3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20Aroma suggests an English Old Ale more than a Belgian strong: raisins, plums, dates, caramel and muted spices. Opaque, muddy, tan coloured body topped by a low white head that recedes rapidly to a partial cover. Fruitiness noted in the aroma is present also in the somewhat sherry-like flavour with some salty, mineral notes and fairly apparent alcohol. Very dry medium body with fair though short-lived carbonation. Bottle sampled with beerbuzzmontreal, cathschlag, MartinT, Rastacouere, Olivier_MTL, Siroy and Yowie.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
12 oz. bottle from TheBeerSommelier- thanks, Matt! Wow, first rating in over three years. This one pours a cloudy, deep gold color with a white ring. Sweet aroma of toffee, cookies, brown sugar, honey, and a coppery metal note. The flavor also has that copper note finishing toffee, brown sugar, apples, and honey. Light-medium bodied, with low carbonation and a sticky mouthfeel. This one is not bad after 11 years. We all enjoyed it.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Appearance: Pours a hazed, orange-amber body with a thin, oh-so tired ring of white bubbles.
Smell: Interesting aroma of a particularly fruity, aged past it’s peak wine, like a Viognier, perhaps, served up with a pairing of local jams and jellies.
Taste: Sweet candyish, honeyed flavor with a blend of fruit flavors: golden raisins, yellow apples, and peach jelly. Light oxidative hints throughout, but nothing to fret over. Nil bitterness as the hops long ago picked up stakes and moved on.
Mouthfeel: Medium-plus body. Medium-low carbonation. Rather sticky mouthfeel at this point.
Drinkability: It’s interesting to see how this has changed and morphed since it was first released, though I’ll echo the sentiment of its initial reviewer, beergirl99, and say that, years later, it is still a very nice ale.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle shared by kp. Pours a hazy light golden amber with a small off-white head that didn’t hang around for long. The aroma was fairly sweet with lots of light fruits and some esters from the yeast. Taste followed the aroma with a dominate light fruit sweetness and some Belgian yeast. Mouthfeel is pretty carbonated given the age and sticky sweet in the finish. Despite showing some signs of age with hints of oxidation in the aroma and taste, this one has held up exceptionally well for the age.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
(12oz bottle, thanks artusory) Small beige head atop lightly hazed light amber body. Aroma is medium sweet, stewed apple, apple wine, alcohol. Taste is medium sweet, apple wine, some yeast. Medium body. Hard to believe the ABV was that low.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
12oz bottle, courtesy of artusory. Thanks, Ryan! Pours a hazy, golden orange color; off-white head with solid, medium-bubbled retention and lacing. Lots of apples, chewy yeast character and wheatiness, candy sugar in the aroma; some dried caramel from the oxidation, but a very pleasant yeast character overall. Medium-to-full mouthfeel: lively carbonation; almost to the point of champagne-like apple cider; solid acidity and a dense yeastiness and caramel-apple note; probably a bit past its prime, but this is still very generous and very good at this point. Lengthy finish, showing honey, apple, and yeast.
3.4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Hazy, light amber with a small white head. Sweet nose with tons of apple cider, some caramel, herbs and riesling. The flavor is lightly sweet with lots of apple, peach, caramel, rye, light oxidation and spice. Medium body is light and lively with high carbonation.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle courtesy of ? (most likely TBC or slob). Pours mahogany with some spritzy bubbles. Smells of ginger, dry malt, touches of spice. Tastes of pepper, sweet malt, sugar, some molasses, hints of spice. Considering its age and ABV, this one held up very well.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
A little smokey and quite refreshing for a winter brew. The wheat comes out as the beer warms.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
UPDATED: MAY 13, 2012
Name: Winter
Date: November 06, 2002
Mode: Draft
Source: Twains, Decator, GA
Vintage: 2001
Appearance: hazy dark yellow, whispy head
Aroma: spicy sweet aroma
Body: thin body
Flavor: dry malt flavor with a spicyness from start to finish, slightly alcoholic but masked by a hint of sweetness, just a touch of bitterness in the finish
Name: Winter
Date: November 06, 2002
Vintage: 2001
over the last year this beer has gone from a sweet malty beer with a strong spicy burst to a mellower drier beer with a mild spicyness from start to finish
Name: Winter
Date: October 30, 2003
Vintage: 2001
big aroma with a very smooth flavor, only a hint of alcohol
Name: Winter
Date: January 10, 2009
Mode: bottle
Source: GMoT tasting
Vintage: 2001
sweet and spicy, holding up well,
Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 5/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 16/20
Rating: 3.5/5.0
Score: *** /4
The score was calculated based upon the notes and an old scoring system.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Pours out a nice orange color with a nice white head. Aroma is very yeasty with some spicy notes to it. Flavor was very much the same with a bit of sweetness to it. Unfortunately, this beer had alot of oxidation in the flavor as well. This brew was certainly past its prime.
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