Bottle from Taniguchi with a date stamp of Sept. 18th, 2016 served in a nonic half-pint glass. A clear mahogany brown color with a thick beige head that leaves a respectable amount of lacing clinging to the sides of the glass. The smell is of a rich malty biscuit/rye bread with a tangy citrus glaze that is almost iced tea like (orange pekoe?). The taste is bitter citrus, tannic, cocoa paste, then sweet iced tea notes and some chocolate. Quite an interesting take on a winter warmer with citrusy hops at the forefront then a bitter bread, coffee grounds and chocolate flavor. The coffee/chocolate roast continues in the finish and the hints of acridness tell me Black Patent malt probably played a small role in making this beer. Good to try once but I find the recipe doesn’t quite gel together.

Bottle. Pours a golden pale amber color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty caramel aroma. Fruity malty caramel flavor with weak hoppy hints. Has a fruity malty caramel bitter finish.

Bottle 12fl.oz. [ As Redhook Winterhook ].Clear medium to dark brown color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, sweet malt, toasted, caramel. Flavor is moderate sweet with a long duration, rubber, sweet malt, toasted, caramel. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20161112] 5-3-5-3-8

Bottle@TTBS, Copenhagen - Amber pour with off white head. Sweet malty and dark fruity aroma and taste, with notes of caramel, toffee, hoppy backing, sweet malty close.

Bottled. An amber beer with a tan head. The aroma notes of malt, caramel, and a bit of spices. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, caramel, and herbal hops, leading to a bitter finish.

12 fl oz bottle. Pours clear and golden orange with a small tan head. Aroma is toasted malty. Breadish. Sweet, toasted and slight hops fruity. Mild herbal. Bitter and fruity far finish.

Bottle, 6%. Clear dark amber/brown with small tan head. Aroma is malt, caramel, biscuit, dusty and bread. Flavour is malt, caramel, notes of smoke?, biscuit, bread, medium sweet, spices, yeast? and a little bitter.

Bottle @Ulfborg Scooper. Clear brown, offwhite head. malty, caramely aroma. Flavour has malt and strong, lasting, rough bitterness. Odd.

Bottle @ fonefan tasting. Hazy brown with a beige head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel and dark fruit. Flavor is quite sweet and moderate bitter. Sweet and moderate bitter finish. 121116