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Gearys Winter Ale

Percentile
33
overall

bottled
common

on tap
unknown

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
1262.88/5.02.87/5.0Winter6%4.6Shaker, Tulip
Commercial Description:
Geary's Winter Ale is a hearty India Pale Ale; it has a dry maltiness with an intense floral hop finish.
Ingredients: Two row English malt (clarity, crystal and wheat); Mt. Hood, Golding & Fuggle hops.
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 Ungstrup (15220), Frederiksberg, Denmark
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/513/20
Sep 28, 2005  
An orange beer with an extremely fast disappearing bubbly head. The aroma is sweet caramelic, and light notes of alcohol and hops, but also with a slight sour note - a little like sweaty feet. The flavor is sweet alcohol with powerful hop notes.


 kp (8399), Woodstock, Georgia, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/512/20
May 25, 2008  
Date: 05/24/2008
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Cellar Party

Appearance: clear gold, fine off white head, streaks of drippy lace,
Aroma: lots of fresh floral and citrus hop aroma on a mostly dry crystal malt base,
Flavor: sweet crystal malt flavor with lots of hops, bitterness builds from the middle for balance and leaves a long bitter finish,

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 12/20
Rating: 3.1/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *4


 Oakes (8093), gone rambling, Vietnam
2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/102/54/102/58/20
Nov 6, 2003  
Bronze colour. Aroma is raspberry, butter, earthy hops – holy Ringwood! Candyish flavour. Sweet and fruity. Astringent minerally note. Finish grows more bitter, but not enough to save it. Based on this and other recent Geary samples, I think maybe they’ve lost control of their yeast. This is ugly.


 Emil (6074), Copenhagen, Denmark
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/512/20
Sep 28, 2005  
Bottle. Yellow colour with a small off-white head. Malty, hoppy aroma and a light sweet caramel dry hop taste. Medium body and a light sweet dry finish.


 CaptainCougar (5457), Rockville, Maryland, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/102/510/20
May 24, 2008  
Pours a transparent golden bronze with a thin-lacing white head. Aroma of semi-dry grainy malts with a touch of grapefruity hops. Body starts thin and mostly dry with some earthy bitterness and a drier finish. Needs more sweetness and flavor hops with less bittering hops.


 jcwattsrugger (5333), Florida and, New Jersey, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/511/20
Jul 7, 2007  
12oz bottle-pours an off white head and copper color with effervescence. Aroma is mild medium fruit, some spice. Taste is medium fruit, some spice/earthy/wood-hops-peppery, medium malt-a bit of molasses. Occasional. OK carbonation.


 MartinT (5055), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/510/20
Mar 6, 2004  
Buttery oranges quarrying light hops worrying under the creamy yeast burying anything interesting from the quiet ending...This endeavour of subdued flour is in favour of faint peppery spiciness whilst being unable of any fervour...Apart from the fact that it is bottled for winter, I don't see what's wintery about this IPA/mellow Belgian ale crossover...


 Cletus (5055), Connecticut, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Jun 26, 2009  
Pours orange/copper with a nice white head. Smells of citrus, dry malt, resiny, spicy. Tastes citrussy and earthy with a nice, dry finish.



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