Fire Island Frozen Tail Ale

Brewed by Fire Island Beer Company
Style: American Strong Ale
Ocean Beach, New York USA

Serve in Snifter, Trappist glass

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Bottle from Half Time. Pours dark brown with a creamy tan head. Aroma is heavy brown malt. Hints of hop. Med body. Flavor is sort of toasted vanilla dark malt. There is some hop bitter. The finish is malt bitter. There’s caramel sweetness, but it overbalances. Not the greatest beer, but certainly a winter warmer of excellence.

Bottle. Light caramel malt aroma. Chestnut with a small tan head. Nutty roasted malt, burnt sugar flavor with light bitter finish.Medium body.

Nice drawing on the label of FI in winter. This here is a malty amber with a nippy bite. Very nice fresh aroma. Flavors of bitter coffee and a dash of strong wine. This has a slightly heavy, off-kilter amber taste. Pretty good.

Despite the relatively low ratings this is one of my favorite beers. It’s easy to drink and full of flavor. Aroma isn’t the strongest or most complex. Some hops, malt and alcohol are noticeable. Flavor is strong bready malt up front. This is followed by a nice amount of hops and caramel sweetness. It ends with some fruit, not too much but definitely noticeable, cherry and prunes. In my opinion it was actually a very nicely balanced beer.

Bottle. Cherry/raspberry, toffee malt and alcohol aroma. Chestnut color with minimal head. Slightly sweet toffee malt and moderately bitter/astringent alcohol flavor. Pretty rough.

A reddish brown ale with a thick brown head. In aroma, a sweet nutty malt with fruity esters and cinnamon. In mouth, a nice nutty malt with burned caramel, molasses, woody notes, very nice. On tap at Shorty’s on 9th Ave, Dec. 29 2011.

bottle poured a ruby brown in color with a covering of tan head. aroma has sweet malt, some roast, and bitter hops. mouth feel is light and there is medium carbonation. flavor has sweet malts, mild bitterness, dark fruit, and light hops that make it through.

Bottle. Pours a clear brown with a medium sized tanned beige head. Toast on the nose, soft spice and a bit of roast. Medium bodied, a bit grainy and toasty. Nutty, toasty malt. Comes off as a slightly weaker schwarzbier. Long bitter finish. Easy drinking, if not all that amazing.

12 oz bottle-thanks Justin for sharing-pours a foamy light tan head and copper color. Aroma is medium malt-roasty, some spice. Taste is medium malt-roasty, some spice hops. Medium body. 3.6 Doesnt come across as an ASA, I didnt deduct for that. It is quaffable!

Bottle. Pours a deep brown black color with a very thick pillowy head$ smells of malt, figs and dates. Taste is similar but a little bland and flavorless. Seems more like a brown ale then an american strong.