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New Belgium 2° Below Winter Ale 3.29 545

New Belgium 2° Below Winter Ale

Percentile
74
overall

bottled
common

on tap
common

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
5453.29/5.03.29/5.0Winter6.6%84.3English 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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 Soonah (980), Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Dec 31, 2007  
Poured a light copper color with a barely one-finger tall white, fizzy head. No lacing. The aroma was light malt, earthy hops that with a slight bit of floral to them. Almost herbal. The flavor was mostly an earthy, floral hops with some light maltiness and unfortunately a bit of alcohol. On the high side in terms of carbonation with an average mouthfeel.


 beerheart (237), Erie, Colorado, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/514/20
Dec 31, 2007  
12oz bottle at Boulder restaurant. Copper colored pour. Creamy white head lasts for the entire drink. Aroma of citrus, wild flowers, and hops. Despite the name, this is better a little warmer, at room temperature. Tastes of piney hops, caramel malts, with floral notes and some spices, such as coriander.


 Angeloregon (2036), Portland, Oregon, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/514/20
Dec 30, 2007  
From a 12oz. bottle--Poured a medium bodied copper-orange body with a nice fluffy white head. Great lasting lacing in glass. Citrus, grainy nose. Caramel malts and floral hops. Gritty, tasty presence. Complex and warming. As beer warms up, it gets maltier. Not a fan of that Fat Tire flavor, but the hop presence is quite nice and this beer is very enjoyable.


 kkearn (1014), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/513/20
Dec 30, 2007  
12oz Bottle, best by 15 Feb 08. Poured orange amber, capped with a tan head that filled the pint glass. Earthy, floral hops hit the nose immediately, followed by grain and sweet malt. Flavor is dominated by hops at first, which are quickly joined by caramel malt, alcohol, and some spice. Fairly bitter finish.


 Wulfstan (509), California, USA
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/105/518/20
Dec 30, 2007    Updated: Jun 9, 2008
This is surprisingly nice, being full of not only malt but strong hop flavour without a corresponding bitterness. It is light amber with a medium, dense off white head a fairly nice lacing. The aroma is grain, pine, cypress, toffee and yellow cake batter. The taste was a little odd at first the first time I had it, but it develops into a nice, interesting, full bodied & well-rounded flavour. It has toasted grain, cream soda, hints of caramel and pineapple juice, aromatic citrus-pine-floral hop element with lots of hops flavour but only light hop bitterness. It’s surprisingly oily and silky. It’s a lot like a malty, full-bodied double IPA without the bitterness.


 Maverick34 (729), New York, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/513/20
Dec 27, 2007  
Bottled. pours dark but with a whole lot of head. Smell is smoky, nutty and malty. Taste is similar with a touch of hops.


 KAF (441), Coralville, Iowa, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/54/103/510/20
Dec 25, 2007  
Darker golden color with a nice foamy white head about two fingers thick that settles nicely. Malty aroma and a bit earthy. A bit of rubbing alcohol and malt.


elgavilancillo (63), South Gate, California, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/101/54/102/518/20
Dec 25, 2007  
indeed is a bitter beer not bad tho nice hints of spice almost similar to fat tire but with more ABV over ok winter ale



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