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Blue Point Winter Ale

Blue Point Winter Ale - Amber Ale

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59
overall
Brewed by Blue Point Brewing
Style: Amber Ale

Patchogue, New York USA

bottled
common

on tap
available

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 Ratings  Average  Score  Seasonal  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
1173.15/5.03.13/5.0Winter4.5%75.4English pint, Shaker
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Commercial Description:
Blue Point Brewing's Winter Ale is a hearty and robust amber ale. Brewed to chase away the chill of a cool winter night. Made with Pale, Vienna, crystal and chocolate malt. This uncommon amber is only brewed during the cold months of the year. Winter Ale is an extremely popular seasonal specialty. Enjoy the tasty balance of malt and hops. Remember this special ale leaves with Winter.
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 vadavid (131), Fredericksburg, Virginia, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/56/103/516/20
Feb 24, 2008  
Pours copper-brown with a persistent off-white head. Lots of bubbles rising from the bottom of the glass. The aroma is vert faint, mostly grainy malt. The taste is lightly toasted malt with a nice balance of bitter hops. Mouthfeel is carbonated and drying. There’s a light lingering bitterness in the aftertaste. This is a quite decent amber amber, however there is neither a high enough (warming) ABV or winter-type spices to explain the "Winter" label.


 LinusStick (1830), Moon Twp, suburb of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/513/20
Feb 10, 2008  
A very average amber ale. Aroma was so so. Caramel malt with just a hint of hoppiness. Pour was a nice deep amver with a thin off white ring for a head that left quickly. Taste was a little weak. Mostly caramel malt with just a bit of hops to balance it out.The malt leaves a toasty feeling in the back of the throat. Not a terrible beer but with a name like "winter ale" I was expecting more heartiness. This would be better in the summer.


 Ron (1000), Rochester, New York, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/512/20
Feb 3, 2008  
Poured a clear dark copper color with a small beige head. Sweet malty aroma with caramel and alittle pepper. The beer has a malty flavor with mild acidity and then a dry lightly bittered finish.


 sliffy (1966), Columbus, Ohio, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Jan 31, 2008  
Bottle: Pours a deep red with a thin off white head. Aroma, spices, caramel and brown sugar, floral and herbal hops, bready. Flavor, sweet caramel, brown sugar, spices, and yeast. Decent.


 tronraner (1905), Maryville, Tennessee, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20
Jan 22, 2008  
12 oz bottle. Pours clear copper with big cream-colored head. The aroma is obvious caramel malt, along with some woody spiciness. The flavor is spicier than I was expecting, with pepper and some earthy yeast tones. Then comes the caramel malt and a tannic iced-tea type wood flavor. It finishes on a dry note. Meh.


 pforei (338), USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/510/20
Jan 20, 2008  
Copper with smal head. Caramel malt aroma. Sweet malt taste with some earhtiness and minor amount of hops. Thin body. Too straightforward.


 guzzler67 (1272), Hanover, Maryland, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/515/20
Jan 19, 2008  
Deep amber appearance with a well laced, average size, off white head. Muted, sweet malt aroma. Innocuous taste, fairly well balanced, with an earthy,lightly roasted malt quality. Medium-bodied, decently carbonated mouthfeel. Lingering, bitter finish with a hint of spicyness.


 bitbucket (2026), Kirkland, Washington, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/102/513/20
Jan 15, 2008  
Bottle, courtesy goldtwins. Pours a lightly hazy copper with a thin- off-white head. Lightly toasty caramel aroma. Body and carbonation are medium. Taste starts with some light sweetness, toffee and fruit, turning a bit more bitter and drier the closer I get to the finish. Aftertaste seems just a bit soapy.



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