Winter Ale
Fremont Brewing Company in Seattle, Washington, United States 🇺🇸
Strong Ale - American Winter|
Score
7.25
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This is a tasty Winter Ale to snuggle up to, released for the winter months when snow blankets the terrain of the mind and the body craves warmth and, let’s be honest, it’s dark and wet most of the time so your beer better be damn good. Winter Ale is dark like the weather with roast chocolate and warm malt flavors balanced by noble hop aroma and subtle hoppy spice. Warm up to it. Because Beer Matters!
Down & Dirty: 2-Row Pale, Munich, C-120, Chocolate, and Carafa 2 malts with Roast Barley and Columbus, Willamette, and Golding hops.
ABV: 8.0% IBU: 60
Color: Deep crimson brown
Aroma: Dark chocolate, fig, winter spice
Flavor: Molasses, coffee, roasted malts
Availability: November 1 – December 31
Fresh Range: 90 days from packaged-on date
Down & Dirty: 2-Row Pale, Munich, C-120, Chocolate, and Carafa 2 malts with Roast Barley and Columbus, Willamette, and Golding hops.
ABV: 8.0% IBU: 60
Color: Deep crimson brown
Aroma: Dark chocolate, fig, winter spice
Flavor: Molasses, coffee, roasted malts
Availability: November 1 – December 31
Fresh Range: 90 days from packaged-on date
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7/10
Nice mix of roasted malt and chocolate flavors.
Tried
from Can
on 11 Apr 2018
at 19:20
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
On tap at PreFunk Nampa. Deep very dark brown. Thin traces of tan lacing. Lots of sharp fresh dark roast. A little licorice and well bittered. This is more like a robust porter I think. Quite dark and roasty. Delicious though. A touch of burnt sugar at the end.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Jan 2018
at 20:33
7.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Can. Pours unclear mahogany, medium creamy beige head, good lacing. Aroma is a bit smoky, roasty, rich, coffee, malty. Flavor is light sweet, light plus bitter, hints of dark roast and smoke, Noble hops, nutty. Fullish body, soft mouthfeel. Interesting.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Jan 2018
at 20:18
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Pours a rich chocolate brown from a can, chocolate aroma and chocolate milk flavor, or more like a weak cocoa. Noble hop flavor is kind of a nice backdrop to everything. Good beer.
Tried
from Can
on 08 Jan 2018
at 21:45
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can from Boise Co-op. Dark pour, near black, small ring of brown head. Aroma is roast grains and chocolate. Taste is very rich, smooth bitterness. Chocolate, latte, burnt toast. Just shy of a porter. Really tasty.
Tried
from Can
on 04 Dec 2017
at 20:55
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
12 oz can. Pours a dark brown colour with full head. Aromas of brown sugar and sweet toasted malts. Flavours of flat cola, burnt sugar, toasted malts and dry Xmas spice. Just doesn’t come together for me.
Tried
from Can
on 15 Nov 2017
at 22:09
8.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
It’s fun when you are trying to rate a brewery more, and then you scroll through all the rare beers you’ve had from them, and find one of the easiest beers to get, and somehow, it hasn’t been rated. Though i honestly haven’t tried this once since the name changed so it feels like s brand new beer anyway. Its also fun to try the base beer of so many crazy good beers, amd look back at the experiences. Beer really does matter, and for that, i say cheers to these guys. Draft pour at Hop and Hound, Bothell. Chocolate, dark brown pour with a ton of foam head and lacing. A constant roasted character here, that’s intriguing and interesting. Some chocolate, a.little nutty. Pleasant. Cool, and warming at the same time. An ideal winter beer here. Very well done.
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Mar 2017
at 17:40
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at Elizabeth Station. Nitro. Aroma roasted malt, some fruity notes and sweetness. Taste is very smooth, with pleasant moderate sweetness and bitterness, roasted malt and chocolate notes. Very pleasant and smooth.
Tried
from Draft
on 20 Dec 2016
at 23:10
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 8
On tap at the brewery. Pours a very dark brown with medium beige head that lasts. The aroma is spice and cocoa. Medium body, roast, brown sugar, wood, spice, dry finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 30 Nov 2016
at 17:22
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Draught at the brewery, as Winter Ale, 7.5% ABV
Black color with creamy tan head. Solid ale, with a solid roasted malt backbone, and dark chocolate.
Very nice.
Black color with creamy tan head. Solid ale, with a solid roasted malt backbone, and dark chocolate.
Very nice.
Tried
on 16 Sep 2016
at 17:45