Winterhook Hoppy Dark Lager
Redhook Brewery in Seattle, Washington, United States 🇺🇸
Lager - Dark India Style Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.28
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Winterhook is Redhook’s legendary winter ale, brewed annually since 1984. Crafted with an evolving mix of malts and hops, each yearly edition of Winterhook is one-of-a-kind. This year’s incarnation crafted by header brewer Nick Crandall is a Hoppy Dark Lager, combining the hops of a dank IPA, the malt of a brown ale, and yeast profile of a bock.
Winterhook’s dark colors and bold flavors make it a perfect winter warmer for frosty weather.
Winterhook’s dark colors and bold flavors make it a perfect winter warmer for frosty weather.
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5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Location: Had it many times, can find it almost anywhere
Aroma: Malts, dark fruits, some spice
Appearance: Nice looking dark red color
Flavor: Mostly malty sweetness, some roasted flavor
Palate: Medium body, dull mouthfeel
Overall Impression: An average, OK, just decent winter ale...Not a lot of very interesting flavor here. Looks better then it is. **Update 12/5/09: Just had some of a bottle of this, but the rating seems about right, so I'm going to leave it here.
Aroma: Malts, dark fruits, some spice
Appearance: Nice looking dark red color
Flavor: Mostly malty sweetness, some roasted flavor
Palate: Medium body, dull mouthfeel
Overall Impression: An average, OK, just decent winter ale...Not a lot of very interesting flavor here. Looks better then it is. **Update 12/5/09: Just had some of a bottle of this, but the rating seems about right, so I'm going to leave it here.
Tried
from Can
on 13 Apr 2009
at 22:53
5.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Pours ruby/amber, tan head. Aroma is hoppy with herbal-pine. Taste, hoppy with caramel malts. Overall mouthfeel and finish is hoppy and caramelized. Found the beer to be too hoppy and lacking any significant spices to make this one a trully enjoyable winter ale.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Dec 2008
at 14:14
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottlede on 10/29/08 and drank on 11/14/08. Pours with a huge, fluffy, off-white head and a dark hazlenut body. Some good lacing. Some spicey piney hops and a bit of toasted malt and orange peel in the aroma. Taste is hoppy with some orange and a bit watery compared to the aroma. Some toasted malt and toffee. Creamyish mouthfeel, and light carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Nov 2008
at 19:06
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle. Off-white head, dark amber body. Light aroma is malty with toasted grain and caramel. Hint, and just a hint, of hops. The flavor is moderately sweet, very lightly bitter and turns a little more bitter in the finish. Medium body and watery texture. Lively carbonation. OK, but nothing special.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 May 2008
at 17:21
4.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 6
Texture 2
Overall 5.5
Clovy aroma. Reddish copper color with a thin head and good lacing. Floral marigold flavor. Nice ingredients but too bitter and floral for my taste.
Tried
on 23 Apr 2008
at 12:55
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Pours a dark amber coor with a medium off white head that diminishes quickly. The aroma is a light malt with caramel and light hops. Good lacing on the glass. The taste is a sweet hop with a clean dry finish. A good english strong ale from Redhook.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Dec 2007
at 22:55
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Amber color. Nice aroma of caramel and good hop. Malty, round, with caramel taste and good hopping.
Tried
on 05 Jul 2007
at 06:34
5.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
This was a pleasant surprise. I didn’t expect much, but this beer has a good bitter hop aroma. Light malt body and refreshing, citrus hops in the flavor. Taste of bailey’s as well, which was strange but somehow worked.
Tried
on 18 Feb 2007
at 21:20
4.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 2
Overall 4.5
Red Hook Winter Hook in a 12 oz brown bottle. Pop the lid for an interesting spicy aroma. Dark brown yellow. Taste is not as spicy as the aroma. Can’t get over the spicy herb vegetable smell, though not unpleasant. Feel is a little viscous and strong lagerish. Not in your face with the alky. The only other English strong ales I’ve had are summit and weyebacher. Not as strong in the flavor area as those two but it don’t make it any less enjoyable. This attribute may even make it better. Some hopp or malt bite on the back of the tongue and it even lingers for a while but it is not like strong strong ale. It manages itself without too much trouble. It does seem to be a little less oppressive than the other strong ales. Finish is a medium bitter that is tolerable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Feb 2007
at 17:58
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Hoppy, fruity aroma. Decent winter beer, nice and fruity, with malt.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Dec 2006
at 17:11