Harpoon Winter Warmer

Brewed by Harpoon Brewery
Style: Spice/Herb/Vegetable
Boston, Massachusetts USA

Serve in Lager glass, Shaker, Tumbler

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Bottle 355ml.
Clear medium amber orange color with a average, frothy - creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, moderate to heavy spicy, cinnamon. Flavor is moderate sweet, moderate to heavy bitter and spicy - peppery with a long to average duration. Body is medium to light, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is soft. [20081128]

Bottled. An amber beer with a tan head. The aroma has notes of malt, brown cookies, and cardemomme. THe flavor is sweet with notes of malt and spices - especially cardemomme, leading to a dry spicy finish. The body is light.

12 fl oz bottle, courtesy of fonefan. Pours clear and golden deep orange with a diminished white head. Ginger and cardemomme densely spiced aroma. Solid spiced in the flavour too with the same ingredients. Has a mild roasted to vague smoked note. Medium dry and somewhat perfumed spiced. Ginger bitter into the finish.

Bottle 35,5 cl. Courtesy of fonefan. Clear amber golden with an off-white head. Distinct aroma of cardamom and ginger. Medium body, dry caramel but otherwise completely dominated by Speculaas spices. 281108

Bottled (from GBBF, had at Chris O Post GBBF Tasting). Amber colour, small head. Aroma is cinnamon, almond and some rather sweet malts. Flavour is nutmeg, cinnamon and some mild buttery and spicy notes.

Bottle. Pours a clear pale amber color with a small longlasting off-white head. Has a slightly spicy malty and nutty caramel aroma. Fruity malty slightly spicy nutmeg flavor with some hints of caramel. Has a swetish malty spicy finish with hints of nutmeg in the aftertaste.

UPDATED: DEC 10, 2008 Bottle, 5.5% at GBBF08. Strange spicy aroma. Clear chestnut colour. Small tan head. Good sweet cookie flavour. Brunkage, whatever spice that is. Quite a lot of it, but I like brunkager and it is balanced OK by malt, alcohol and a tad of smoke. Hint of alcohol or hop bite in the finish, probably paint thinner, but I can live with that.

UPDATED: FEB 17, 2010 (Draught and bottle samples) Tis’ the season for a good winter brew... Pours a clear dark amber-brown with a small off-white head. Flavor of pine, caramel, nutmeg, leaves, allspice, cinnamon, and nuts. Flavor of pine, nuts, caramel, cinnamon, and clove.

Bottle at home ... copper colour ... Oh wow the nose is powerfull sweet cloves that reminds me of sweets i had as a kid ... heavily spiced ... again itt reminds me of sweets i had as a kid... it could be too much but its working wonderfully for me. Odd that i get cloves when it seems to be nutmeg and cinamon in it. ho hum

UPDATED: FEB 7, 2009 Orangey-amber; Aroma shows orange, cinnamon, heavy nutmeg. Palate is again heavy on the nutmeg, but there is enough malt there to hold it up. Good, full body, spicy finish. Nothing spectacular, but a solid winter seasonal.