Blue Point Winter Ale

12oz bottle 10/3/09 ($.99 Sam’s Wine & Spirits)-Pours a slightly hazy medium to dark amber with a small tan head. Aroma of roasted malt, caramel, toffee, and slight chocolate. Taste of the same with some more chocolate and more sweetness coming through on the back end. This light to medium bodied brew is not bad.

Bottle. Third of an inch cream head atop a dark ruby body with amber highlights. Aroma is licorice malt, grainy caramel, chocolate undertones, cherry-pear fruitiness, and hint of orange zest. Flavor is primarily grainy caramel, cherryish, a carbonated orange zest bite, with a slightly vinous finish. Palate is medium bodied, well carbonated, and warming. The grainy flavors are really detracting to this beer, which would otherwise be good if it were slightly stronger.

Bottle courtesy of j12601. Pours copper with a white head. Smells of caramel, earthy, fruity, yeasty. Tastes mildly bitter and sweet with some peppery splashes. There’s n underlying astringency to this that’s very off-putting.

Not impressed at all. Nothing to the flavor aroma. ehh. nice amber appearance though

Bottle. Pours a garnet body with a tan head. Sweet malty caramel body, a bit thin and watery at that. Some light hoppy spicy notes and earthy rye bitterness to finish.

Had this on tap. Never a big fan of the style, but id say this is a slightly better than the majority. Caramel color, similar mouth with medium body. Would of liked to see something bigger here.

12oz bottle-pours a rich tan head that reduces to a ring and copper/red color. Aroma is mild medium malt-toffee. Later as it warms, some fruit too. Tast is medium malt-toffee, secondary earthy hops. Towards medium body. Thanks to Joe-jwc215 for picking this out.

cask at Mahars. Pours dark brown with a small head. Flavor was watery even for a cask beer. Nothing good stands out here, just a below average session beer.