Redhook Winterhook

Brewed by Redhook Brewery
Style: English Strong Ale
Woodinville, Washington USA

Nutty, malty aroma. Nice, brown, appropriately winterish color. Surprisingly thin, but a nice malt flavor, well balanced by hop. Piny, citrusy flavor does not conceal the malt. Arguably dry. Perhaps a light coffee touch in the finish; very light. Nice, and not just for winter.

bottle - Clear, copper/amber with quickly diminishing head, decent lace. Grainy aroma with fruit, spice and slight hops. Thin to medium bodied, slick feel with flavors of slight roast, nasty fruit flavors, slight spice, metallic hops, light malt that is not bad but this puppy doesn’t do it.

Bottle. Pours amber with a decent sized off-white head.Aroma of roasted malts, piney hops, and citrus. The flavor is carbonated, roast, citrus, slight bitterness from hops, weak for an english strong ale, dry finish. Good body, drinkable, but forgetable and average.

It had an amber color with a spare and diminishing head. The flavor was very smooth with a taste of coffee.

12 oz. bottled on 11/22/05. Poured into a weizen glass, cause I thought this’d be a spiced ale. Gah! But there’s a lovely grainy malt smell upon opening, such a break from the two skunky import lagers I had before this rating. Deep brown ale color when poured, nicely filtered, under a bit of a rocky, thick head. I can taste brown bread & honey malts upfront, but immediately following is our old friend the Pacific hop load. Citrus and pine in harmony with winter strength caramel malts. It’s a pleasing combination. No harsh alcohol burn adds the pleasure of this nice drink.

Poured into a pint glass from a 12 oz. bottle. Light orange with red-orange hues. Nice two finger head from a medium to hard pour. Smell is of pine, citrus, and biscuits and maybe a touch of scotch. Taste is pungent hops and smooth toasty malt...some spice. Good beer

12 oz bottle. A nice nutty & malty aroma. Poured a deep amber-brown with a large frothy off-white head that disipated quickly. The flavor was odd, and disappointing. A light sweet start, progressing quickly to bitter, with a strong metallic finish. The after-effect reminded me of soured milk. Thin body. I burped metallic Christmas tree the rest of the afternoon...

a nice amber-brown, simple lacy white head, a hoppy aroma, with some roasted malt and some almond and walnut in the background. The flavor is of almond extract, hops, a little yeast and some roasted malts. a good brew, but entirely too thin.