Winter Meltdown
Dark Star Brewing Co. in Partridge Green, West Sussex, England 🏴
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular|
Score
6.25
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Ungstrup (52110) reviewed Winter Meltdown from Dark Star Brewing Co. 15 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Cask at NWAF 2009. An amber beer with no head. The flavor is sweet with notes of caramel, malt, and alcohol. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt and caramel as well as lighter notes of spices, nuts, and alcohol.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Cask at the Cask Pub & Kitchen on 24th March 2010. Copper with disappearing head.. Excellently spicy with ginger/lemongrass notes, zingy mouthfeel and lively texture; citric hoppy finish.
madmitch76 (40452) reviewed Winter Meltdown from Dark Star Brewing Co. 16 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
29th October 2008. Clear brown beer. Light palate. Fresh ginger start leads to some smooth malt and a semi dry ginger finish. Mild ginger afterburn. Refreshing.
Fin (18365) reviewed Winter Meltdown from Dark Star Brewing Co. 16 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Thames Tipple Leg 8, Staines, Shepperton, Walton on Thames etc 29-11-09 Had this on the way home at The Royal Standard, Wooburn Common, Bucks. Pours chestnut in colour with a thin off-white head. Bit fruity in mouth and with a dab of nuttiness, I guessed that I was getting some warmth from the alcohol but I wonder if it was the Ginger which I must say I totally failed to recognise. Nice beer. A6 A4 F7 P3 Ov13 3.3
Anders37 (30296) reviewed Winter Meltdown from Dark Star Brewing Co. 16 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Cask @ National Winter Ales Festival 2009, Manchester. Has a Clear dark amber color with a small off-white head. Has a malty spicy caramel aroma with hints of ginger. Fruity malty spicy caramel and ginger flavor. Has a fruity malty spicy finish with some hints of ginger in the aftertaste.
fonefan (84534) reviewed Winter Meltdown from Dark Star Brewing Co. 16 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask (handpump) @ National Winter Ales Festival 2009, Manchester, England.Clear dark amber color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, moderate to heavy spicy, thyme, can read it is ginger !! but spicy is was .. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet and bitter with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20090123]
Downender (11275) reviewed Winter Meltdown from Dark Star Brewing Co. 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
On gravity at the Hillgrove Porter Stores, Bristol 2/11/07. Tried as part of the HPS’s beer festival, this was amber with a slight head. The aroma had some sweet malt and ginger. The flavour was well-balanced between malt and earthy ginger with a decent hoppy finish. Good.
omhper (44752) reviewed Winter Meltdown from Dark Star Brewing Co. 19 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
Cask at Oliver Twist, Stockholm. Dark ruby. Aroma of cinnamon and ginger. Sweet and medium bodied rounded mouthfeel with evident ginger flavour. Initially the flavour is nicely balanced between malt and ginger, but eventually the ginger starts to stick to my tongue and throat, and creates an unpleasant burning sensation. Served in a nip glass it might work, but with this much burning ginger that’s about what I can take.
oh6gdx (51139) reviewed Winter Meltdown from Dark Star Brewing Co. 19 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Casked (4.8%). Dark brown colour with some slight red hints, almost no head. Fruity hops in aroma along with spices. Flavour is fruits, berries and a bit wood. Also spices and some grassyness. Atleast a casked beer that is different, but not so sure if it’s in a good or bad way. More bad I would say...
Finn (18112) reviewed Winter Meltdown from Dark Star Brewing Co. 19 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 3.5
Cask/gravity at The St Albans Beer Festival 29 Sep 06. Dark brown coloured. No head. A rich fruity aroma. A complex flavour of fruits and berries. A not-too-good bitter finish. A different beer.