Hinterland Winterland

Brewed by Hinterland Brewery, Restaurant & Lounge
Style: Porter
Green Bay, Wisconsin USA

Serve in English pint, Stem glass

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(bottle) Jet black pour with a large dark tan head that retains very well and leaves good lacing. If there’s one thing Hinterland can do, it can make a beer look nice in a glass. Aroma is good too, with the juniper making a strong impression which serves to cut through the roast and chocolate smells which creates a nice effect for the olfactory. Coffee is present as well, but I believe this is more of a byproduct of the malts used, and it smells far better than the Luna that had coffee added. Bears a resemblance to GD Yeti. Flavor is also well done, with plenty of roasted malt, dark roasted coffee, chocolate, and the juniper showing up on the tail end of things to accompany the hop bitterness. Some semblance of dark fruit here, but hard pressed to define what it is specifically. Could be chocolate-covered raisin. Mouthfeel is light/medium, and carbonation is good. Overall, this beer is a substantial improvement over the Luna Coffee Stout, and it’s one I’d definitely drink again. Well done Hinterland.

Originally reviewed: 2/9/11. Bottle poured into a standard conical pint glass. This is one of the darkest Porters I’ve ever poured. Utter blackness like dirty motor oil. Very viscous as well. A small mocha head tops it off. Lots of lacy webbing on the glass. The nose starts sweet with notes of creamy milk chocolate, more dairy, and finishes roasted with hints of espresso and ground coffee beans. The heavy look carries over to the feel. Moderate chew to this one. Carbonation is in the background, just bubbly enough. Hefty beer. I’m not sure exactly if I have much experience picking out juniper flavor, but this beer says that it is brewed with juniper berries. There is an almost bittersweet twang on the back end of this one, that I can only guess is juniper berry (?). Otherwise this beer is all roasted, almost to a fault. The heavy char and roasted qualities wear on me over the course, and I find the drinkability hindered. I thought there would be a bit more sweetness balancing this one out, but I find it lacking. It’s a good beer anyways. Away from the norm a tad, and there’s nothing wrong with that.

Bottle 1 pint.

Clear dark dark brown colour with a small to average, frothy, good lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, chocolate, dark roasted, strong coffee. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a long duration, roasted, chocolate, dusty. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20120320]

Bottle @ yespr. Pours a black color with a small tan head. Has a fruity roasted malty spicy hoppy juniper aroma. Fruity roasted malty bitter chocoalte flavor with hints of hops. Has a roasted malty spicy chocolate finish.

Bottle at yespr. Black coloured with a medium sized beige head. Sweet and roasted aroma of of caramel, coffee and dark chocolate. Sweet and roasted flavour of caramel and dark chocolate. Roasted finish.

pitch dark, small brown head. roasted malty aroma, coffee, caramel, flavor is roasted malts, dry, dusty, woody.

Bottle, 50 cl. Pours black with a small beige head. Roasted malty aroma with notes of chocolate, licorice, herbs. Flavor is herbal, medium sweet, heavy roasted bitter finish, hints of chocolate and coffee. Oily texture, soft carbonation. Very nice.

1 pint bottle. Pours hazy dark brown with a small tan head. Aroma is roasted dark malty. Thick malty and caramelish, roasted and light minerally. Bitter, dark roasted, chocolate and dry finish.

Bottle at Papsoe. Pours black with a medium creamy tan head. The aroma is bit spicy and herbal but has lots of caramel, chocolate, some roasted malts and has a good amount of tobacco notes. The flavour is roasted and sweet caramelish with notes of chocolate and coffee. Nice roasty fjinish.

Bottled. A pitch black beer with a dark brown head. The aroma has notes of roasted malt, caramel, and a bit of coffee. The flavor is sweet with notes of roasted malt, coffee, and wood, leading to a dry roasted finish.

Bottle 50 cl. Courtesy of Skyview. Pours a pitch black with a brownish head. Sweet roasty nose. Medium body, roasty, lots of bitter chocolate here with a subtle vanilla edge. Heavy roasty bitter finish. Very well made. 200312