Cottonwood Frostbite

Formerly brewed at Carolina Beer Company
Style: Brown Ale
Mooresville, North Carolina USA

Name: Frostbite
Date: November 05, 1999
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewfest, Duramn, NC, Winter
Appearance: dark amber, big tan head
Aroma: strong grassy centenial hop aroma
Flavor: medium malt flavor with lots of not too bitter hop flavor, hint of sweetness even

Name: Frostbite
Date: January 26, 2002
Source: Barley’s, Ashville
Appearance: nice lace
Aroma: light aroma
Flavor: lots of hop flavor

Name: Frostbite
Date: May 04, 2005
Appearance: hazy amber
Aroma: big hoppy aroma with nice sweetness
Flavor: lots of hop flavor backed up by a good sweet malt base, nice bitter finish

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 8/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 16/20
Rating: 3.7/5.0
Score: **4

The score was calculated based upon the notes and an old scoring system.

Large tan head atop a clear dark copper body. Aroma is strong caramel/toffee, chocolate, prune, some grapefruit. Taste is minimally sweet, caramel, chocolate, grapefruit, some wood. Medium body. Not enough sweetness for the strong malty flavors.

12oz bottle acquired in trade with The_Beer_God (thanks!). Poured a medium brown color with a larger sized off white head. Aromas of toasted nuts, citrus, and had a light evergreen aroma to it. Tastes of citrus, pine, and toasted malts. Not sure how old this is, but there was still a definite hoppy presence to the aromas and tastes. After the Brown Ales I’ve been going through lately, this one was a nice change up.

Pours a dark copper mahogany with a thin, light tan head. Green, piney hop aroma has some sweet candy and caramel sugar with hints of cinnamon. Starts with a nice sweetness and hoppy balance, but thins in flavor toward the finish. An interesting, well-hopped brown ale. Thanks to aracauna for sharing!

Got the last sixer from Total Wine in Raleigh. Poured hazy deep brown/ruby edged, with an off-white head. The aroma was very hoppy, coupled with caramel malt and a sizable chocoff and almond component, plus some cinnamon. The flavor showed a caramelly, somewhat sweet malty taste up front, backed by some chocoff, dark fruit, and finishing hops. Not bad at all.

Poured a dark amber color with a cream colored head. Hoppy aroma of pine and citrus. Flavoris hoppy with some sweet malt. Turns to a moderately bitter finish.

Ooh, ooh, a retired brew shared by JK. Cool! From a 12-oz bottle this brew pours a dark coppery amber with a thin light tan head with good lacing. Aroma of piney hops, carameled corn, some citrus with cinnamon. Taste has a nice sweet and hoppy beginning and then thin out in the finish with a slight dry citrus aftertaste.

Bottle (12oz). Shared with blankboy, my bottle. Murky deep orange-red with a decent off-white creamy head. Sweet yeasty dusty malt aroma, light spices, slightly scorched wheat. Very bitter woody taste, sweet malt almost dusty-sweet toasty malt overwhelmed by alcohol (6%?) and hops - again almost burnt. Mouthfeel still, bitter, burnt and syrupy - interesting but a little too bitter for me, where’s the malt?