Abominable Winter Ale
Hopworks Brewery in Portland, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Red Winter|
Score
7.26
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This mythological beer emerges from the depths of our brewery every winter. Made with Cascade, Centennial and Simcoe hops and six organic malts, “A-Bomb” has a complex floral, spicy and citrus hoppiness backed up by just the right amount of malt sweetness. 7.3% ABV, 17 deg. Plato, 70 IBU.
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7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bomber. Brownish cloudy pour white head. Floral malt aroma. Pine sol. Caramel malt and hoppy resinn marriage
Tried
on 20 May 2025
at 01:12
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can at home. Aroma is malt, caramel, sweet ripe fruits, grapefruit, hint of toffee, fruity piney hops. Flavour is moderate to medium sweet and bitter. Body is above medium. Very tasty ripe fruity piney hoppy malty IIPA-ish beer, my kind of ’winter ale’.
Tried
from Can
on 11 Feb 2025
at 15:42
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
(Can) clear, bright orange amber colour with a small cream coloured head; aroma of berry jam; balanced flavour with a long, medium bitter finish
Tried
from Can
on 30 Oct 2024
at 02:12
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
(Tap) clear, bright orange color with a small cream colored head; aroma of wet wood, compote; balanced flavour with a long, light tart and bitter finish
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Dec 2023
at 02:04
7/10
Admittedly an old bottle. Hazy brown body medium foamy tan head. Bready toasty caramel aroma, some oxidation. Bready caramel toasty bitter flavorm Medium body moderate carbonation. 7/4/7/3/14 3.5
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jan 2023
at 16:23
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
16 oz from the Brewvana 12 Beers Of Christmas Advent box. Aroma has notes of sherry, toffee, coconut, oak, bourbon, vanilla. Pours hazy amber with a one finger bone white head with decent retention. Taste is moderately bittersweet with beautiful bourbon barrel aged flavors.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Jan 2022
at 01:33
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Taster from a 16oz can. Slightly hazy reddish amber. Nice burbon and caramel aromas and flavors. Smooth palate and fairly bitter woody bite at the end
Tried
from Can
on 15 Dec 2021
at 01:22
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
It’s December 1st so time for another Christmas beer! Hopworks Bourbon Barrel Abominable BBA Winter Ale 9.5% Reddish brown with a wispy beige head that doesn’t linger. On cracking the can you got bright piney hops, you also get whiskey/bourbon and tannic oak with some sweet malty caramel elements. Full bodied and very barrel forward with loads of sharp bourbon heat, barrel, oak, vanilla, and more bourbon. The beer is kind of hidden beneath the barrel but actually it’s still pretty good.
Earlier Rating: 12/23/2015 Total Score: 3.8
Hopworks Kentucky Christmas 7.8% 2014 version Served in a snifter it pours a beautiful orange-gold. The aroma is surprisingly bright citrus with mild barrel character. The taste is almost like a barrel-aged IPA as it starts with bright citrus notes, gives you some malt sweetness while the barrel oak and bourbon comes through in the finish/aftertaste. Very smooth drinking but not what any of us were expecting from a winter seasonal.
Earlier Rating: 12/23/2015 Total Score: 3.8
Hopworks Kentucky Christmas 7.8% 2014 version Served in a snifter it pours a beautiful orange-gold. The aroma is surprisingly bright citrus with mild barrel character. The taste is almost like a barrel-aged IPA as it starts with bright citrus notes, gives you some malt sweetness while the barrel oak and bourbon comes through in the finish/aftertaste. Very smooth drinking but not what any of us were expecting from a winter seasonal.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Dec 2021
at 15:25
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
16 oz can from Brewers Haven. Copper colored pour, small foamy head dissipates. Malty aroma, tobacco, caramel. Taste layers on the bourbon barrel notes, with the caramel malts and a touch of sweetness. Sweet, stick finish, seems thin.
Tried
from Can
on 31 Dec 2019
at 03:39