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Far West Fimbulvinter Ale 3.18 6

Far West Fimbulvinter Ale

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63.3/5.03.18/5.0Winter-0Snifter, Trappist glass
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 BillKismet (1952), Seattle, Washington, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/57/104/514/20
Jul 9, 2006  
Medium mahogany-brown appearance w. a thin, unfading head. Medium brown malt profile, scintilla of sourness. Chocolate malt aroma burst comes through. Strikes me as flavorful, amber ale session beer.


 Oakes (8139), Kowloon, Hong Kong
2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/104/54/102/57/20
Mar 5, 2006  
Mahogany colour. Spicy, diacetylly sort of aroma. Sweet palate with heavy, one-dimensional caramelly notes punctuated mainly by diacetyl. Lightly toasty.


 OldMrCrow (1201), Seattle, Washington, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/514/20
Feb 22, 2006  
From a growler at a Bottleworks tasting.

Pours a warm, appealing red amber, and offers a warm fruity aroma of floral hops and tropical fruit. The flavor offers up a substantial quantity of sweet(ish) malts, again soft tropical fruit flavors, caramel, and then alcohol becoming quite prominant in the finish before ceding to citric hops. This is a pretty nice beer, and I’d like to try it again under other circumstances.


 omhper (12289), Stockholm, Sweden
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/56/103/513/20
Feb 20, 2006  
Draught at the Brouwer’s Cafe, Seattle. Clear ruby. Fruity mango aroma. Medium sweet with chewy malt and celan mouthfeel. Notes of caramel, butterscotch and peppery alcohol. Low bitterness. Warming and well balanced.


 Pigfoot (2226), Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/58/104/516/20
Feb 20, 2006  
Deep vermillion hue, clear(ish), slim, but staying slab of cream-toned foam. Aroma is lightly sweet and fruity, caramelly, very pleasant. In the mouth, a flood of tastiness. Dry, grassy hops, tangy fruit, rich and a little roasted. Starts sweet, then dries. I like that. Lip-smacking, and full of depth, a plentitude of flavors at play. Nutty, toasty, woody, maybe... Full bodied, with a slightly sweetish, well-rounded finish. Excellent, all around. This is quite nice, a very unique interpretation of the winter warmer notion, one I appreciate a great deal. If I don’t watch out, I’ll kill this growler before the night is through. Just delicious.


 5000 (2600), Hardened Liver, Washington, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Feb 18, 2006  
Draught @ Brouwer’s Cafe: Reddish amber, moderate off-white head, foamy, so-so lacing, lively carbonation.   Mixed bag on the nose, floral, sweet, somewhat musty, a touch grainy.   Semi-sweet malty character up front, quite grainy in fact.   A bit of citrus peel and sweet bready characteristics at the end.   Body and mouthfeel are average.   Somewhat grainy alcohol at the finish, its very subtle, but its there.   Lightly spiced too, semi-sweet.   Decent, but just a little too grainy over all to really capture me.



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