Middle Ages Wizards Winter Ale

Brewed by Middle Ages Brewing
Style: English Strong Ale
Syracuse, New York USA

Copper coloured body with almost no head. Aroma of caramel, peaches, malt, peanut brittle and toffee. Medium-bodied; Strong malt flavour with sweetness from fruits largely noticeable. Aftertaste shows harsh cardboard and alcohol with malt noticeable as well. Overall, not so great. I’ve had this before, but this time Jon[R888710] is the one that gives me a beer from upstate new york. I sampled this twelve ounce bottle purchased at Premier Gourmet in Buffalo, New York on 18-September-2004.

Cranberry brown color, slightly obscured/hazy. Head is gone in no time, just a small off-white crown at the top of glass. Smells of caramel corn/peanut brittle. Taste is sweet malt: toffee, caramel, strong malt that transitions into a roasted, strong, drying hop finish. Strong beer, but all it is is a 1-2 punch. No middle ground or variance of tastes. No winter spices either which is disappointing. Not a very good beer. Purchased Premier Gourmet in Buffalo, NY after my trip to Toronto in April.

Decent head that is nice and creamy on top. Buttery biscuit aroma with a good helping of malts. Color is a slightly hazy orange/amber. Flavor is mellow but quite good. Good helping of malts and a bit of hops which lend a citrus flavor. Finish has a slight alcohol warming and goes down pretty easy. A decent beer.

Lightly hazed copper body topped by medium beige head. Aroma is anise, gingerbread, peat. Taste is plum, peat, finishing peat and light grapefruit. Medium, watery, sticky body. Very mellow beer -- it seems like it should jump out at you, but it never really wakes up.

Had a very strong alcohol spice aroma. Poured semi clear red/orange amber with a creamy head. Taste was almost like a light scotch or a light whiskey with some citrus/ grapefruit at the end.

Head is initially small, frothy, off-white, mostly diminishing. Body is dark amber, bottle conditioned. Aroma is moderately malty (cookie), moderately hoppy (pine, resin), with a notes of peach, honey, and diacetyl. Flavor is moderately sweet, moderately acidic, moderately bitter. Finish is lightly sweet, moderately acidic, heavily bitter. Medium body, watery texture, lively carbonation, lightly alcoholic. Doesn't do a lot for me...rather unbalanced, citric, and uncomfortable amounts of pine sap in the aroma department. Fourth try of a Middle Ages brew, and still not a fan.

I had this beer on tap. The smell is exactly like the taste -- like a really strong mgd. The taste is poor and the aftertaste is worse. I can't really describe it, but I couldn't finish the glass.

moderate malty/hop balance. Taste was kinda sweet in a fruity aspect and finsh slightly hoppy. I got the feeling there was some winter spices, but distingishable.