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New Belgium 2° Below Winter Ale

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
5083.3/5.03.29/5.0Winter6.6%84.1English 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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 peter (385), Dallas, Texas, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/511/20
Feb 2, 2007  
orange body. oily head. no attack, somewhat dry in the mouth. no flavour jumps out, slightly slightly a teeny bit floral.


 yemntftb (106), USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/512/20
Feb 1, 2007  
Draft/Telluride Colorado. Reddish in color, lasting head. Not much else to be said, its all been done. Good seasonal brew so try it.


 valpoaj (362), Valparaiso, Indiana, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/57/103/512/20
Jan 30, 2007  
Nice reddish gold pour with a thin, yet lasting head. Some hints of skunk to the aroma, with an otherwise hoppy scent. Strong hoppy flavor, much more than a typical bitter, with nice nutty undertones...not a bad beer, but nothing wonderful (and it is -1F as I’m consuming this!)


 FezMonkey (268), Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/104/510/20
Jan 30, 2007  
Pours a bright clear amber with a lacy white head. Aroma of flowery hops and nutty malt. Medium body and carbonation. Taste is nutty, bready. Nice clean and lightly bitter finish


 AleDrinker (1090), Sunnyvale, California, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/103/514/20
Jan 21, 2007  
This is a very unique and complex beer. I’m not sure why it is in the category of bitter, it really is in a category all of it’s own. The aromas/flavors make me think this is something of a hybrid between a porter and an IPA. It has a very strong dark roast/burnt malt flavor and at the same time has a very strong west coast hop presence. Very unique and very good.


 GG (1640), NorCal, California, USA
2.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/53/102/59/20
Jan 20, 2007  
NorCal tasting Jan 07 - Ughh. Not the best thing NB has ever put forth. An aroma of garbage and brocoli. Just want every beer geek wants. The beer looked great in my glass, with a crystal clear amber color. Mouthfeel was watery thin, no body at all. Flavor was (surpise) more brocoli which blotted out any other qualities I tried to pick-up.


 Cornfield (4943), Oak Forest, Illinois, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/512/20
Jan 17, 2007    Updated: Feb 25, 2007
Nice looking pour, having a golden body with a big sudsy head. Interesting ring lacing. The aroma is a perfume of flowers and citric zest with some black pepper tossed in. Light, soft bodied. In the flavor the light malty notes are almost hidden by the hoppy spiciness. The finish is a modest flowery bitterness. Not bad, but sort of light for a winter warmer.

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 FlagstoneHill (211), Erie, Colorado, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/516/20
Jan 16, 2007  
bottle Malty with hoppy notes. .. Clear, copper, light head. . Hoppy up front with citusry hoppy flavors throughout. .. Med-lt body, lt carbonation. .. A tasty, hoppy winter beer.



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