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Smuttynose Winter Ale

Smuttynose Winter Ale

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An Abbey Dubbel brewed by
Smuttynose Brewing Company

Portsmouth, New Hampshire USA

bottled
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on tap
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2243.29/5.03.28/5.0Winter-40.1Trappist glass P  Stats

Commercial Description:
Smuttynose Winter Ale is a full-bodied, amber beer brewed with a special Trappist ale yeast. Stylistically reminiscent of a Belgian Abbey Double, it features fruity aromas and flavor, balanced by soft Crystal hops. Warming, mellow & pleasantly complex, Smuttynose Winter Ale is your perfect cold weather companion. New in 2005! Available in sixpacks and on draft from late October through January.

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 jcwattsrugger (4045), Florida and, New Jersey, USA
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/55/102/58/20

Dec 28, 2005  
12 oz bottle-pours a foamy tan head with deep clear amber color. Aroma is pine, dark fruit, cinnamon/clove, sweet, malt, (&hops?). Taste is coriander, caramel, a hefe meets dubbel? With a flat-metal aftertaste. The blend here doesn’t do it for me. Best by April 06.

 noncaloric (100), Madison, Wisconsin, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/57/103/513/20
Sep 15, 2008  
Aroma: Sweet malts, fruity esters, but faint. Appearance: Deep brown pour, little head, no lace. Flavor: Fruits and sweet malts: raisins, cinnamon, brown sugar, caramel, a little citrus. Not at all hop forward, just slightly bitter in the finish. Palate: Very mellow and slightly warming, only a little carbonation and the very beginning.


 msante79 (268), Illinois, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/514/20
Sep 12, 2008  
12oz bottle. Pours dark reddish brown with thin tad head. Aroma is roasted malts, caramels, toffee, raisons and spices. Flavor is a tad thin with toffee, raisons, sweet malt, and brown sugar. Medium carbonation. Have not had a ton of this style but this is a pretty solid brew and reminds me of a nice raosted brown ale.


 ucusty (1194), Wake Forest, North Carolina, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/55/102/512/20
Aug 8, 2008  
Dark amber pour thin tan head and some spotty lace. Roast aroma almost smokey. Oxidized flavor


 phishpond417 (1456), Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/102/512/20
Jun 17, 2008  
This beer pours a clear, dark copper colour. A small thin tan head, with a firm mouthfeel. It has hints of smoke and black licorice. Aromas of caramel, toffee, oak and cinnamon. Fairly smooth, but a little weak in its style representation.


 PilsnerPeter (1473), Flushing, New York, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/511/20
Jun 12, 2008  
Tap at Blind Tiger: Perhaps it was because it was oxidized, or I drank this stuff on a 90 degree day, but I wasn’t feeling it at all. Deep amber pour with no head. Sweet estery aroma. Maple, lots of raisin sweetness and a hint of clove-spice. Fizzy body. Sweet flavor with a harsh clove-like presence and tons of sweet raisiny flavors, followed by more ashy-clove in the oddly-spicy finish. Has an odd/dirty flavor which left an bad taste in my mouth.




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