Abominable Winter Ale
Hopworks Brewery in Portland, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Red Winter|
Score
7.27
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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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6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Small glass, on tap at Crowbar. Patchy layer to an amber-red body, close to clear. Smell of ripe orange. Red orange flavours and with mid-sweet malts beneath, lightly spiced. Rather long-lived bitterness to the ending. Soft in the mouth. Fine bodied. Refreshing (Oslo 23.05.2016).
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Jun 2016
at 10:45
9.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 10
473 ml. can. Canned on 13OCT2015. Great art. Lightly hazy orange amber with a creamy off-white head. Nose is milky yeast mixed in with mellow pine hops, orange rind & low toffee sweetness. Taste is mellow pine hops, orange peel, some milky yeast leading into a pleasantly sweetish vanilla, toffee & butterscotch malt finish. Creamy body,… Quite lovely, great mix of USA hops & sweetish malts, works really well. Feels like something that Stone would be proud of. I am really dinging the sweetness in the back, drinks really well. Age might have mellowed it a bit but I think that I might actually prefer this one like this with muted hops. I would definitely repeat buy this sucker if it was local etc. Drinks really well, very nice.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Mar 2016
at 15:26
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
473ml can from Firma-Bier. Canned 16-OCT-2015. Pours dark copper orange with a large foamy white head. Aroma of caramely malts, toffee, pine, citrus, grass and hints of earthiness. Taste is smooth, malty and hoppy with some pine, rye, grass, citrus and resin. Finish is slick, smooth and sweetish with some maltiness, pine and citrusy hops. Good.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Mar 2016
at 13:03
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can from Biernavigatie, batch 522-536 dated 13oct2015, large sample. Clear amber color, short frothy lasting head. Aroma of caramel and toffee, bit pine, hint of raisin. Medium bitterness in taste, sweet caramel. I expected some spices, but its more a straightforward malty DIPA or american strong indeed. Quite decent.
Tried
from Can
on 20 Feb 2016
at 13:45
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
At Maakun’s. Can shared by me. Sweet caramel malts strong hops. Piney, orange peels, nettles. Medium sweet, strong bitter. Full bodied and very nice flawless texture and mouthfeel. I’lLL TAKE IT ANY TIME! Cheers! --- Beer merged from original tick of Abominable Winter Ale on 21 Nov 2017 at 15:31 - Score: 8. Original review text: 4
Tried
from Can
on 12 Feb 2016
at 18:00
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Can shared thanks to sjogro. Slight hazy amber with quite big off white head. Lime, mango, passion fruit, caramel, brown sugar, toffee, cake, pineapple. Lots of fruity hops with strong malt base which works well together. Over medium sweet and medium bitter. Medium bodied. Nice.
Tried
from Can
on 12 Feb 2016
at 17:47
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle at the main December DC RB gathering. Poured an amber color with an off-white head. Aroma was light citrus notes, light floral character. Flavor had some light citrus, some light spicy notes. Light caramel toffee character. Flavor was nice and felt a lot lighter than it ultimately ended up being.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Dec 2015
at 18:58
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
From a pint can at the Ratebeer Dec 20 gathering 2015. It is a clear amber with a slight head. The aroma is citrus and the taste is a bitter sweet with hints of citrus and has a very bittersweet finish
Tried
from Can
on 20 Dec 2015
at 12:55
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Some caramelized, boiled down malt and some light citrus. Pours amber with decent head. Light sweet and tangy finish. Tall can shared at tasting. Barley wine kind of feel.
Tried
from Can
on 20 Dec 2015
at 12:52
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
Can at the DC December Gathering #2. Amber with off-white head. Aromas of citrus, floral. Tastes of citrus, light herb, floral. Medium body with a dry finish.
Tried
from Can
on 20 Dec 2015
at 12:40