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New Belgium 2° Below Winter Ale 3.29 525

New Belgium 2° Below Winter Ale

Percentile
74
overall

bottled
common

on tap
common

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
5253.29/5.03.29/5.0Winter6.6%84.2English pint
Commercial Description:
Pull on your wool socks and crack open a 2° Below Ale. This tasty winter warmer started life as a small batch beer brewed for the Al Johnson Uphill Downhill – a telemark ski race in Crested Butte, Colorado. The Uphill Downhill celebrates the exploits of Al Johnson, letter carrier extraordinaire, who delivered mail by ski in the late 1800’s. Dry hopping during fermentation creates a floral nose with a hint of pepper and spicy, subtle undertones. 2° Below provides a bright, hoppy palate and a cheery warm afterglow.
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 undsioux7 (561), Cologne, Minnesota, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Nov 29, 2008  
Poursclear dark amber with a white head. Aroma of mild spicy hops and bready malt. Taste is the same. Not bad.


 BenDover (128), Texas, USA
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/55/103/58/20
Nov 28, 2008  
Pours a dark orange, very little foam. Aroma of faint hops. It’s very biting going down, but strangely, there’s NO TASTE. AT ALL. Lame.


 Taverner (863), San Ramon, California, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/514/20
Nov 28, 2008  
Nice caramel malty presence, some hoppage but this was after a Marin ipa. Aroma is a nice bready malt. Flavor slightly cardboard - but not in a bad way. Amber white head. Bitter bite on finish. Woody flavor throughout.


 malrubius (1002), Valley Stream, New York, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/514/20
Nov 28, 2008  
On tap @ a pizza place in Scottsdale, AZ. Dark amber with lasting head and lace. Spicy sweet aroma. Roasted malty brown sugar with medium fruity and mild hoppy finish. Pretty good.


 Gypsy19 (647), California, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/104/512/20
Nov 27, 2008  
Tastes like sort of a cross between New Belgium’s Fat Tire and a common American pale ale. The hops are downright delicious on the creamy foundation. This isn’t a world-class beer, but it is quite good and original.


 fidel (976), Livermore, California, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/514/20
Nov 27, 2008  
Dark amber, malty, caramel, spicey, litttle fruit, little bready, light citrus, hoppy finish.


 mar (1916), Dallas, Texas, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/513/20
Nov 26, 2008  
amber pour with no real head. malts, fruit and some slight hops on the nose. nice on the palate with a spicy flavor. carbonated finish that wasn’t that great.


 RedSox2004 (356), Pacific Palisades, California, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/104/512/20
Nov 26, 2008  
Pours clear dark amber with a generous white head, good retention and very nice lacing. Pine hops aromas are strong, accompanied by spruce tips and a slight spiciness. Very well balanced flavor of the aforementioned hops with a strong caramel malt backbone. That Christmas tree sense is also there, but none of the spiciness that the nose detected. Medium to full bodied, light carbonation, and more hops than malt in the aftertaste. Very nice drink.



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