Bison Winter Warmer

Brewed by Bison Brewing Company
Style: Abbey Dubbel
Berkeley, California USA

Serve in Trappist glass

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This beer has such a great aroma, and huge flavor. Surprisingly light on the palate for a 9% brew, and definitely not overly malty. In fact the malt/hop ratio is absolutely fantstic. Basically a big dubbel-style brew that drinks remarkable well

Brown murky color, sweet plum aroma. Malty and bready with notes of raisin Mellow hopiness, alcohol is well masked.

Bottle. Ruby/mahogony beer with a light tan head. Yeasty, dark malt aroma. Malty, yeasty, slight fig/raisin flavor with backing dark malts and some breadiness. Medium body. Lingering caramel malt, yeast, and breadiness.

From a bomber purchased at Sam’s in Chicago. This poured with a nice dark amber and brown color. The head is khaki with large bubbbles. The aroma has sweet caramel and cherries. Some peanuts are also noted. The taste is rich and roasted with some smoky roasted almonds. There is a hint of cooked cherries that have become very mild. This is a very nice Belgian style beer.

22 oz bottle from LifeSource Organic Grocery ,Salem OR. Lovelly looking beer, dark brown and murky , topped by a fabulous thick bubbly tan head. Aroma is mostly malts,creamy and toffeeish, with great whafts of raisin. Very nice smooth falvours. Its certainlly Belgian in style and all the expected esters and spice tastes show through, but are complimented by the raisin sweetness. Very malty and with very little hop. Great smooth mouthfeel, alcohol is barelly detectable, great after taste. Overall I echo a previous rater..this along with the Farmhouse Ale seem to welcome a brighter day for Bison. Bravo..I look forward to more of this series."Brewers Reserve"

UPDATED: FEB 2, 2009 Sorry to be a deviant here, but I thought this was an excellent beer. Pours dark brown with an off-white head. Great sweet, complex dark fruit aroma. Taste is dark malt, chocolate, grapes, raisins, some spices. Full-bodied and smooth mouthfeel. A good one.

Bottle shared by a friend. Clear amber to light brown pour with a medium tan head. Caramel malt nose with dark fruits and a bit of alcohol. Caramel and maple flavor with some raisins and a roasty semi-sweet finish. As it warms, the beer takes on some creamy and nutty characteristics. Pretty solid stuff.

22 ounce bottle purchased at Nugget in Woodland, CA. Bottle says 2006 Brewer’s Reserve. This particular Nugget is known for selling old beer, so it appears as though this has been aged a year. Please take that into consideration. Sweet, vinous, raisiny aroma with some mild leather hints. Lots of pitted fruits and raisins with a bit of sticky malt aroma. The aroma is pretty nice, to say the least. Mild to moderately hazy garnet amber colored body with a small, quickly dissipating off white head. Head is really lacking. Chewy, leathery, roasty malty flavors. Some molasses and lots of raisin is present. A little sticky with a bit of caramel and some chocolate is in there as well. Alcohol is amazingly well hidden. A tad thin, but this is very drinkable and I am glad I got to try this. Well-done and impressive.

pours a clear orange brown with sweet mild bannana yeast aroma. yeastie full palate with the light fruit presence, full bodied and smooth for the ABV. raisins present in the middle to finish and the conditioning is evident. complex.

Pours a milky golden. Yay Bottle conditioning! Smells fruity, raisins maybe not the most obvious but they’re in there if you look for them. Fruity, Spicy flavor with a ful bodied Trippel taste. Smooth and delicious. Quite a good seasonal.