Dogwood Winter Ale 2002

Formerly brewed at Dogwood Brewing Company
Style: Weizen Bock
Atlanta, Georgia USA

Amazing how many types of beer can call themselves a "winter ale" or "christmas ale". Cloudy hefe-like hue. Breadish aroma. Wheaty, cloves, attractively dry taste. Satisfying, clean finish, rather nice.

My favorite of all the winter ale series. One of my favorite beers of all time.

This is a weird one. It calls itself a weizenbock but it’s a dark cloudy golden. I was expecting something like Aventinus, but it’s not. A little research on styles says this is acceptable, however. The aroma has the estery bubble gum and cloves you’d expect from the weizen bock and the more prominent heavy malt, but also contains a distinct belgian yeast spiciness that really will give you trouble if you’re thinking German Weizenbock. A little clearing of the mind and you realize this is a pretty good attempt at a Belgian strong ale in the vein of Orval, but I wonder if this really belongs in the weizenbock style like the brewers claim.

very hazy light copper color with a thin, but lasting, white head. aroma is very strong of banana and bubblegum, also a hint of sourness. flavor is banana mainly with just a slight hint of alcohol in the finish...not sure what the ABV of this one is though. very tasty...thanks aracauna!

Thick cloudy golden color with an average size head. Good citrus and banana yeast aroma. The wheat provides a good balance in the sweet, robust, well-rounded body. Shows good adherence to style. Thanks to aracauna.

Cloudy in that wheaty way; head was medium and dense; nose was tart and yeasty. Yeasty and wheaty to start. Slightly sweet. Slightly tart. Good dark bite in the middle. Very round in body.

Smelled like a wit...the wheat really came out in the taste too...like a "hard" hefe this beer was, lots of clove and spice. Not bad, it also had a spicy, peppery zip in the finish.

Name: Winter
Date: November 06, 2002
Mode: Draft
Source: Twains, Decator, GA
Vintage: 2002
Appearance: Opaque orange, thin white head
Aroma: robust aroma with lots of spices, citrus, and hints of sweetness
Flavor: light malt flavor, deceptive, very complex, lots of wheat chahacter upon warming, cloudy but not yeasty, the hefe yeast character does not show until the very end with only the slightest hint of banana or clove

Name: Winter
Date: November 24, 2002
Mode: draft
Source: summits
Vintage: 2002
Score: iii
Appearance: fine frothy head
Aroma: light sweet citrus aroma
Flavor: much richer malt flavor, good dose of belgian character

Name: Winter
Date: December 11, 2005
Vintage: 2002
still sweet, not too much oxidation, complexity fading

Name: Winter
Date: November 22, 2006
Vintage: 2002
Appearance: clear dark amber, scant head
Aroma: big sweet caramel and fruit aroma
Flavor: lots of sweet flavor, nice over ripe banana character, touch of earthy bitterness comes in to add balance, actually quite nice especially for a four year old weizenbock

Aroma: 8/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 16/20
Rating: 3.7/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: **4