Lost Coast Winterbraun

Brewed by Lost Coast Brewery & Cafe
Style: Brown Ale
Eureka, California USA

Bottle. Rich brown ale. Good looking beer with a dark brown body with a frothy, light brown head. Aroma of caramel, roasted grain, bread and herbs. The flavor is heavily sweet and lightly bitter. It finishes moderately to heavily sweet and lightly bitter and lightly acidic. Medium to full body with a creamy texture and lively carbonation. As rich as this is, it is way too sweet, bordering on being cloying.

Crap label but good beer. Super dark red / brown (nice colour) beer with a small, smooth brown cap that quickly goes to rim only, pretty fine lacing though! The aroma is comprised of dark fruits, dark powerful caramel, notable fall season spices, a hidden chocolate and weak coffee mix, sweet plum - just smells thick all around. The hops try to make the first impression but fizzle out to the big, roasty mix of malts, good malts, slightly sweet, slight spice - maybe licorice - pretty nice overall. Fairly smooth with good carbonation, medium to medium full bodied, good faint spice blended in with tasty malts for the finish. Man, that label sucks.

First off name is stupid and the label is horrid it looks like buddies eyeball is about to explode. Baa enough about the stupid label lets drink. Very dark brown body with a very tall tan cap looks good way better than this shitty, poopy, crappy, ill-conceived diarrhea stain of art work stuck on the side of the bottle. Bitter slightly soapy aroma, mild hop, some chocolate. Aroma is subpar, actually it sucks. Taste is way better the aroma. Very smooth rich and malty. Lots of plain chocolate that gives way to a mildly bitter finish. Melon hops possibly pine, nope its melon. Feel is full yet light carbonation is ok maybe a little soft. Taste is getting sweeter the warmer the beer gets. Getting to sweet?? Hops are present in each and every sip but not over the top letting the smooth nutty malts dominate what is perfect. A good quality brew above average but why did it smell so bad?

aroma of black cherries and raisins. appearance is barely translucent cola. flavor is well balanced: sweetness comes in waves from well developed malt providing near cocoa nibs and (almost) figs...with ebbs from a touch of spiciness. hop character is buried but some bitterness subsides. solid brown ale.

Bottle 50cl. @ [ Ulfborg Tasting ].
[ Trade by yespr ]. Clear medium yellow red brown color with a large, frothy, good lacing, fully lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, caramel, chocolate - cacao, dark berry - raisin, light to moderate hoppy, orange. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is soft. [20081202]

Bomber. Amber pour with a light tan head. Aroma of overripe fruit, malts and some caramel. Flavor repeats the overripe fruit and the caramel with afaint dose of spice.

Bottled Deep amber. Small, tan head. Dusty chocolate and cocoa-aroma. Caramelle and chocolate in the flavour.

Bottled. Thanks larsniclas. Clear pale brown colour with tan head. Here is a nice blend of chocolate and hops in aroma. Lightly caramelly in flavour with that hoppy, chocolatey flavour that is so typical for Hibernation Ale. Bit one-dimensional and light in body but clearly tasty!