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Anderson Valley Winter Solstice

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bottled
common

on tap
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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
5333.48/5.03.47/5.0Winter6.9%92.4Lager glass, Tumbler
Commercial Description:
Each year, when people are starting to unpack their winter clothes and replenish their firewood, our tiny brewery in the coastal redwoods of Northern California makes seasonal preparations of a different kind. As the cold arrives, we release a unique beverage created to add warmth to even the coldest and darkest of winter's days. Winter Solstice Seasonal Ale begins with a very high original gravity to create a hearty and spicy brew with a deep amber hue and a smooth finish. Anderson Valley Brewing Company wishes you the very best for the holiday season and the New Year.
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 dmac (1498), Toms River, New Jersey, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/58/103/513/20
Apr 1, 2009  
12 oz bottle from Moneghans. Pours a deep reddish hued amber with an average frothy beige head that leaves no lace, might be my glass though. Aroma of butter bread with some weird fruit preserves spread across, pretty much yuck. Luckily that weird buttery berry concoction of an aroma doesn’t carry over to the flavor and lots of vanilla dominates with decent hops rounding out the aftertaste. Fuller bodied with rather fizzy carbonation. Not alot going on here but drinkable.


 Taverner (863), San Ramon, California, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/511/20
Mar 5, 2009  
Vanilla and malty nose. Flavor is caramel malts, not much else. Notes of dark caramel, bitterness from the malt and sweetness from the malt. Very much like an English Bitter. Pours amber brown with white head.


 6ROW (258), corpus christi, Texas, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/55/103/513/20
Mar 3, 2009  
deep amber pour with small off white head.light aroma of molasses/carmel, malty sweet taste of molasses with light bitter finish.


 kitschy (209), Nebraska, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/517/20
Feb 20, 2009  
Aromatic vanilla and maple nose. Smooth full palate. Delicious winter flavor screams to be consumed by a cozy fire.


 jamvin23 (162), chicago, Illinois, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/515/20
Feb 15, 2009  
Bottle. Chestnut brown with minimal white head. Vanilla aroma. Rather malty, mnedium bodied, big lingering vanilla flavour, balanced bitterness.


 JohnQPublic (387), Brooklyn, New York, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/54/103/510/20
Feb 8, 2009  
Bottle into Sam Adams Lager glass. Pours hazy dark copper with a thin, one finger fizzy light khaki head. Nose starts off with a sugary sweet strawberry fruity note. Unbelievably sweet. Taste follows suit - cloyingly sweet caramel and berry-like fruit note, with some pure sugar sweetness mixed in. It’s like they forgot to hop this batch or something. Slightly metallic. Restrained carbonation, syrupy body. Sticky.


 Rciesla (3750), Exit 15W, New Jersey, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/56/103/513/20
Feb 4, 2009  
Bottle. Pours an amber body with an off white head. Sweet and malty upfront with caramel, toffee, and vanilla. Hopped with a mild bitterness and some light spices. decent.


 esjaygee (1578), Oak Creek, Wisconsin, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/512/20
Feb 1, 2009  
Murky copper, next to no head, lots o’ floaties. Aroma of caramel, spice and malt. Taste of spice, malt with a spicy finish. Some cola like qualities to this one (like some of their other beers too).



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