Festeroo Winter Ale
Hop Valley Brewing Company in Eugene, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸
Traditional Beer - Old Ale Winter Out of Production|
Score
6.74
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Baby, when it's cold outside, wrap yourself up in this seasonal English-style Old Ale brewed with a slightly spicy combination of malts and leafy hops.
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6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
355ml bottle. Clear dark amber colour with small to average, dense, fluffy, fairly lasting, moderately lacing, off-white to beige head. Sweaty, resinous hoppy aroma is supported by malty toffee and caramel notes. Taste is dry hoppy, slightly piney and resinous, a touch of candied orange zest, nuttily malty basis, some caramel and toffee; not without watery stages. Kind of diluted Barley Wine; or, to contribute another facet to a well-kept legend, this is how the passage-surviving, stronger brewed and hopped beers would have tasted like, if the colonialists actually had them watered down as originally intended.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Apr 2015
at 15:13
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Keg at the taproom, 10/11/14. Almost clear chestnut brown topped with a moderate beige swirl. Nose is nutty, light dung, brown bread, sugar. Taste comprises earthy hops, pine, biscuit, toffee. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Muddled - pretty so so.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Mar 2015
at 18:09
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
35cl Bottle from De Bierkoning. Slightly hazy chestnut colour, off-white head. Aroma of toast, light roast, rye, light spicy, light hoppy, light confit fruits. Flavour is light to medium sweet, caramel, rye, light spicy, toast, some nuts, hoppy bitter finish with a light fruitiness. Light to medium bodied. OK.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Feb 2015
at 06:44
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle from Cotteridge Wines; dark chestnut brown pour with a thin magnolia head, caramel and piney hop aroma, taste has resinous pine, sweet caramel, some alcohol burn, plastic, a hint of spice, bitter on the finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Dec 2014
at 14:01
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle @ Rooie Dop brewdungeon, large sample. Clear copper to brown color, short head. Aroma of caramel, biscuit and cookie, slight earthy hop. Bit sweet in taste, bit bitter. Easy drinker actually. Medium body, soft carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Dec 2014
at 15:25
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
@Mitra Lwd, helder rood/koper met schuimige kaki kraag. Aroma van caramel, den, hoppig en fruitig. smaken zijn matig zoet, redelijk bitter, matig moutig, caramel, den, iets gebrande caramel, toffee, medium body, dun van textuur, lage co2, mwah.. erg beperkt allemaal --- Beer merged from original tick of Festeroo on 17 May 2018 at 16:14 - Score: 6
Tried
on 11 Dec 2014
at 15:22
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Dark red brown colour with thin, wispy head. Aroma has quite a lot of piney hop as does the flavour. There’s an earthy taste to it too, slightly spicy with a warming finish.
Tried
on 10 Dec 2014
at 13:02
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle shared with dEnk. Clear amber color, small off-white to beige head. Smell malts, grassy hops, some fruity hops. Taste malts, hops, lightly fruity, nicely bitter, lightly some alcohol. Decent body, medium carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Nov 2014
at 18:29
7/10
Tried
on 16 Nov 2014
at 16:28
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle shared thanks to Deanso. Pours clear amber brown with a cream tan head. Aroma of herbs, caramel malt, citrus and pine. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter. Medium bodied with light carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Nov 2014
at 11:32