Cottonwood High Gravity Frostbite
Carolina Beer Company in Mooresville, North Carolina, United States 🇺🇸
Brewed at/by: Foothills BrewingStrong Ale Regular Out of Production
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6.00
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From the breweries of Colorado and the Pacific Northwest comes the winter tradition of a hearty brown ale that finishes with a strong hoppy taste. Made with a blend of Crystal Malts, and balanced with Centennial and Columbus hops, the frostbite was aggressively brewed to warm the beer drinkers in the southern Appalachian Mountains. Brewed as part of our new "HIGH COTTON" line in 2006, the Frostbite will be allowed to show it’s true colors- brewed as a High Gravity beer under the new NC law- this fine ale tops out at about 9% ABV.
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6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bouteille 12oz, sous le nom de Carolina Beer Co Cottonwood Frostbit" et courtoisie de Hogtownharry ou Blankboy. De couleur ambrée-orange et voilée. Nez malté de caramel légèrement rôti, moyen de houblon herbeux aux notes citriques (pamplemousse) et résineuses ainsi qu’avec quelques épices piquantes au nez. Moyennement ronde en bouche avec un pétillement fort-moyen et une texture légèrement huileuse aux notes crémeuses. Goût très légèrement épicé (traces de cannelle, de poivre et de pain d’épices) avec de faibles notes fruitées (agrumes) lors de l’entrée en bouche rapidement éclipsé par un goût malté de caramel faiblement rôti avec des traces de sirop d’érable boisé. Parallèlement, l’on retrouve une moyenne-légère amertume de houblon herbeux aux notes citriques et aux traces résineuses jusqu’en finale. Post-goût moyen-long et un peu sec, léger-moyen amer de houblon hebreux aux petites notes citriques et résineuses avec des notes de rôti.
Tried
from Can
on 15 Jan 2013
at 01:06
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle from Beer Run. Pours a hazy dark red with a medium sized fizzy tan head. Decent head retention. Aroma of plums, toasted malts, floral hops. The taste is plums, apples, anise, raisin, toasted malts. Bitter hop finish. Medium bodied. A little bit weird.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Nov 2011
at 14:31
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Understated aroma of sweet caramel with a grassy hop accent. Clear copper, thin yellow head. Flavor is surprisingly varied with caramel, overripe orange, and nutmeg. Sweet at midpalate, but otherwise rather dry and bitter. Finishes with lingering and delightful peanut shells. Alcohol is very well concealed. Mouthfeel is powdery to the point of being a major distraction. Pretty nice.
Tried
on 29 Dec 2010
at 15:37
3.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 2
Overall 2.5
Sampled from draft at the Carolina Beer Company in the Charlotte airport during a layover at 9am in the morning. Clear dark iced tea color. Has a mildly hoppy sweet and strong alarming fragrance. Creamy head. Very bitter and hoppy, green grapefruit rinds prevail. Pine flavor impact. Mows over the taste buds. Barely any carbonation. Fairly crude and rude. Medicianl bitter finish. I’d say this is more like IIPA than a strong ale.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Apr 2008
at 09:19