Winterbraun
Lost Coast Brewery in Eureka, California, United States 🇺🇸
Brown Ale - Imperial Winter|
Score
6.79
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A full-bodied, brown ale with a rich chocolate taste created from roasted chocolate and caramel malts. Topped with Czech Saaz hops to give it a spicy flavor and aroma.
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6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
12 oz. bottle courtesy of Indra. Pour is flat cola, with a one inch dirty white head. There was a bit of carbonation and lacing on the pour. Aroma of nuts and sweet cocoa, though both were fairly muted. Taste is very similar to their brown, though I thought it was a bit thinner. The cocoa / chocolate notes really were not present in the taste for me. The finish did feature a bit of hop bitterness, which was nice. Overall, a decent Brown, but not much more.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Mar 2008
at 08:38
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Aroma of dark roasted malt and perhaps some chocolate. Dark mahogany color with a tan head that just flattened. Near medium body with sharp, but mild, carbonation. The flavor is near toasted malt, with something like cola, and again, maybe, chocolate. The finish is roughly sweet, with some bitter to balance. The sweet goes, the bitter stays. Coffee seems to be present. Relatively smooth as brown ales often go.
Tried
on 12 Nov 2007
at 00:03
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pours clear deep amber and initially with one inch light brown head. The head was a thin ring in about a minute or so. The aroma starts off light with hints of roasted malts and some sweetness. The aroma remains too light even after it warmed. The taste is roasted malts and sweet molasses. There’s also a light hint of dark chocolate, coffee and dark fruit. Pretty tasty with no flavor faults but maybe a little understated for a Winter type brew.
Tried
on 27 Jun 2007
at 19:46
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draught @ Lucky Baldwin, Pasadena. Pours a dark brown almost black color with a tan head. Malty aroma with some hints of caramel. Sweetish malty hoppy flavor with hints of licorice and caramel. Sweet malty finish with a bitter aftertaste.
Tried
on 11 Mar 2007
at 10:35
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Very pleasing winter warmer, just as I like them. Nice ruby-garnet color with a 1 finger tan head. Aroma is lightly spicy and hoppy around a sweet alcohol component and touch of chocolate and caramel. The flavor is rounded but not overly sweet, with a dusty cocoa and spicy hop edge. Medium body and lightly bitter finish.
Tried
on 04 Dec 2006
at 10:18
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Dark brown beer with a nice tan head. Roasty, caramel, nutty aroma. Malty, caramel flavor with some roast and backing bitterness. Thinner body than expected. Rasty spiciness lingers. Easy drinking.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Nov 2006
at 22:21
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Transparent walnut body, almost bald tan head, slighty malty nose with nutty chocolate notes, malty flavor with a small hop bite.
Tried
on 11 Jun 2006
at 23:31
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Aroma of chocolate. Tastes a bit like malt, chocolate, and nuts. I wasn’t sure what to expect when I had this beverage, but it was pretty good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Dec 2005
at 23:36
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Thanks to Suttree for this one. This starts off with a reserved light tan head over a deep brown beer with lots of ruby where the light penetrates. Dark caramel aroma. The flavor is full of caramel, butterscotch and vanilla; delivered smooth and filling. Decent brown ale.
Tried
on 31 May 2005
at 16:50
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
2004 offering. Paid $1.49 for a 12-oz single at Whole Foods in Charlottesville, VA. Deep brown with a small head. Smells dusty... yea, dusty... with a hint of toffee. Flavor is burnt something... nothing special here. Not too malty, which is nice, but... ordinary.
Tried
on 06 Feb 2005
at 00:39