North Coast Wintertime Ale

Formerly brewed at North Coast Brewing Company
Style: Spice/Herb/Vegetable
Fort Bragg, California USA

rerate gotta do this again cause i really liked this beer---burnt amber color, thin head, not a very thick mouthfeel but sometimes that isn’t such a bad thing--it’s very easy to drink and not too filling. and the flavor! wow, this was different. i don’t even know how to describe it--very interesting taste. a nice peppery sort of aftertaste on the tongue, but an upfront candy-like flavor initially, sort of rootbeer-ish? i’ll be getting this again next trip to the good beer store.

2002 version Medium brown color, small head. Aroma is malty, sweet and spicy (nutmeg?). A lighter bodied winter beer. Mild malts are spiced with nutmeg, cinnamon and coriander and ??. Starts out sweet and mellows to a spicy, slightly hoppy bitterness. Flavor is a little light for a winter beer, and its a little thin tasting, but there is something I like about this beer. Mouthfeel is full and round. Finish is clean and smooth. Aftertaste is slightly sweet.

This is a keeper. For a winter ale this one is rather refreshing. very nice flavor kind of fruity. I look for this every year!

Inviting complex and sweet aroma, with hints of spices. Pours to rusty amber with a tight thin head. Very malty with a bitter finish, spices sprinkled throughout. Slightly sweet with hints of wood (oak?). Pleasant and light-bodied for a winter ale.

As I rank this I kept getting more and more out of it...I experienced the following: banana, corriander, yeast, spice, raisin, grapes and alcohol. It was like a cross between a spicy belgian and a good wheat beer....interesting!

Floral aroma, cloudy orange color. Not overpoweringly spiced like many of these beers are, but the spices are definately there. Nutmeg and cinnamon maybe? Spices aren't exactly my forte. Good beer though. I've been impressed with North Coast so far.

Damn good wintertime brew....tastes alot like a Scotch Ale and a nice treat for this very cold night.

Seems Aubrey and I are the only ones who smell smoke in this brew. I think it's practically a rauchbier, it's so smoky. The spiciness is mild. It's really the malt that's pronounced. Again, very SMOKY, but also yeasty, like halfway to a weissbier. Excellent!