Smithwick's Winter Spirit
Guinness (St. James's Gate) in Dublin, Dublin, Ireland 🇮🇪
Belgian Style - Strong Ale Regular|
Score
6.02
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4
Can @ home, thanks to MacBoost for this one off! Pours a clear brown appearance with a big brown head. Aroma has some caramel, toasted pecans, light wood, and some grass. Moderate plus sweetness. Low bitterness. Twangy, nutty, burnt sugar cookie flavor. Not too great.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
Can thanks to Graeme. Pours a clear copper with small beige head. The aroma is toasted malt and caramel. Thin mouth grain, toasted malt, cracker, metallic finish, meh.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
16 ounce can. Pours a clear dark brown with a large foamy tan head. Fair head retention. Aroma of nuts, caramel, spice, tinny hops. The taste is caramel, toffee, nuts, mild spice. Thin bodied.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle from Tesco, Dublin. Clear brown with next to no head. Has a mix of winter dark fruits, some roasted malt, some burnt notes and a gentle sweetness. Not quite full-bodied.
Not bad.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Bottled. A Brown beer with a beige head. The aroma has notes of malt and caraeml. The flavor is sweet with notes of straw and malt, leading to a bitter finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
dark clear brownn, small light brown head. aroma is bitter malty, caramelly, slightly nutty.flavor is malty, sweet malty ,slightly caramelly.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
50 cl bottle. Pours clear and golden deep amber with a small off white head. Aroma is butterish and toasted malty. Dry and grassy. Toasted malty. Bitter and dry finish.