Taste The Difference - Winter Warmer Ale (Badger)
Sainsbury's in Holborn, Greater London, England 🏴
Brewed at/by: Badger Brewery (Hall & Woodhouse)Strong Ale Regular
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Score
6.43
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Ale with a natural fig flavouring
Rich, Fruity & Malty
Brewed and bottled for Sainsbury's by Badger Brewery (Hall & Woodhouse)
This easy drinking fruity beer is brewed using traditional British hop varieties of Goldings and WGV to give an understated noble character. This allows the fruity fig notes to give a lasting, delicious mouthfeel.
Origin: Blandford Forum, Dorset
Style: Winter Ale
Taste: Rich, fruity & malty
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Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6
Sainsbury's Own, Night In Trio Of Ales#2. A little bit darker this time, and it is a darker amber coloured beer. Traditional in design, there's a few fruity caramels in here, which do linger in its aftertaste, but not enough to escape being quite a dull effort with a light bitter character. There's a lot better winter warmer ales around in style too.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Foamy off white head on a chestnut coloured body.
Nutty aroma.
Medium bodied, creamy & airy with a lively clean back.
Malt, brown bread, nutty, chocolate & spiced tastes with a lightly hopped finish.
Great with sausages - according to the label.
gave a cheers!
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
[50cl bottle from my local Sainsbury’s.] A dark copper brown coloured pour with a scant white head; hedgerow hop aroma; fruity hop taste with some fig and malty caramel; then a lingering fruity finish. A pleasant winter ale, but rather thin.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle from Sainsburys Streatham at home in London 20/11/2024 Toasted sweet malty with notes of caramel and dried fruit, some marmalade like dark citrus fruity undertones, medium body, touch of spices into the sweet toasted malty finish. Not bad. --- Beer merged from original tick of Taste the Difference - Winter Warmer Ale (2023) on 26 Mar 2025 at 12:34 - Score: 6. Original review text: Toasted sweet malty with notes of caramel and dried fruit, some marmalade like dark citrus fruity undertones, medium body, touch of spices into the sweet toasted malty finish. Not bad.
Ok fruity ale.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
500ml bottle. Pale copper in colour, with a thin, off-white, head and moderate carbonation. Aroma of red berries, slightly toasted malts and orange peel, with some leafy hops. Flavour has some more fruity sweetness upfront, with robust, almost earthy, malts some spicy complexity and a lingering, bitter finish with yet more jammy fruit. A very good supermarket beer.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle at home thnx to a friend. Amber beer, small head. Aroma is sweet, malt, fruit, orange, marmelade. Taste is the same, sweet, fruit, citrus, malt, caramel. Not bad
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle from Eltham Sainsburys. Reddish brown pour with a beige head. Nose is candied peel, dried fruit, orange marmalade. Taste is very similar. Spicy jammy-sweet aftertaste.