Dark Horse 4 Elf Winter Ale

Brewed by Dark Horse Brewing Company
Style: Spice/Herb/Vegetable
Marshall, Michigan USA

12oz bottle from hoppymeal. Pours a dark cola brown with very little head; some white bubbles around the edge of the glass. Super holiday spice on the nose; pine, clove, nutmeg and cinnamon. Taste is kind of like the smell of fresh sawdust up front and then quickly into the spice with some maltiness, but this one is all about the holiday spices. This definitely reminds me of Anchor OSA. Good brew and from the aged OSAs that I have had, I bet this one would be fantastic many years down the road. Thanks Derek for the interesting bonus!

Drink at Dark Horse in Marshall MI. Average creamy/frothy light brown head with fair lacing. Dark red body hue. Aroma of heavy spices, allspice, nutmeg, clove standard pumpkin pie spices. Also picked up a hint of raisins. Flavor taste similar to smell, cloves all spice, nutmeg, pumpkin, initial flavor followed by mild sweet malt finished with clove and spices. Average aftertaste. Mild body with watery texture, soft carbonation.

12oz bonus from sleestack, shared with my GF. glad this was low in Alc so I could pop it early in the night. Pours black with a tan head. Nose is sweet, taste is rich and quite potent. Big beer in a little package, pretty intense at cellar temp prob better to chill this one a tad.

Dark in color with a nose filled with spices, chocolate, coffee beans and banana bread. In the mouth it was concentrated, rich, and again very spicy. This was a quite spicy and enjoyable.winter brew.

12oz bottle acquired in trade (thanks Derek!). Poured a deeper brown color with an averaged sized off white head. Aromas of lots of spices (ginger, cinamon, and a bunch of others), chocolate, and I was getting some berries in there too. The spices were definitely the strongest of the aromas. Tastes of the same spices, chocolate, and caramel. This one was all about the spices.

Bottle. Poured dark brown with an oil slick of brown head. Very boozy on the nose with caramel TONS of spice, esp. ginger, cinnamon and nutmeg. Somewhat earthy as well. Taste is malty with a lingering spice finish. Very good, but will probably great with a little age.

12 oz bottle. Dark brown with a thin beige skin. Nose is nutmeg, cinnamon, caramel and berries. Crisp medium light with a tang. Like the nose, spicing is quite upfront in the taste. Allspice, cinnamon, nutmeg but mostly clove. Ginger and caramel come through in the finish. Very nice spiced ale.

Bottle shared by BrianK. Pours a dark brown body with a tan lacing. Cinnamon, clove, gingerbread, light malt, allspice, and licorice. Good beer.