Brooklyn Winter Ale (2006 and Later)

Brewed by Brooklyn Brewery
Style: Scottish Ale
Brooklyn, New York USA

Serve in English pint, Thistle

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Pours a dark amber color with red hues and a small frothy white head. Aroma of rich marries otter malts, sweet caramel, brown sugar and a hint of spicy floral hops. Taste is burnt sugar, caramel, toast and a light bitterness on the finish. High carbonation in this one gives it a rather thin feel bit the appearance and Aroma of this beer is brilliant.

Pours a clear copper colour with a very thin off white top. Aroma is rich malt, caramelized sugars, a bit earthy and floral. Flavour is toast, caramel, some roasted malts, malty sweetness, light bitterness and some earthy hops. Carbonation in the bottle may be a bit high.

12 oz bottle. Poured a dark brown color with medium beige head. Aroma of caramel malts and some spicy notes. Medium body. It was ok, drinkable but nothing too memorable.

6.1 AVB,,,says on the bottle,,,as it warms up and you can taste it,,,, caramel, chocolate, toast, roasty, spruce, herbs, alcohol, hazy, frothy, tan foam, medium sweetness, lightly bitter, medium body, average carbonation,

Bottle from Tomlinsons, Inverness [310313]
Caramel reddish brown, clear, fairly thick off white head that dissipates
Aroma of caramel malts, some hedgerow hops, some spicy hop, bit of flinty mineral in there
Taste as aroma - more caramel malts, bit of toffee, soft spicy hops, some light bitter bit earthy hop, touch of minerals, tastes much more like an English bitter from the Midlands, not Scottish at all, alcohol is pretty well hidden though - it does have a pretty good taste
Palate - Medium carb, thin to medium body, bit overcarbonated (for the style) Quite sweet, with some spicy bit bitter hop. Finish of caramel, bit of toffee, and that bit earthy spicy hop
Overall - Scottish Ale? No - its a bit mineraly and that more the Midlands - very much an English ESB, Needs to be more malty, no minerals and less hoppy to be a true Scottish ale. But style is unimportant - it’s a nice beer overall

Bottle - Caramel and roasted malts with a bit of alcohol burn. Dark clear copper with a brown head. Malty with a bit of burnt orange and spice. OK, but nothing special. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

This beer has a medium body. And lively carbonation. Wish it was a bit more flavourful.

Better than my expectations. Nice dark pour with a sweet malt aroma and good deep dark head. Not any spice that i could tell just a nice almost wee heavy.

12 oz bottle pours a clear dark reddish brown with small off-white head and a little lacing. Aroma is mostly sweet malts: butterscotch, burned caramel, with a bit of dark fruits. Taste is sweet with only slight bitterness in the finish. Body is medium with average carbonation. Slightly oily mouthfeel. Easily drinkable but nothing terribly memorable.

Pours a reddish light orange color, on tap at WOB in West Palm Beach, Nose is sweet with a butter scotch aroma. Taste is light, slight sweetness but rather flat and boring. Finish is dull. Very little flavor and disappointing. Quaff Score 6 / 10