Winter Ale
Tremont Brewery in Boston, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸
Brewed at/by: Shipyard Brewing CompanyStrong Ale Winter Out of Production
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Score
6.23
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CoastGuardVet (6205) reviewed Winter Ale from Tremont Brewery 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5
Poured into a nonic pint glass, the appearance was a rustic hazy dark orange color with a finger’s worth of white foamy head that dies off immediately. Super subtle lace slides into the beer.
The aroma blends estery fruity malts to some butterscotch and caramel and toffee qualities. Slight nuttiness and some vanilla.
The flavor yields to the sweetness initially. Butterscotch/caramel/toffee blend hits against some nuts and scorches the fruity malts a bit. In turn, a big malty aftertaste flows into a sticky malty finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body leaning closer to the light side, honestly. Carbonation feels good. ABV feels a bit lower than expected.
Overall, decent beer that could be swallowed again, but as an American strong ale, it lacks hop bitterness. I would say leans towards the English side.
Pinball (15907) reviewed Winter Ale from Tremont Brewery 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
shared by yespr. clear amber, smooth light yellow head. mild old hoppy and malty aroma. flavor is malty, nice bitter hoppy balance.
CloakedDagger (37227) reviewed Winter Ale from Tremont Brewery 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
Bottle 35,5 cl. Courtesy of yespr. Comes as: "Tremont Nor’easter Winter Ale". Clear amber golden with an off-white head. Sticky butter and caramel in the nose. Medium body dominated by sweet caramel. Very subdued bitterness. 220311
Ungstrup (52110) reviewed Winter Ale from Tremont Brewery 14 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 3
Bottled. An amber beer with a thin beige head. The aroma has notes of butter and caramel. The flavor is sweet with notes of butter, malt, and caramel, leading to bitter. Thanks yespr for sharing.
yespr (55501) reviewed Winter Ale from Tremont Brewery 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
12 fl oz bottle. Pours cloudy to hazy orange with a small white head. Aroma is butterish and slight caramelish. Roasted malty, caramelish and slight breadish. Subdued bitterness coming through. Dry finish.
jtclockwork (20061) reviewed Winter Ale from Tremont Brewery 15 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Excellent winter. Darkish brown in the glass. Full bodied. Bottle conditioned. Rated 5/1/04
Clarkvv (16523) reviewed Winter Ale from Tremont Brewery 21 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
2004 bottle, just hit the shelves. Dark brown-burgundy, with dark ruby highlights. Highly filtered. Small fizzy beige head, rapidly disipating. Tiny bubbles, clear body. Aroma of butter toffee, peanut brittle, strong yeast, malted milk. Pretty strong and lasting. Flavor begins with that same buttery/toffee-like note, with a hint of fruitiness; light cherries, strawberries and raspberries. Quickly, some light notes of bitterness arise; just a quick hint of orange rinds, really. The more I drink, and the more it warms, I notice two distinct things. First, it has a very strong black cherry essence towards the finish, quite pleasant. Secondly, there is a good deal of alcohol apparency on the very finish. I don’t know if this is exacerbated by some lightly bitter hops, but it is there, and seems to disrupt the lightly fruity, smooth body. I enjoy the fact that the sweetness is kept in check in this one. Some round fruity sugars, mix with a very dry toffee/caramel malt. Some notes of caramel corn on the end as well, like that taste you get in your mouth when you are chewing on the sheath of the corn kernel; you know, the ones that get stuck between your teeth. It’s dry, somewhat papery. Interesting beer here. This should be categorized as an English Strong Ale it seems. I will reiterate, I love the fruitiness from the yeast, but it’s a little too filtered and strikes a bit of a boring (by the end of the bottle) unwavering note.