Winter Session Ale
Peak Organic Brewing Company in Portland, Maine, United States 🇺🇸
Brewed at/by: Shipyard Brewing CompanyWheat Ale Winter Out of Production
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Score
6.35
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This winter wheat beer uses dark malting to provide subtle toasty notes. We then single-hop and dry-hop this beer with Citra hops from our friend Brad’s farm. Interesting pineapple notes from the Citra hop provide a stark contrast to the toasty notes in the body. An engaging and sessionable Winter Seasonal.
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5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottled. Clear brown pour. White head. Aroma is faint roast. Caramel toffee and burnt malts. Pretty average.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 May 2025
at 01:16
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Botle 35,5 cl. Pours amber with a slight haze and an off-white head. Dry, nutty nose. Medium body, extremely dry again again with these nutty accents and a slight metallic edge. Massive late bitterness. 060317
Tried
on 06 Mar 2017
at 07:56
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
Bottle pour into nonic pint glass from Greg & Jane’s Beer and Wine. Appearance is mostly clear orange-brown (like light maple syrup) with trace sparkle, a few dark floaties, finger-width off-white foamy head with fair retention and light sudsy lacing. Aroma is mix of citrus, resiny and grapefruit hops over caramel malts--the mix is a bit like B.O. Taste is bitter grapefruit and resin with late toast/biscuit malt. Palate is medium bodied with thick texture, soft-to-average carbonation and mostly bitter finish. Overall, there’s some complexity here but to me the aroma and flavor profiles just aren’t a good mix of hops and malts.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Feb 2017
at 18:21
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle from a Lazy Dog Mostly clear deep copper color with a thin off white head that dissipates quickly. Toasty butterscotch on the nose with bits of earthy citrus to counter. Flavor follows the aroma. I’m not sure how fresh that bottle was but there wasn’t a whole lot of hop character.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jan 2017
at 19:10
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle 12fl.oz. [ As Peak Organic Winter Session Ale ].Unclear medium amber color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, sweet malt, pale malt, caramel, moderate hoppy, fruity hops. Flavor is moderate sweet and light moderate bitter with a long duration, fruity malt, pale malt - toasted, fruity. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20161229] 7-3-7-3-13
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jan 2017
at 14:37
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
bottle bb 30/9/17 ramata velata buona schiuma discreta persistenza buon sentore maltato quasi speziata radice discreto amaro
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Jan 2017
at 11:34
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
330 mml bottle tasted on the 30/12/2016. Dark amber to brown colour with a medium head. Aroma of caramels, malts, biscuits and some sugar. Taste is biscuits and malts. Dry aftertaste. Next one please!
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Dec 2016
at 05:24
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle@yesprs - Amber pour with off white head. Sweet fruity and malty with toasted malty notes, some marmalade, herbal and twiggy hoppy bitter into the close.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Dec 2016
at 14:33
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
12 fl oz bottle. Pours cloudy orange to brown with a small tan head. Aroma is fruity, slight herbal. Toasted malty. Bitter, fruity, citrusy. Crisp hoppy. Slight herbal finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Dec 2016
at 14:28
4.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 2.5
Bottled@Post-Xmas-Saveur-Xmas-Calendar party. Amber colour, small off-white head. Aroma is caramel, some slight dark malts, mild and some floral notes. Flavour is parfumeish, soapy and mildly toasted with some toffee and herbs.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Dec 2016
at 09:43