medium-sized rocky beige head. Fragrant toasted malt nose hints at toffee and baked bread. Tangy toasted malt flavor with notes of brown sugar, currants and bitter hops. Good balance, nice flavor and very drinkable. This is not like most winter ales or Xmas brews. Very traditional and stayed. Like most Samuel Smith brews, worth seeking out and enjoying. --- Beer aliased from original tick of Welcome Back Ale on 13 Dec 2020 at 02:22 - Score: Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7. Original review text: 500 ml bottle. Essentially, this is the same beer known as Samuel Smith Winter Welcome that the brewery releases every year in late fall, early winter. They have renamed it as Welcome Back to pay tribute to all of the hospitality workers that have been impacted by the COVID 19 Pandemic. Orange copper pour. Small creamy beige cap. Mild earthy, toffeeish malt aroma. Flavor is more toffee malt and a bit of earthy, woodiness. Soft herbal, spicy hops in finish.

Licht geroosterd en wat bitter winter ale, aardig voor een keer

# 3299; 11/2022. Biscuit malty aroma, fruity, light spicy. Brilliant amber body; persistant off-white head. Full body; malty, cherry, dried fruits, zesty, herbal. Full of typical british flavors, balanced. Very good english strong ale. 0,55 l, bottle with a label dedicated to the Queen's Platinum Jubilee, beer shop, Vienna. The Queen is dead, long live The King!

0.55 l bottle from 'Craftbeershop.com', best before November 2023. Bottle label celebrates the Queen's 70 year jubilee. Clear, deep amber with a medium large, foamy, almost stable, white head. Sweetish, malty, gently fruity-floral aroma of plum, black tea, raisins and some blackberry. Gently sweet, malty, moderately bitter, moderately fruity-floral, gently herbal-spicy taste of plum, black tea, raisins, light tobacco and a touch of blackberry, followed by a short, moderately bitter, a little dry finish. Medium body, smooth and gently effervescent mouthfeel, soft carbonation. Very pleasant ale, nicely malty but with a solid hop bitterness, even a little dry. Typically British, more or less what I expected.