WinterBrewed

Lots of coffee here. Coffee with caramel leave. Average carbonation, consistency. Overpriced at lcbo as usual with beaus. Pours dark amber. Some head and lacing. On tap at Rhino winterfest.

Sample, bottle, savoured on May 19 2012; eye: amber, clear, no effervescence, tiny sheet of beige head; nose: roasted barley, malt, strong coffee, acidity, ashy, hops; mouth: roasted barley, malt, strong coffee, acidity, ashy, hops, ashy finale, full body, average carbonation, mildly bitter, harsh texture; overall: correct FRANÇAIS Échantillon, bouteille, savourée le 19 mai 2012; œil : ambrée, limpide, pas d’effervescence, petite couverture de mousse beige; nez : orge torréfiée, malt, café fort, acidité, cendré, houblon; bouche : orge torréfiée, malt, café fort, acidité, cendré, houblon, finale cendré, corsée, carbonatation moyenne, moyennement amère, texture rugueuse; en résumé : correct

Tried this one at the Bridgehead on Sparks street in Ottawa, February 2012 (as their launch to the Collabrewator). Pours an amber colour with a slight creamy white head that coats the brew. Mild bitter coffee aromas with fruitiness that gets better as the brew breathes and goes down. Very mild taste with some hop bitterness showing up in the finish. The coffee appears in the aftertaste. Overall started bland, but got was better near the end as it warmed up.

A lightly hazed reddish brown ale with a thick brown head. In aroma, definite coffee moka with caramel toffee, some nice burned notes, lightly fruity but overall, very well done. In mouth, a good brown ale with some nice roasted coffee, roasted notes lingering on, caramel, lingering coffee, quite good. Bomber from brewery, bottled Feb. 2011.