RateBeer
   Home Sign Up or Login Advanced Search
   People Ratings Events Places Forums Shop Magazine
      Top By Category  RateBeer Best  Latest Ratings  Top 50    

Home > Brewers > Pennsylvania > McKenzie Brew House >

McKenzie Biere d’Hiver


 Percentile 
85
overall
A Bière de Garde brewed by
McKenzie Brew House

Glen Mills, Pennsylvania USA

bottled
available

on tap
available

Local Distribution
Find this beer

Add Distribution Data
Send Corrections

 Ratings  Average  Score  Seasonal  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in  Advanced 
113.63/5.03.51/5.0Winter7.7%83.2 Snifter P  Stats

Commercial Description:
A winter ale brewed in the French farmhouse style with three grains, honey, candi sugar and spices. Gently hopped and pleasantly malty.

Most RecentTop RatersHighest Ratings Who's Rated This?
 axilla (942), New Providence, Pennsylvania, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
Jan 13, 2008  
Poured a somewhat hazy red/brown color with a nice off-white foamy head. The aroma is big honey with some sweet grains and spices. The flaovr was mostly dominated by sweet honey, with some pretty nice farmhouse notes, dark fruits and spices with a bitey finish. I was quite surprised by this one.


 Miver (384), WillowStreet, Pennsylvania, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Jan 16, 2008  
On draft at Malvern location. Poured a copper color with a beige head. Aroma was sweet with honey and a tad spicy. Taste was of spices, candy sugar, honey, with a touch of farmhouse yeast present. The finish was quite a bit spicy and showed the alcohol a little.


 egajdzis (2963), Terrapin, Pennsylvania, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/516/20
Jan 11, 2008  
Poured a lightly hazy dark amber color with a medium sized, off white head that left nice lacing on the glass. Aroma of sweet honey, farmhouse, light spices, hay, and alcohol. Taste was equally sweet, with more spices, honey, caramel malts, dry yeast, and a rather strong alcohol burn. Interesting take on a biere de garde, I kinda liked it.


 pineypower (863), Pine Barrens, New Jersey, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/516/20
Jan 19, 2008  
Tap at Malvern. Pours out a nice reddish amber/copper color with a small white head. Aroma is sweet with slight spice and fruit. Flavor is complex, nice full mouthfeel, honey with some spice, fruit, yeast, some caramel and a dry alcoholic finish. I liked it


 TomDecapolis (2407), Skippack, Pennsylvania, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/515/20
Jan 9, 2008  
On tap at Malvern location. Pours a hazy deeper amber with some golden notes and medium bubbly/foamy off white head that left some lacing. Aroma of malty sweet grains, honey, some light spicing, Cheerios, yeast and a touch of some dark fruits. Flavor of raisins, some dark fruits, candi sugar, Belgian fruity esters, some various spices, honey and a touch of alcohol…but kind of hard to pinpoint.




WOULD YOU LIKE TO READ MORE RATINGS?
Then join us! RateBeer is made by beer enthusiasts for the craft beer community. Your basic membership is free and allows you to read all beer ratings.

Desired User Name
*
Valid Email (Needed to verify your account)
*
Relax. RateBeer is 100%, guaranteed spam-free. That's our promise to you.

I agree to the terms of the RateBeer User Agreement

RATE THIS BEER

Aroma

rating assistance

Appearance

rating assistance

Flavor

rating assistance

Palate

rating assistance

Overall impression

rating assistance

TOTAL SCORE

Comments

More Bière de Gardes

Ommegang Biere de Mars (3.96)

La Bavaisienne (3.86)

Southampton Biere De Mars (3.78)

Jolly Pumpkin Bière de Mars (3.77)

Leelanau Good Harbor Golden (3.76)

Lost Abbey Gift of the Magi (3.75)

Lost Abbey En Garde (3.7)

Southampton Biere de Garde (French Country Christmas Ale) (3.66)

Craftsman Bier De Garde (3.64)

La Bavaisienne Blonde (3.64)

More Pennsylvania Brewers

Manayunk Brewing Company
  Philadelphia
General Lafayette Inn and Brewery
  Lafayette Hill
Stoudts Brewing Co.
  Adamstown
North Country Brewing Company
  Slippery Rock
Sprague Farm & Brew Works
  Venango
Porterhouse Brewpub & Restaurant
  Lahaska
Stoney Acres Winery
  Nescopek
Barley Creek Brewing Co.
  Tannersville
Appalachian Brewing Company (PA)
  Harrisburg
Boyds Cardinal Hollow Winery
  North Wales
Philadelphia Brewing Company
  Philadelphia
Shade Mountain Vineyards
  Middleburg
Iron Hill West Chester
  West Chester
Iron Hill Phoenixville
  Phoenixville
G.G. Brewers
  Glenside

About RateBeer | Add A Beer | Add A Brewer | Edit Personal Info | 100 Beer Club | FAQ | Log out | Feedback? | Copyright 2000-2008, RateBeer LLC