Long Trail Hibernator

Brewed by Long Trail Brewery
Style: Scottish Ale
Bridgewater Corners, Vermont USA

Serve in English pint, Thistle

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a very tastey dark brown malty mess. Looks great, the honey tasts is subtle yet potent at the same time. Highly recommended for a winter night.

Pours a deep amber, cloudy and hazy. A tall fluffy white head sits on top. Average carbonation. Simple aromatics here. Caramel malts slighty toasted. Thats about it as i can tell. Taste is malt forward slightly toasted some hops in the pine resin catagory. Back to the malts there seems to be a faint toffee aspectI’m picking up here. Medium mouthfeel here. Long Trail in my opinion makes good beers. Thier like a second tier brewery and they try hard but this is just an average scotch ale, pale ale,amber ale, whatever. I like this beer perhaps out of a tap in Vermont it would be better but today it’s just average.

Bottle sample at a tasting at Dagan’s place. Thanks DSG. Clear, dark golden. Honey, caramel, malt aroma, mediocre bitterness, malty taste. Medium body, oily texture, soft carbonation. Not great.

Bottle sample at a tasting at Dagan’s place. Thanks DSG. Pours yellow with brown taints and small head, aroma of honey, caramel and hops, flavor is dry with dark bread, herbal tones and malt, medium bodied

Bottle shared at a tasting at Dagan’s place. Clear amber. Sweet malty fruity aroma, a bit spicy. Sweetish flavor of malt, fruits and a drier spicy finish. Medium-bodied.

Bottle. Pours hazy amber with thin, fizzy off-white head; short retention and spare lacing. Aroma is heavy caramel and toasted malts, figs, grassy hops, honey, and spice. Flavor is malt forward, medium hops, and light fruit esters; dry finish. Light body and warmth with medium carbonation.

poured from bottle into a pint glass. Pours a medium orange color with a nice foamy head. The aromas are a bit muted with some aromas of malts, toffee, and caramel with a touch of hops. Not all that deep either sadly medium bodied with a smooth feel and flavors of caramel and malts A good scotch ale and very drinkable. It would be better if there was more depth to it, but it’s enjoyable regardless

12 oz. bottle from a shaker. Pours a deep amber color with a tiny, white head. Aroma is very sweet but nondescript. Taste has intertwining notes of citrus, honey, and metal. Overall a pretty decent winter beer, but not the best.

Bottle. Muddy copper with a short tan ring of foam. Big malt and caramel in the nose with spice notes and floral hops. Taste is spicy hops nestled amongst chewy malt, toffee, caramel notes, soft fruit and floral hops. Body is medium with a soft, fizzy carbonation. Finishes with more spicy notes, caramel, toffee notes, malt, floral hops, citrus, and light earthiness.

Pours a very cloudy amber with a head that faded quickly into a ring. I’m getting sweet malts, some smoke flavor in the nose. Very malty. Very heavy smelling. Flavor is Very malt forward with a hint of battering hops at the end. Kind of sweet. Thin mouthfeel. This is a decent beer with few flaws.

Smells like a pale ale with some caramel. The flavor is a bit bitter, but rotten tasting. Just a foul of a beer. Tastes like hastily made brewpub fare.