Berghoff Hazelnut Winter Fest Ale

Brewed by Minhas Craft Brewery
Style: Brown Ale
Monroe, Wisconsin USA

Berghoff Hazelnut Winter Ale pours an incredibly clear light brown color with a bubbly off-white crown. There is a lot of toasted hazelnut in the aroma. The flavor begins with butterscotch and then becomes lightly toasted hazelnut. The finish is moderately sweet with just a whisp of hops toward the very end. This beer is light to medium bodied, lightly carbonated, and a bit thin on the palate. Overall, this was a decent Winter Ale and the hazelnut wasn’t over done. Now it’s time to get to work on the holiday cards! 12 oz bottle from Party Town.

Great, two bottles of crap in a row. Pours dark amber with a bit of haze and small sudsy light tan head. The head just looks sickly - the darn thing needs an asprin or something. The aroma definitely has hazelnut, somewhat artifical smelling though. There is also butterscotch and light toastiness. This just comes across as a jumbled mess. Medium body with light carbonation. Taste all kinds of diacetyl / butterscotch. It is also lightly nutty, sour with toasted malt. That which sounds bad was, that which sounds good tasted off from what it should. These last two trainwrecks are no way to start off a night.

Bottle from iowaherkeye, Thanks Joey! Nose of grainy malts and hazelnuts. transparent amber with a tiny beige head; flavor is fairly sweet caramel and hazelnuts, with some fruity banana esters in the background, kinda like a nutty hefeweisen! Interesting!

It definitely has the hazelnut aroma and other nuts as well. This is very weird. Can taste the hazelnuts too, but remain unconvinced that they are a good thing to put into beer. Interesting to try.

12oz bottle pours amber with a short beige head. Aromas of caramel, light nuts, and hazelnut. Flavor is hazelnut and caramel. Malty, and pretty sweet. Palate is a little on the watered down side. Pretty average all the way around.

Bronze color with a small beige head. Aroma of malt and hazelnut. Strong hazelnut and sweet malt flavors.

Bottle - confession ... I poured this one and then forgot I had for over an hour. Here goes. Dark golden colored. I don’t see the "brown" ale at all. Beige head with decent retention. Aroma is malty with deep hazelnut in the end. Not overpowering at this point. It does deepen as the glass is raised to drink. Flavor is very sweet. Big hazelnut notes and a touch of chocolate. Not bad.

Reviewed as ? Red-brown with a sudsy head. Strong aroma of hazelnut. Strong flavor of hazelnut. Also sweet malt with a hint of lemony hops. I personally like the taste, but the hazelnut flavor and scent are a bit over-the-top.