Butte Creek Winter Ale

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

Date: 04/14/2002
Mode: Bottle
Source: Norm’s, DC

Dark brown with ruby highlights, whispy tan head, sweet nutty malt aroma, rich dry malt flavor, touch of smokey roasted character, low bitterness, a nice big chestnut brown ale
-------- /> Date: 12/08/2005
Source: ww

good rich chocolate flavor

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 10/20
Rating: 2.8/5.0
Score: *4
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Dull brown colour, not much head. Chocolatey, peanutty aroma with charred notes. Lightish body, led by the charred malts with chocolate and nuts fading a little bit into the background. Off-dry finish.

(12oz bottle) Clear mahogany/black body, minimal off-white head. Aroma is medium sweet, chocolate, caramel, some toffee, light butterscotch. Taste is moderately sweet, chocolate, caramel, some butterschotch, nut, light earthy/floral. Some stickiness, medium body.

Dark brown with a very light tan head. Smells like cherries and some dry oats. Impressive roasted malts, meaty smoke flavor and semi-gritty finish with an overlying cherry or sweet plum... better than I expected. Quite robust at times. Pasty sweet and dry malted milk ball finish. Sweet.

Dark mahogany, thin lacing & sticky head. Nose of pine resin & spent charcoal. Taste balanced & dry, a bit of both sweet & bitter slap you & run. Medium bodied, doughy finish. Decent winter beer. Plenty of smoke & light roast.

Pours burnt sienna with small, off-white head. Aromas of caramel malt, cacoa, brown sugar, hops, and cinnamon. The flavor is caramel malty and chocolatey up front, with some mid-palate brown sugar and spices. Medium to light palate.

Head is initially average sized, frothy, light brown, mostly diminishing. Body is dark brown. Aroma is lightly malty (roasted nuts, toasted bread), lightly hoppy (resin), with light notes of juniper, anise, and allspice. Flavor is lightly sweet, moderately acidic, lightly bitter. Finish is moderately acidic, moderately bitter. Medium body, watery texture, lively carbonation. Blah, this needs a serious malt injection; very unbalanced in the flavor profile...far too attenuated. Ok aroma, but ultimately not worth wasting my liver and brain cells on.

Deep malty aroma with some hop. Decent brown color and a quickly disappearing head. Starts with carbonation and some coffee/chocolate. Some sort of nutty aspect midway, and it smooths out impressively towards the finish. The end seems to be light coffee with noticeable hop. Subsequent sips seem to have a bit of light pluminess. Quite good.