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Black Oak Winter Ale

 (RETIRED)
Score
7365
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Formerly brewed at Black Oak Brewing
Style: English Strong Ale
Etobicoke, Canada

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RATINGS: 27   MEAN: 3.44/5.0   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.4   SEASONAL: Winter   EST. CALORIES: 171   ABV: 5.7%
COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
"Nice malt accents backed up with a good hop punch. It has a beautiful red colour and should be 5.7% alcohol by volume." - Ken Woods, owner, on Bartowel.com Brewed Feb 2004 Replaced by Black Oak Cherry Stout


3.7
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
beerhugger (542) - Oshawa, Ontario, CANADA - JUL 2, 2005
Rich amber copper colour poured forth. Hops abounded - those fresh floral wafts of glory surprised me somewhat. Refreshing malty mouthfeel followed nicely by a hop kicker. I quite enjoyed this - best I’ve had from Black Oak.

3.2
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
JoeM500 (1875) - Crown Point, Indiana, USA - MAY 2, 2005
Papery nose, but nice caramelly flavor covers up the fact that this is probably a bit old. Bit of a firey bite at the finish, and, by the time this warmed up, it had a pleasant malty nose.

2.5
   AROMA 10/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 2/10   PALATE 1/5   OVERALL 8/20
burcusabrews (106) - St. Louis Park, Minnesota, USA - SEP 15, 2004
Golden cream with trace white head. Aroma of tobacco, sunflower seeds, and peaches with some oak. Thin mouthfeel watery flavors of raisins, white chocolate with a moderate amount of bitterness.

3.4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 12/20
obisbeer (558) - Barcelona, SPAIN - AUG 30, 2004
Deep brown, clear, with a fine white head. Toffee, chocolate, and nuts on the nose. Med body w/lingering finish. Flavors of nut,carmel and some hops on the end. Overall great session brew!

3.4
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
DaSilky1 (2570) - San Diego, California, USA - JUN 18, 2004
poured a crystal clear caramel color with a thin to non existent layer of fine bubbles..metallic/canned vegitable aroma with notes of oxidized raisins...mellow raisiny, slightly sweet but kinda bitter flavor..melted toffee...slightly grassy or organic and earthy...with more raisiny flavors...not too shabby really..maybe a bit oxidized.

2.9
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 12/20
tiggmtl (4467) - Vancouver, British Columbia, CANADA - JUN 13, 2004
Raisins, caramel and sugar in a lightly acidic aroma. Clear tan colour with pillowy off-white head that recedes to cover. Some lacing. Flavour is nicely balaanced if simple - caramel malt, touch of roastiness, a bit acetic, flowery hops and good bitterness. A touch of buttery diacetyl works well. Medium-light body with adequate carbonation. Simple, well-made, middle of the road but not very exciting. Bottle (sampled at Mondial RB Gathering 2004 with CapFlu, CaptainCougar, JerCraigs, MartinT, OKBeer, Radek and Rastacouere).

3.5
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
tupalev (2708) - Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA - JUN 11, 2004
Tried before, but finally getting around to rating based on what I had at St. Lawrence beer show. The beer had thinned out a bit since I last tried it, but it was still assertive in its flavours - lots of caramel and nuttiness mixed with a strong citrus nose profile. The bitterness is still there at the end. This is a fine beer.

2.5
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 10/20
Rastacouere (5900) - Montréal, Quebec, CANADA - JUN 7, 2004
Shining orange with ruby hints and a thin beige head. Caramel biscuits aroma, candi sugar, maybe a bit oxidized as the sweetness overpowers the nose in a watery way. There’s a lot of caramel flavor, but it’s not so malty in mouth. Something vegetabley, cookies, weirdly tart. Bitter finish. I’m not much of a fan of this one I must say. Medium carbonation, thin-medium body.


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