Left Hand Snow Bound Winter Ale

(22oz bottle, bought yesterday but still labeled XXXMas Ale) Lightly hazed copper body with small off-white head. Aroma is medium sweet, orange, some candi sugar, allspice, light herbal, cinnamon, ginger. Taste is moderately sweet, orange, honey, some allspice, ginger, light herbal. Alcohol hinted at but not actually tasted. Medium body, smooth.

Ruby umber color with a moderate, creamy looking tan head. Decent lace. Nutmeg, cinnamon and ginger power over the dark fruit bread aromas. Good malt depth with caramel and a pumpkin muffin flavor. Quite balanced as spice brews go. They are certainly there, but not in an overpowering spice rack type. Gingersnaps with a mild cream frosting. A nice winter warmer.

Pours a fairly clear reddish brown, with a nice sized, dissipating head. Aroma is....strange! A bit gingerbread, nutmeg, maybe some cinnamon, but it all comes together fairly strange. Taste is fairly sugary sweet, with some more gingerbread flavors, and a nutmeg dryness. Finishs with a roasty toasty flavors. A bit cloying after not sipping for a while. This beer should be good, but its flavors just kinda fall apart everywhere. Also, I don’t really like nutmeg much. At least the texture and body was quite good.

This was very good hints of nutmeg in the finish and a slight cinnamon flavor.I like this and would try again.CHEERS!

Bottle. A brown color. A good malty aroma but the spice comes through well in the flavor. A slight mint chocolate flavor. Rating from December 2005 notes.

Light amber with decent head. Ginger & pumpkin pie aroma. Pretty tasty spiced fall beer...just enough spice. Good malt backbone is not too sweet. It’s hard to make a 9% holiday beer you can drink the hell out of, but this is it.

Fruity, apricot zest in the nose. A faint aroma of honey very subtle. Dark amber color with a fast moving, diminishing head. Flavor is a little watery. Acidic not very bold. Some zest and spices but mellow. Sweet somewhat bitter finish. Just too blah. Not quite ready for primetime holiday cheer.

bottle. beautiful brown pour with tones of red. average size off white head. nice clarity and good lacing. nose of nutmeg, pumpkin, nutty, burnt malts. Booya Santa. medium body. semi creamy mouth. spicy, nutmeg, sugar and pumpkin. Tastes like Christmas. clean brew. very nice. one of the better ones I have had.