4.8 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 20/20
One of my favorite winter beers. Pours a cloudy yet copperish brown. Subtle Caramel after taste that makes it my favorite. Malty with that bitter sweet winter feeling. Great Job Boulder Beer!
4.7 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 19/20
Pours a deep crimson red with a long lasting head.
Awesome lacing on the glass.
The aroma is a bit hoppy with more malt coming through. Same with the taste.
This is a great winter ale Ill be drinking this one on many occation.
GREAT JOB BOLDER BEER!
4.3 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
A good winter beer with just the right amount of hops. A hoppy aroma, makes this beer the Hazed of the winter season. The hop combination is very good, producing a taste that is very flavorful. The caramel malts make this the dark seasonal brew and bring a full bodyto the table.
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Aroma: Very sweet, with slight cherry, rose, and other earthy scents.
Appearance: Cherry red, medium bodied, small head.
Flavor: Mid-drink--a burst of flavors, especially chocolate-covered cherries or rasberries that linger long in the back of the throat after the end of the dink making one want more. Very sweet, flavors that fill the mouth, including tasting between the teeth.
Palate: Flavors fill the mouth--first bitter up front, followed by a loud punch of flavors, then ending smooth with flavors filling the back of the tongue and throat and that wonderful lingering aftertaste.
Overall an excellent winter beer. Wow!
4.2 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Smells pretty good, cloves and nutmeg and caramel. Looks decent. Taste is sweet and with caramel and hoppy. Goes from thinnish to thick and pretty sweet throughout. It’s only real downside.
4.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
2003 bottle:Pale red color with a rocky, sustaining, light tan head. Toasty, biscuity malt, good caramel...reminds me of a throwback mild. Flavor is the same as the aroma with an extraordinary finish of rich caramel that comes back after you think its over. This is my type of ale though I do not get much of the spicing.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pours dark amber w/ a medium semi creamy froth that reduces to pancake batter bubbling in a skillet when you look at it. Aroma is nicely balanced w/ moderate caramel malt and slight hop flowering. Medium full nectar w/ mellow residual effers. This brew is well balanced. Caramel malt balanced by crisp asprin hop w/ a slight spicey citrus character. Highly recommended.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
This is a very good beer. Nice balanced. Pours a deep brown with a nice white head that leaves beautiful lacing around the glass. Smells sweet, spicy, malty. Tastes delicious, very well balanced, tiny bubbles make my tongue happy. Has a nice hop bite at the end. Underrated on this site. Probably my favorite session beer out.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Reddish brown with medium head that settles quickly. Roasty aroma. Tart edge on a sweet caramel, yet bitter brew. Good winter beer that ’s not too heavy.
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
UPDATED: DEC 24, 2010 Rockies Brewing Company--Boulder Beer Company--never summer ale--Looking Glass Series--2007 22 oz. Bottle. 5.94% ABV--45 IBU’s. (4.5 / 5.0) Winter Ale--ESB. Rich tight lacy ocher head. Clear deep amber red color. Malty toasted mild earthy fruit hop front. Creamy rich malty crisp toffee biscuit black cherry fruit ester body. Smooth mellow hop spice end. Nice. Sampled 5/8/2007.
Rockies Brewing Company--Boulder Beer Company never summer ale--Looking Glass Series 3rd Release--Boulder Beer Cap--2010 12 oz. Bottle. 5.94% ABV. 45 IBU’s. (4.0 / 5.0) Winter Ale--ESB? Tan off white medium lace light head. Clear bright rich ruby red color. Malty floral dark fruit aromatic toasted hop front. Dry sweet mildly creamy black cherry caramel malty dark fruitbread tangy body. Rich hop spice dry mild nutritious dark ale citrus end. Sampled 6/16/2010. 6-Pack $9.00.
Rockies Brewing Company--Boulder Beer Company never summer ale--Looking Glass Series--2010 12 oz. Bottle. 6.50% ABV. 40 IBU’s. (4.25 / 5.) Orange-tan lasting dense lacy head. Thick pour. Clear bright rich amber color. Floral malt hop mild toasted fruit biscuit front. Creamy cloying mellow sweet light toasted caramel cocoa hint doughy body. Mellow hop spice satisfying smooth malty end. Tasty! Sampled 12/23/2010. Malt of the Earth Beer of the Month Club Selection December 2010.
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