JosephsBrau Winter Ride
Trader Joe's in Monrovia, California, United States 🇺🇸
Bock - Doppelbock Winter|
Score
6.70
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Winter Ride is rich, dark, and merrily malty. It’s made for us by a West Coast craft brewery that has an affinity for traditional fermentation techniques. They combine Bavarian Hallertau hops (yielding 28 IBU) with Munich and Caramel malts to provide a sweet, nutty, dark-roasted flavor and smooth, crisp finish.
The heft of this delicious Double Bock means it pairs especially well with big, intense flavors. Try sipping it alongside our Double-Crème Brie with Truffles and our Spicy Charcuterie Selection, or even with a hearty cut of our Uncured Bacon Wrapped Porchetta Pork Roast.
Just make sure you head to your neighborhood Trader Joe’s beer section to grab this limited-run Winter Ride Double Bock before winter comes to an end.
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lore (7878) reviewed JosephsBrau Winter Ride from Trader Joe's 1 year ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Beautiful appearance of clear chestnut colour and approx one and a half inch of creamy beige-ish ecru head, which lasts for several minutes; aroma of dried cherry, prune, some chocolate, floral, roasted nutty and rye bready notes; taste is the exact same; I like it very much
SaltyGrog (4618) reviewed JosephsBrau Winter Ride from Trader Joe's 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Notes from Dec 15, 2013 $1.09 for a single from TJs. Damn inflation. BB: 3/15/14 Rounded pint glass. Crystal clear garnet/tea-ish body. Fluffy, light tan head. Smells of buttery caramel corn & charred bread. Sticky spilled beer & booze. Aspirin bitterness is the first & last thing you taste. Sweet-ish brown bread middle. Burnt nuts. Dry, pithy/popsicle stick finish. Starchy. Boozy. So-so carbonation. Cold. Cold is sometimes enough.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Pour is a clear dark amber with a large tan head. Aroma is sweet molasses with dark fruit. Flavor is sweet dark sugar, toffee and a sugar covered dark plum. Finish is dark fruit all over the place. Very tasty but sweet and I think this can cost all of a $1 at Trader Joe's.
Gripweed57 (8744) reviewed JosephsBrau Winter Ride from Trader Joe's 2 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
12 ounce can from Trader Joe’s in Princeton, NJ. Rich orange copper color. Large, pillowy tan head. Mild toasted malt aroma. Nice caramel malt flavor upfront is balanced by a dose of spicy hops. A hint of toasted nuts and black pepper. Smooth and drinkable.
willisread (9761) ticked JosephsBrau Winter Ride from Trader Joe's 2 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
A 12 oz bottle that came to me by way of Joe's in Ft. Worth. End of a session, let us see how Winter Ride stacks up in a style I like but don't love. The pour is a dark, shiny mahogany with a persistent, light tan skim. I lift for a smell. Very grainy. The taste is an improvement, not really in my sweet spot altogether. A bit of cane sweetness, dark bread, spice and earth. Tolerable.
bhensonb (22605) reviewed JosephsBrau Winter Ride from Trader Joe's 4 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle from Trader Joe's in Davis, CA. Pours dark mahogany with a slight beige head. Aroma is lightly roasty/nutty malt with grass and something else. Med body. Flavor rather matches the aroma, but the carbonation is a bit prickly. Not very sweet, not very bitter. Pretty good flavor tho.
trapped (8300) reviewed JosephsBrau Winter Ride from Trader Joe's 5 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle from Trader Joe's. Pours clear reddish brown with small foamy beige head, caramel malt aroma, high carbonation, bitter caramel malt taste with faint spicy flavor, thin body, long finish. Decent doppelbock.
bb (18428) reviewed JosephsBrau Winter Ride from Trader Joe's 5 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle. Amber-brown beer with a tan head. Caramel and toasted malt aroma. Caramela nd roast flavor with dark fruit. Medium bodied. Caramel and roast linger with dark fruits.
johnnnniee (7495) reviewed JosephsBrau Winter Ride from Trader Joe's 6 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle from Trader Joe's Bedford. Pours a brilliantly clear deep auburn color with a tightly bubbled off white head that dissipates quickly. Spicy aroma more of a winter warmer than dopplebock. Fake caramel sweetness. Astringent bitterness.