Equinox Brewing Midwinter Warmer

Midwinter Warmer

 

Equinox Brewing in Fort Collins, Colorado, United States 🇺🇸

  Barley Wine - Barley Regular
Score
6.93
ABV: 10.0% IBU: - Ticks: 5
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7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Deep dark brown coloured body with a thinnish light brown and deep tan head that fades fairly quickly. Aroma of coffee, cereal malt, coconut and some dried figs with a little yeastiness and bread here as well with a touch of grain, but quite strong in the nose. Medium to Full-bodied; Relatively rich malts and sugars show through everything here and make this viscous and syrupy with some birch and maple syrup notes and a light molasses and fig/pitted fruit punch towards the end, without too much malts or complexity - this is straight-forward and relatively sweet without as much depth as i'd expect. Aftertaste shows the sweetness, a light dose of alcohol and a bunch of pitted fruits, but not much else and no real complexity here, which is very surprising for the style, but doesn't show anything bad, just neutral and nuanced without anything pungent. I sampled this five ounce pour on draught from Equinox Brewery /Taproom in downtown Fort Collins, Colorado on 31-January-2022 for US$5,00. 

Tried from Draft on 01 Feb 2022 at 02:15


7.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Bottle from tderoeck. Many thanks! Hazy orange colour, white foam. Sweet nose of vanilla, dried fruit, plums, some tropical fruit.

Tried from Bottle on 27 Jul 2017 at 02:41


8.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Imported from my RateBeer account as Equinox Midwinter Warmer (by Equinox Brewing):
Aroma: 9/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 9/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 17/20, MyTotalScore: 4.3/5

30/V/17 - 1Pt. 0.9Fl. Oz. bottle @ home - BB: n/a, 2014 vintage (2017-694) Thanks to Tinus for sharing the bottle!

Clear amber to reddish beer, creamy yellowish head, little stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: very fruity, sweet, caramel, dried fruits. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: sweet start, some citrus, hoppy, some alcohol, strawberry. Aftertaste: hoppy, some strawberry jam, bit sweet, soft bitterness, some tropical fruits, mango, vanilla, very nice stuff.

Tried from Bottle on 30 May 2017 at 17:11


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Tap @ Equinox taproom. A stop on grand tour of Fort Collins breweries and bars with Tim, Aaron and Armin, Thanks !! Pours deep amber with a small offwhite hehead. Aroma of sweet malt, toast, toasted caramel, dried fruit, alcohol, oak. Taste is sweet with malt, caramel, toast, dried fruit,oak, light spicy, boozy. Medium to full body, soft carbonation, alcoholic finish. 250212

Tried from Draft on 04 Mar 2012 at 09:45


5.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

Tap at Equnox - hazy amber - the cab and bourbon barrels dominate this one - a lot of spicy oak, vanilla, mild vinous qualities - but instead of adding nuance, they make things messy - yeast profile is doughy - a lot of sharp esters - seriously strong, astringent alcohol - inelegant and hard to drink.

Tried from Draft on 26 Feb 2011 at 17:26