Winter Warmer
Harpoon Brewery in Boston, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸
Spiced / Herbed / Vegetable / Honey - Spiced Winter|
Score
6.10
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The first seasonal craft beer release on the east coast, Winter Warmer has been our holiday tradition since 1988 and has since become a New England classic. Combining the subtle sweetness of caramel malt with holiday spice additions of cinnamon and nutmeg, it’s both hardy and satisfying yet surprisingly easy-drinking. From the cozy pubs and apartments of Boston to the snowy lodges in Vermont’s Green Mountains— enjoy with friends and loved ones and let the revelry begin!
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6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
35.5cl can at home on 17th Jan 2019. Poured slowly into a Duvel glass, just to see what it looked like. Ruby hue to the brown body, clear and clean; off-white topping. Cinnamon rules the aroma and taste, fairly sweet and malt based brew all round with a crisp mouthfeel.
Tried
from Can
on 17 Jan 2019
at 19:59
6.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Clear dark reddish-amber beer with a head that soon fizzles down to a film. Light smell of malt and spices. Flavour is cinnamon, caramel, dried fruit, malt. It doesn't have the richness I'd like from something with these sort of flavours but the flavours themselves are nice and leave a nice, spiced finish too.
Tried
on 13 Jan 2019
at 20:49
7/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Dec 2018
at 21:51
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Pours clear brown with a thin white head. Aroma of spices. Tastes has a malt body with strong spice influences. Palate includes cinnamon with nutmeg and cloves. Very interesting, hard to pick apart. Good beer.
Tried
on 20 Oct 2018
at 00:15
4.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Shared 12 oz. can. Pours clear amber with an off-white head. Aroma of a Christmas candle. Taste is liquid potpourri. Way too much spice here. Drain pour.
Tried
from Can
on 15 Feb 2017
at 22:27
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Poured from bottle brown red with a thin tan head. Aromas of malt caramel spice and bread. Taste is spice caramel and malt.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Nov 2016
at 18:10
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Can from Signal Variety Plaistow, NH. Aroma is holiday spice--cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice. Appearance is crystal clear amber with minimal sparkle and 1 finger width off white fluffy head with only fair retention and minimal lacing. Taste is like the nose--mainly spice. It’s not so much a beer with hints of holiday spice but a holiday spice drink that qualifies as a beer. Palate is medium bodied, moderately thick with lively carbonation with a little bit of a zing at the tip of the tongue. Finish is mostly spice and short with hint of bitterness. This is an enjoyable holiday beer. No complexity and not terribly interesting but for a particular mood at a certain time of year it would fit the bill.
Tried
from Can
on 23 May 2015
at 16:16
5.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4
Nice caramel brown color and decent aroma, but this ale goes downhill from there. Spices but not much malt in the flavor. Unpleasant finish. A whole lot of better winter ales than this attempt are out there.
Tried
on 11 Apr 2015
at 19:56