Laughing Dog Cold Nose Winter Ale

Brewed by Laughing Dog Brewing
Style: English Strong Ale
Ponderay, Idaho USA

on tap Pours a deep Garnett Color with a light tan head piney/spicey hop nose with malt in the background, leaves a great sheet of lace down the glass as i drink, finesh with a nice hop bitterness with the malt holding up.

(12oz bottle) Purchased from Bottleworks for $1.49. Nose of spiced coffee and bourbon. Wonderful deep, near opaque body. Flavour is malted with a strange spice and chocolate. Great boozy mouthfeel and hoppy finish. Very good.

Darker brown with a creamy head. Aroma is molasses with some vanilla and a touch of oak. Sweet upfront with a real rich flavour of peaty malts and roasted malts. Drys as it goes down with the woody and spicey flavour. A nice beeer.

On Tap at the Front Door in Boise, ID. Deep dark brown witha full lasting beige head. Lots of lacing coats the glass. Hoppy and dark cohocoalte woody malt aroma. Lots of toffee and moderate roast flavors. Just enough hoip bitterness to balance and a full smooth feel especially as it warmed up a bit.. Very nice.

12 oz. bottle. Great mahogany color and huge puffy head--a really pretty beer. Spicy, nutty, and surprisingly hoppy for a winter warmer. Excellent finish with a flavor that really sticks around. Purchased at 99 Bottles in Federal Way, and I got my beer club T-shirt today! What a great store!

(Bottle thanks to BuckeyeBoy) Smooth and creamy palate, butting against a woody hop flavor and bitterness. Oak and vanilla are prominent (this isn’t oak aged is it?). Rich malty, nutty base with a searing bitterness running all over it. cherry and hazelnut transition into coffee and cocoa. Palate is wonderfully smooth and silky, almost a nitro like veel to it, without the flavors being covered up. the flavors don’t all mesh perfectly, but the complexity is impressive. Certainly a unique beer, and defintiely one I wish I could get my hands on more often.

Another brew from a Christmas gift basket from brother Bob--thanks! Dark prurple ruby red (black at eye level) body, hevy with uneven brown head in a Chimay glass--this beer is not messing around! A perfect five appearance is lost to a sloppy, inconsistent lacing... intriguing balance of malts and hops--forms a grapelike, citrusesque aroma... something astringent afloat here... somewhat creamy mouthfeel... medium-bodied with an effervescent soda rush when chewed, smooth otherwise... a uniquely acidic presence: like beechwood and merlot had a lovechild(!)... as the glass drains, the alcoholic blow softens to a rather smoky finish, as a port would.... Cold Nose stands out from other winter ales I’ve sampled with its daring balance and uniquely complex character... the strength of hops rise as the beer drains, offering an IPA-type pleasure... a nice introduction to beers from Idaho!

Brown with red tints and a small head. It has a wet, musty hop aroma like they are fresh from harvest. It has a good abundance of hops with a bit of a cardboard flavor. Overall, pretty good.