Berghoff Hazelnut Winter Fest Ale

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

Tasted with family and friends and it was a hit. Unremarkable amber body with white head and nice lacing but the aroma packed a wallop of hazelnut and the flavor carried that through without being cloying. Very good.

Medium amber copper color with a minimal head and lacing. Pleasant hazelnut and cinnamon aroma. Some sweet maltiness up front, and I didn't mind the hazelnut flavor at first, but it took on an artificial note and the beer got astringent and dry in the finish-not all that thirst quenching. I sampled this three different times this weekend with basically the same result, so I guess it's just not for me.

Beer is exactly what you'll expect from a title like "Hazelnut Winderfest Ale"

Alright color, and a fairly small head start off this beer. Hazelnut is apparent in the aroma, but not overly strong aroma, overall. Flavor is a little nutty and somewhat unique. Also a little weak and wattery, but a nice aftertaste. This one is alright, and a unique concept, but making the overall flavor stronger would have made it a LOT better.

An absolute drain pour and my least favorite of all of this year’s winter beers. The only touch of hazelnut I detected was in the aroma initially and it faded quickly. Golden color, with a faint whiff of a head. Why add hazelnut flavor to a pale beer? Thin malt body with little sweetness. Bad thin reedy paper-like hop flavor. The hop flavor reminds me of their classic pilsener, whose hops I also found quite disagreeable.

I haven’t had this one in a while. My memory had this tasting a lot better than the 2002 version. Light chestnut color with a moderate white head. Mild hazelnut aroma with a touch of dry metalic malt. Mild almond/hazelnut flavor without the malt to back it up. To me this is a amber lager with a drop of almond extract. Sometimes memories should not reconfirmed.

appearance is copper, with a lovely white head leaving some excellent lacing. aroma is very nutty and one dimensional..flavor is extremely metallic...very disappointing beer from a pretty good brewer. re-rate...loses some of its metallic quality as it reaches room temperature, but still, to me, is disappointing.

A really nice mix of spice and hazelnut in a combo I’d not had in a beer before. A rather yummy beer that I would recommend trying if for nothing else than the new taste mixture.