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Bison Winter Warmer

Bison Winter Warmer

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An Abbey Dubbel brewed by
Bison Brewing Company

Berkeley, California USA

bottled
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533.38/5.03.36/5.0Winter9%55.5 Trappist glass P  Stats

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Our Winter Warmer is a classic dubbel-style ale that warms body and soul through the chill of Winter and Fall. We enjoy the chewy, malty flavors mingling with a slight fruitiness and raisin character but aromas and flavors will continue to evolve. Our bottle-conditioning leaves some sediment, so store cool, then decant by slowly pouring into two wide mouth glaass to enjoy with a friend. Ale brewed with raisins.

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 Cornfield (4255), Oak Forest, Illinois, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20

May 29, 2007  
This has a dark mahogany body with a slender beige head that soon redeuces to a halo. The aroma is sweet with raisins, malt, and brown sugar. The raisins seems a bit burnt in the flavor and the alcohol makes its presence known. A nice warming ale.

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 SoLan (1186), Orlando, Florida, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/514/20
Aug 1, 2008  
Dark amber/ruby with a small, off white head. Rich aroma of dark fruits, sweet and bready malt, and some candi sugar. Same flavors, rich and with a bit of warmth. Full/medium body, balanced. Nice, strong winter brew.


 mgumby10 (1624), West Palm Beach, Florida, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Aug 1, 2008  
Pours dark brown, with a small off white head. Smells of sweet dark fruits, grapes, and candy sugar. The flavor is of sweet dark fruits and bitter candy sugar. Grapes, figs, and plums seem to be the most noticeable characters detected in the flsvor. Palatable and easy drinking for 9%, decent masking of the alcohol. Not great, but drinkable.


 travita (716), Lewisville, Texas, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
Jun 4, 2008  
Color is marron with a thin head. Smell is raisans, sweet, and grape. Taste is sweet, malty, and fruits. Medium body. Some chocolate. Ok.


 ross (1525), charlotte, North Carolina, USA
2.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/54/102/58/20
May 24, 2008  
2006 Bottle. Pours out a brown color without much of a head. Smell is sweet, spicy, and has some raisins in it. The taste is sweet, and really, like eating a raisin. Over carbonated, too sweet, no balance, pretty much a mess. It reminded me of Ommegang - but only in appearance and mouthfeel. Kind of like if unibroue was to brew Raison d’ Etre and add a turd to the mix. My least favorite beer of the weekend last week.


 00cobraR (941), Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/514/20
May 21, 2008  
Bottle 2006. pours out a nice darker brown clor with a medium tan head. aroma was sweet with a bit a raisin. Flavor was the same, but had a somewhat strange finish. This is one of the better beers i have had from this brewer and I want so bad for them to have something better. My search continues




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