Snowflake
Black Sheep Brewery in Masham, North Yorkshire, England 🏴
Pale Ale - American Style / APA Winter|
Score
6.42
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Brewed to cure the winter blues.
Hunker down on these cold, dark nights with this Winter Pale Ale. Using bold American hops Willamette and Columbus, a pale malt base is lifted with powerful citrus fruit flavours, backed by more subtle floral, pepper and spice notes.
Hunker down on these cold, dark nights with this Winter Pale Ale. Using bold American hops Willamette and Columbus, a pale malt base is lifted with powerful citrus fruit flavours, backed by more subtle floral, pepper and spice notes.
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6/10
Tried
from Cask
on 23 Jan 2026
at 11:43
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6
[50cl bottle from Morrisons, Bracknell.] A bright golden amber pour with an immediately dissipating white head and lively carbonation; sweet malty aroma; rather thin in the mouth with a biscuity malt taste and some berries; then a few hedgerow hops adding a fruity bitterness to finish,
Tried
from Bottle
from
Morrisons Supermarket (Various locations)
on 27 Dec 2025
at 18:57
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
500ml bottle. Poured a clear golden colour with a mostly lasting frothy white head. The aroma is malty, light hops. The flavour is moderate to light bitter, with a light biscuit malty, dry, woody hop bitter palate and a long bitter palate. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Dec 2025
at 22:16
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
Creamy white head on golden coloured body.
Pale malt, biscuit & berry around.
Medium bodied, smooth with a sharp finish.
Malt, berries, tea & citrus tastes with a hopped finish.
Decent Pale.
Pale malt, biscuit & berry around.
Medium bodied, smooth with a sharp finish.
Malt, berries, tea & citrus tastes with a hopped finish.
Decent Pale.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Dec 2025
at 17:18
6.5/10
Bottle from Trembling Madness at home. Clear golden colour. Malty bread some citrus. Light body. Not sure what s=makes this a seasonal beer.
Tried
from Bottle
from Trembling Madness Online Shop
on 24 Nov 2025
at 21:56
6.9/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Second Christmas beer of the season, the second on the same night too.. might be a trend for the next month. A hoppy session style beer so not particularly seasonal, but pretty decent for what it is.
Tried
from Cask
at
Shoulder of Mutton
on 22 Nov 2025
at 08:27
5.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 5
Overall 5
Bottle at Auntie Sue's on 15th November 2025. Obtained from my local Morrison's. Pale golden body, clean and clear, fast fading white wisp on top. Slight citrus nose and taste, nothing wintery about it in my opinion, all a bit subtle and thin.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Morrisons Supermarket (Various locations)
on 15 Nov 2025
at 20:00
6.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Gulbrun klar med hvitt skum. Lukter sitrus, stikkelsbær og noe brød. Lett. Smaker noe av sitrusskall og lys karamell. Kort. Noe bitterhet i avslutninger.
Tried
from Can
on 25 Jan 2025
at 16:27
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5.5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tried
from Bottle
at
Black Sheep Brewery Visitor Centre
on 10 Jan 2025
at 18:35
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Can at the Corstorphine Inn. Pours clear pale yellow gold with a thin white head. Aromas of light lemon and biscuit. Taste is more of the same. Light bitter finish.
Tried
from Can
on 03 Dec 2023
at 20:24