Butte Creek Winter Ale

Formerly brewed at Butte Creek Brewing Company
Style: Brown Ale
Chico, California USA

new offering 2003 Winter Ale..has big brown bear on label holding beer and giving thumbs up..cant beat that! Well says this is a "chesnut brown "ale..its actually a lot darker..dark garnet in colour in fact ( almost like a Scotch ale)..with a small tan coloured head..I would have given the appearance an extra point had this not been out of style. Pleasant but weakish aroma of malts ..milky , creamy scent also. Nice enough tasste of the sweet malts..mild hop below..smooth This is strange on the palate..its creamy and smooth and at the same time well carbonated..weird. A nice drinkable ale..not excellent..but a good enough to quaff a few I dare say.

Very nice dark malt, kumquat and slightly sprucey aroma -- at first strong but then fading. Good dark brown color with bone-colored head. Fun label. Mellow hoppy bitterniss over a nutty, dry brew. Some greenish flavors -- unripe nuts, slight grassiness in the very bacckend before the finish. Silky mouthfeel, longish mellow dark bitterness. A very good brew indeed, perhaps augmented by being my first of the evening.

Dark mahogany pour with very thin off white head and light lacing. Aroma has a bit of a chocolate essence to it with a bit of port wine scent as well. Has more of a Porter feel and taste to it and has a bit of that grittiness to it that I noted in their Organic Porter. Some nutty notes in the flavor round it out with some trailing hoppy bitterness. Mouthfeel is a tad on the thin side. Overall, decent.

Poured a dark brown with ruby edges. Thin head. Lightly malty aroma (bready and caramel - sweet too). Sweet malty flavor (a light graininess) with a little chocolate, vanilla, and nuttiness. Has a light hoppiness in the back end. Moderate mouthfeel and carbonation, but a little thin at the end.

Well, not like the other brown ales I have had before. It was nice and rich in dark coloration, but it had a odd taste all together. I enjoyed this ale, but it was not the best brown ale I have had, I still prefer Samauel Smith's Nut Brown in comparison.

It all depends on the batch you get. The case I bought this year is not as great as in the past. 2002: Nice frothy head...dark in color...a bit more bitter in taste than a Brown Ale should be..fairly smooth.

Decent colour, darker than normal brown shade. Malty smell and a thin feeling in the mouth. Not a great beer.

Has a strange chemical taste. More like a porter than anything else. Malty aroma, but watery taste/palate. Weak finish.